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Integrative Mental Health Conference
March 22-24, 2010 - Phoenix, Arizona
This conference, sponsored by the Arizona Health Sciences Center at the University of Arizona and presented by the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine, is the first conference of its kind to assemble leaders in integrative mental health (IMH), creating a new field and framework with which to promote mental wellbeing. Registration information.

Cancer Prevention Series at True Food Kitchen
February 23 - May 4, 2010 (various dates)
Fox Restaurant Concepts' True Food Kitchen is hosting a lecture series on cancer prevention. Led by the experts from the University of Arizona and The Arizona Cancer Center, each of the lectures in the six-part series will cost $25 and include appetizers and beverages. Here is the schedule. For more information call 602-774-3488.

7th Annual Nutrition & Health Conference
May 10-12, 2010 - Atlanta, Georgia
Nutrition and Health: State of the Science and Clinical Applications conference is the premier nutrition conference for health professionals in the U.S. Co-presented by the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine, the conference assembles internationally-recognized researchers, clinicians, educators, and chefs, all of whose work focuses on the interface between nutrition and healthful living. Registration information.

7th Annual Nutrition & Health Conference - The Public Forum
Tuesday evening, May 11, 2010 7-9pm - Atlanta, Georgia
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31Jan2010

Cutting Down on Salt May Help Bones

DateSunday, January 31, 2010 at 10:10AM | CommentPost a Comment |

That's the word from Australian researchers who found that middle-aged women following a low-salt diet to control high blood pressure excreted less calcium than women on a high carbohydrate, low-fat diet. The investigators suggested that the change in urinary excretion of calcium could benefit bones in the long term. For the study, 92 women aged between 45 and 75 with signs of hypertension were randomly assigned to a low-sodium diet or a high-carb, low-fat diet. Both programs provided the women with 800 mg of dietary calcium daily. After 14 weeks, the researchers found that women on the low sodium diet were excreting 26 percent less sodium than they had at the outset and that levels of excreted calcium also dropped. More study will be needed to determine if a low-sodium diet actually slows bone loss. The study was published in the October, 2009, issue of the British Journal of Nutrition.

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