Fifth Annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Health & Fitness to Feature Top Medical and Holistic Health Experts Oct. 4-5 at USC.

Lifestyle Editors/Calendar Editors/Health/Medical Writers

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 12, 2003

160 Health Experts and Celebrities on 42 Panels on a Variety of

Health Topics Ranging from Alzheimer's, Diabetes and Cancer to

Integrative Medicine, Nutrition and Plastic Surgery

The fifth annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Health & Fitness will feature 42 panel sessions conducted by some of the nation's top medical and holistic health experts specializing in a wide variety of areas including Alzheimer's, diabetes, mental health, nutrition, yoga, men's and women's health, and the latest advances in medical treatments and disease prevention. The event will be held from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 4, and Sunday, Oct. 5, on the University of Southern California campus in Los Angeles.

Admission to the festival and panel sessions is free to the public. Seating for panel sessions is on a first-come, first-served basis. On-campus parking is available for $5.

Speaker and event information is available online at www.latimes.com/festivalofhealth or by calling 800-350-3211. The official Los Angeles Times Festival of Health & Fitness event program will appear in the Sept. 28 edition of The Times.

Panel Highlights

Alzheimer's

-- Alzheimer's and Caregiving -- Alzheimer's Assn. celebrity

spokespersons Hector Elizondo and Sharon Lawrence; Michelle

Plauche Barclay, regional director, Alzheimer's Assn.; and

moderator Tami Dennis, deputy Health section editor, Los

Angeles Times

-- Living with Alzheimer's -- Celebrity spokespersons Shelley

Fabares and David Hyde Pierce; Debra Cherry, PhD, associate

executive director, Alzheimer's Assn.; and moderator Jane

Allen, Health section staff writer, Los Angeles Times

-- Remember to Keep Your Brain Young -- Dr. Gary Small, MD,

neuroscientist and author, "The Memory Bible: An Innovative

Strategy for Keeping Your Brain Young"

Diabetes

-- Diabetes: Our Health Matters -- Actor and diabetes health

advocate Robert Guillaume; Dr. Francine Kaufman, MD, professor

of pediatrics at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and head

of the Center for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism at

Children's Hospital of Los Angeles; and moderator Deirdre Dix

Hunt, producer, Discovery Health Channel

-- Diabetes: Live Healthy, Eat Healthy -- Yvette Freeman, actress

and diabetes health advocate; Michel Nischan, executive chef,

Song Airways, and author, "Taste Pure and Simple"; Dr.

Antronette Yancey, MD, director, Chronic Disease Prevention

and Health Promotion, Los Angeles County Department of Health

Services; and moderator Linda Gledhill, executive director,

American Diabetes Assn. of Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa

Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Kern counties

Nutrition

-- Zone In with Barry Sears -- Barry Sears, PhD, president of the

biotech firm Sears Labs and author, "The Zone" series of

nutrition books

-- People's Pharmacy -- Joe and Teresa Graedon, syndicated talk

show hosts and best-selling authors, "People's Pharmacy Guide

to Home and Herbal Remedies"

-- Healthy Holidays: -- Marilu Henner, actress and author,

"Healthy Holidays: Total Health Entertaining All Year Round"

-- Nutritional Make-over -- Jonny Bowden, certified nutrition

specialist and nationally known expert in low-carbohydrate

dieting, and author, "Jonny Bowden's Shape Up"; Patricia

Fitzgerald, author of "The Detox Solution: The Missing Link to

Radiant Health, Abundant Energy, Ideal Weight" and founder of

the Santa Monica Wellness Center; Robert Crayhon, president,

Crayhon Research Institute and author, "Robert Crayhon's

Nutrition Made Simple"; and moderator Jodi Jones, co-author,

"The Vitality Connection: Ten Practical Ways to Optimize Your

Health and Reverse the Aging Process"

-- Nutritional Therapy for What Ails You -- Dr. Hyla Cass, MD,

author, "Natural Highs: Supplements, Nutrition, and Mind-Body

Techniques to Help You Feel Good All the Time"; Dr. Michael

Grossman, MD, co-author, "The Vitality Connection: Ten

Practical Ways to Optimize Your Health and Reverse the Aging

Process"; Dr. Peter Pressman, MD, assistant professor and

associate director of the Residency in Internal Medicine at

the University of Southern California and Firm Chief at Los

Angeles County Hospital; and moderator Robert Crayhon,

president, Crayhon Research Institute and author, "Robert

Crayhon's Nutrition Made Simple"

Women's Health

-- Dr. Susan Love discusses Breast Cancer -- Dr. Love, MD,

clinical professor of surgery at UCLA's David Geffen School of

Medicine, president and medical director of the Susan Love MD

Breast Cancer Research Foundation in Santa Barbara and author,

"Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book."

-- A Woman's Body: From Adolescence to Menopause -- Dr. Beth

Karlan, MD, director of the Women's Cancer Research Institute,

Division of Gynecologic Oncology and the Gilda Radner Ovarian

Cancer Program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; Dr. Pamela

Peeke, MD, author of "Fight Fat After Forty: The Revolutionary

Three-Pronged Approach That Will Break Your Stress-Fat Cycle

and Make You Healthy, Fit, and Trim for Life"; Diana Taylor,

RN, professor emeritus, University of California, San

Francisco School of Nursing and co-author, "Taking Back the

Month: A Personalized Solution for Managing PMS and Enhancing

Your Health"; and moderator Lisa Garr, host of KPFK-FM's "The

Aware Show"

Mental Health

-- Dr. Drew speaks on Addiction -- Dr. Drew Pinsky, MD, co-host

of the radio program, "Loveline," and author, "Cracked:

Putting Broken Lives Together Again"

-- Autism: Signs & Solutions -- Pegeen Cronin, PhD, associate

director, UCLA Autism Evaluation Clinic; Portia Iverson,

co-founder of the non-profit organization, Cure Autism Now;

Dr. Bryna Siegel, MD, professor of psychiatry, University of

California, San Francisco and director of its Autism Clinic,

and author, "The World of the Autistic Child: Understanding

and Treating Autistic Spectrum Disorders"; and moderator Frank

del Olmo, associate editor, Los Angeles Times

-- ADD: Focus on Solutions -- Dr. Alan Green, MD, assistant

clinical professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral

Sciences at UCLA and medical director, Center for Attention

and Learning Disorders at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center; Gary

Schummer, PhD, clinical psychologist and director, Attention

Deficit Disorder Treatment Center in Torrance; Sari Solden,

psychotherapist and author, "Journeys through Adulthood:

Discover a New Sense of Identity and Meaning with Attention

Deficit Disorder"; and moderator Deborah Cooper, PhD, clinical

psychologist and licensed Marriage, Family & Child Counselor

Body Works

-- Gentle Fitness: Pilates, Yoga & T'ai Chi -- Television actress

and t'ai chi instructor Erin Gray; Christy Kimbro, founder of

Y.M.I. Yoga, a Los Angeles-based hatha yoga center; certified

Pilates Method instructor Suzi Lonergan; and moderator Ahnjel

Ali, aerobics instructor, sports performance nutritional

counselor and fitness trainer

-- Yoga: Body & Mind -- Arthur Jeon, yoga instructor and author,

"City Dharma"; Max Strom, director of Sacred Movement, a Los

Angeles yoga and healing center; Krishna Kaur-Khalsa, founder

and president, International Assn. of Black Yoga Teachers; and

moderator Julie Deife, publisher and editor of LA Yoga

magazine

Image/Beauty and Self-Esteem

-- Plastic Surgery: Beyond Nip & Tuck -- Board-certified plastic

surgeons Dr. Brian Kinney, MD, Dr. Robert Kotler, MD; Dr.

Steven Teitelbaum, MD; and moderator Marta Waller, KTLA TV

anchor

-- Skin Deep: Rejuvenate Your Face -- Dr. Han Lee, MD, assistant

professor, USC Division of Dermatology and director,

Dermatologic Surgery and Cutaneous Oncology; Dr. Stuart

Kaplan, MD, nationally recognized dermatologist and assistant

clinical professor, UCLA Medical Center and Wadsworth V.A.

Medical Center; and moderator Marta Waller, KTLA TV anchor

-- Self-esteem & Body Image -- Kathy Freston, author, "Expect a

Miracle: Seven Spiritual Steps to Finding the Right

Relationship"; Dr. Peter Pressman, MD, assistant professor and

associate director of the Residency in Internal Medicine at

the University of Southern California and Firm Chief at Los

Angeles County Hospital; Laure Redmond, nationally recognized

fitness therapist and author, "Feel Good Naked -- 10 No-Diet

Secrets to a Fabulous Body"; and moderator Catherine Cardinal,

PhD., psychotherapist and author, "The Ten Commandments of

Relationships"

-- Smile Therapy: Cosmetic & Holistic Dentistry -- Dr. Edmond

Hewlett, DDS, vice-chair, Division of Restorative Dentistry,

UCLA School of Dentistry; Dr. Jennifer Holtzman, DDS, dental

and oral health educator and executive director, ToothWoman

Network; Dr. Alexander Pana, DDS, Dental Boutique and Wellness

Center, West Los Angeles; and moderator Dr. Harold Slavkin,

DDS

Medical/Treatment Advances

-- Integrative Medicine: What the Doctors are Saying -- Dr. Marc

Brodsky, MD, clinical instructor, UCLA Center for East-West

Medicine; Dr. Mary Hardy, MD, medical director, Cedars-Sinai

Medical Center program in Integrative Medicine; Dr. David

Simon, MD, medical director, The Chopra Center at La Costa

Resort and Spa; and moderator David Olmos, Health section

editor, Los Angeles Times

-- New Treatments for Macular Degeneration -- Dr. Jennifer Lim,

MD, associate professor, Keck School of Medicine of USC and

retinal specialist, Doheny Eye Institute

-- The Latest Advances in Preventing and Treating Colorectal

Cancer -- Dr. Robert Beart, MD, professor of surgery, Keck

School of Medicine of USC, and Costello Chair in Colorectal

Diseases and Skirball-Kenis Chair for Colorectal Diseases

-- Latest Advances in Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery -- Dr.

Robbin Cohen, MD, assistant professor of surgery, Keck School

of Medicine of USC; and Randy Henderson, program manager, USC

Transfusion-Free Medicine and Surgery Program

-- Changing Perspectives on Hormone Therapy -- Daoshing Ni,

doctor of oriental medicine, licensed acupuncturist and

author, "Crane Style Chi Gong"; Charyn Pfeuffer, journalist

and American Cancer Society-certified breast health educator;

Dr. Erika Schwartz, MD, author, "The Hormone Solution:

Naturally Alleviate Symptoms of Hormone Imbalance from

Adolescence Through Menopause"; and moderator Ava Louise

Stanton, licensed clinical social worker and co-author, "The

Breast Cancer Notebook: The Healing Power of Reflection"

-- The Latest in Surgical Treatments for Parkinson's Disease and

Epilepsy -- Dr. Charles Liu, MD, assistant professor of

neurological surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC and

visiting associate in chemical engineering at the California

Institute of Technology

-- Prostate Cancer: What Every Man Should Know -- Dr. Eila

Skinner, MD, associate professor of clinical urology, Keck

School of Medicine of USC

Presenting sponsors are the University of Southern California and The Doctors of USC. Major sponsor is The California Wellness Foundation. Supporting sponsors are Crest Healthy Smiles 2010, Oxytrol and HEARx. Media sponsors are KTLA-TV, ESPN Radio AM (710), KDIS-AM Radio Disney (1110), KKBT-FM "The Beat" (100.3) and KPCC FM (89.3).