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Edward C. Rosenow III, M.D.
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Edward C. Rosenow III, M.D.
Edward C. Rosenow III, M.D.
Dr. Edward Rosenow III sees a natural link between the Information Age and health care as a way to promote better health. Dr. Rosenow, a Columbus, Ohio, native, is board certified in internal medicine and pulmonary disease and worked in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. He retired from clinical practice in 1996 after 30 years' service at Mayo Clinic.
"It has always been my feeling that the better informed the patient is about his or her body and its functions, the better the patient-physician partnership," he says. "The informed patient is in turn more compliant with the physician's recommendations and better able to make intelligent decisions about health care needs."
Dr. Rosenow is a former Arthur M. and Gladys D. Gray Professor of Medicine and former chair of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Mayo Clinic. He was also president of the American College of Chest Physicians, consultant to NASA on the Space Station Freedom project, president of the Mayo Clinic staff, a regent with the American College of Chest Physicians and program director of the internal medicine residency program at Mayo Clinic.
During his distinguished career, Dr. Rosenow was a five-time Teacher of the Year in internal medicine and inducted into the Mayo Fellows Hall of Fame of Outstanding Teachers.
In 1994, he won the Distinguished Mayo Clinician Award from Mayo Clinic staff and in 1995 was honored with the Ralph O. Claypoole Sr. Memorial Award for Lifetime Dedication to Patient Care by the American College of Physicians. He was named to a mastership by the American College of Physicians in 1998 and that year also won the Mayo Foundation Distinguished Alumnus Award. He is also a Master Fellow in the American College of Chest Physicians. In 2008, a professorship was established in his name — the Edward C. Rosenow III, M.D., Mayo Professorship in the Art of Medicine.
Dr. Rosenow has contributed to 156 publications, including 48 book chapters and one co-authored book.
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Lobelia supplements: Can they curb nicotine cravings?
I'm trying to quit smoking naturally — without using prescription medications. My sister said that lobelia helps reduce nicotine cravings and anxiety, making it easier to stop smoking. Is this true? How much should I take?
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As early as the 1930s, researchers were investigating the possibility that the herb lobelia could help fight the effects of nicotine withdrawal. Unfortunately, a 1972 review of literature from the preceding years found no evidence that lobelia had any effect on helping smokers to quit. Since more-recent studies of lobelia have not been conducted, the evidence simply isn't there to support its use as a stop-smoking aid. In addition, lobelia can be toxic, causing such side effects as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, seizures and low blood pressure. For these reasons, Mayo Clinic experts do not recommend lobelia as a treatment for any condition, including nicotine addiction.
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