A UCLA psychiatrist will discuss the therapeutic and toxic qualities of herbal medications used to alleviate cancer treatment side effects such as severe fatigue, anxiety and depression. The Rhonda Fleming Mann Resource Center for Women with Cancer, a division of UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center, will sponsor the event. The R.P.B. Auditorium on UCLA's campus, adjacent to the Jules Stein Eye Institute. In his studies on drug and herb interactions, he is investigating how diet and herbal supplements and ethnicity may influence a person's response to psychotropic medication. He also is a co-investigator for a national study of St. John's Wort, sponsored by the National Institutes of Health.
Admission is free.
Reflections, the appearance-enhancement store for cancer patients, will extend its regular business hours to 7 p.m. prior to this event. Reflections is part of the Rhonda Fleming Mann Resource Center's psychosocial care program.