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special free screening and discussion of “The Connection: Mind Your Body” – a film about how research is proving the connection between your mind and your health and featuring the world’s leading experts in mind/body medicine as well as remarkable true stories of recovery – will be held Wednesday, May 6, 6-8:30 p.m. (Book and DVD signing starts at 5:30 p.m.)
Open to the public, the presentation will be held at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson, DuVal Auditorium, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson.
The presentation will be moderated by C. Kent Kwoh, MD, director of the UA Arthritis Center and an internationally recognized expert in osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and other joint diseases; and Esther M. Sternberg, MD, research director and professor at the UA Center for Integrative Medicine, who is internationally recognized for her discoveries in the science of mind-body interactions in arthritis and other debilitating illnesses. Drs. Kwoh and Sternberg will be available for questions and answers from 7:30 to 8 p.m.
“There is no doubt that when you take it to the next level, the mind and the body are connected, and that when those connections are intact and in balance you have health and when they’re broken you have disease,” said Dr. Sternberg in the film. A board-certified rheumatologist, Dr. Sternberg is a member of the UA Arthritis Center and serves on its scientific advisory committee, and is a contributor to Arthritis Today magazine. She also holds joint appointments in the UA College of Medicine – Tucson and UA College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture.
Dr. Sternberg will be available from 5:30 to 6 p.m. and from 8 to 8:30 p.m. to sign copies of her books, “Healing Spaces: The Science of Place and Well-Being” and “The Balance Within: The Science Connecting Health and Emotions,” and DVDs of “The Connection: Mind Your Body.” Copies of the books and DVD will be available for purchase at the event (checks, cash and credit cards accepted).
Seating is limited and prior registration is requested. For more information or to register, please visit the UA Arthritis Center website www.arthritis.arizona.edu or call 520-626-5040 or email livinghealthy@arthritis.arizona.edu Parking is available in the BUMCT visitor/patient parking garage, just south of the hospital’s main entrance; please bring your parking ticket to the lecture to be validated.
The lecture is part of the “Living Healthy with Arthritis” series of free monthly talks presented by the UA Arthritis Center at the UA College of Medicine – Tucson and supported through the Susan and Saul Tobin Endowment for Research and Education in Rheumatology. Lectures will not be held in June, July or August; the fall 2015 series will begin Wednesday, Sept. 2.
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The University of Arizona Arthritis Center, a Center of Excellence at the UA College of Medicine – Tucson, is a research leader with a focus on identifying the causes of arthritis and developing improved diagnosis, measurement and treatment of the disease. For more information, please visit www.arthritis.arizona.edu