Welcome to the inaugural flight of Flyway, a quarterly newsletter devoted to assisting health care providers who are seeking to expand their knowledge of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies. The use of CAM therapies is prevalent among the American public, yet most conventional health care providers have limited knowledge of the indications for and the safety and efficacy of these therapies. Each issue of Flyway will focus on a common health concern that often drives patients to seek CAM therapies. In this first issue, we’ve chosen to focus on dyslipidemia. In our Grand Rounds section, conventional and complementary health care providers discuss a dyslipidemia case study and recommend a plan of care. In Ask the Expert, a clinician asks about the use of a dietary supplement to normalize dyslipidemic profiles. In the Self Care column, we provide a compendium of resources related to dyslipidemia to assist patients to become actively involved in their plan of care. Finally, in the Media Review column, we review a popular consumer-oriented book on essential fats.

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