Mount Sinai Downtown, New York, New York (Ms Serra and White and Dr Chadha); Coachella Valley Volunteers in Medicine, Indio, California (Dr Fleishman); and Consultant, New York, New York (Dr Leung).

Correspondence: Diane Serra, RN, MS, LA,c ([email protected]).

Ms Serra received grant support in part from The Daisy Foundation (JPB-2012-36A).

The authors acknowledge Dr Rosa Schyner and Dr Bo Anderson for their expert input in the development of the protocol and the mentorship of Dr Hongwei Zhang to the Monday morning students from the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine.

The authors have disclosed that they have no significant relationships with, or financial interest in, any commercial companies pertaining to this article.