EVENT:
The fourth annual Women's Wellness Day & Health Expo, "My Body, My Self," features speakers and events on a wide range of women's health issues, with an emphasis on integrative strategies for looking better and feeling great. Topics will include improving mental performance, finding freedom from food, antioxidants and anti-aging, and more. The event is sponsored by the Susan Samueli Center for Integrative Medicine at UC Irvine.

DATE:
Thursday, May 4, 2006

TIME:
7:45 a.m.-5 p.m.

LOCATION:
Radisson Hotel, Newport Beach, Calif.

COST:
$100 before April 21; $125 thereafter, $150 at the door. Proceeds will support the UCI Susan Samueli Center for Integrative Medicine.

INFORMATION:
Call (949) 824-0087 or visit: www.ucihs.uci.edu/com/samueli

BACKGROUND:
The Susan Samueli Center for Integrative Medicine is in the UCI School of Medicine and is focused on scientific research, clinical treatment and education in the broad field of complementary and integrative medicine. The center, which was established in early 2000 through a generous gift from Henry and Susan Samueli, is dedicated to public and professional education and scientific research on the use of complementary and integrative approaches in wellness and disease prevention as well as health care.

Women's Wellness Day speakers will include:
. Daniel G. Amen, M.D.: "Making a Good Brain Great"
. Anita Johnston, Ph.D.: "Eating in the Light of the Moon: Finding Freedom From Food, Fat and Dieting"
. Christine Horner, M.D.: "Natural Approaches to Protecting Against and Fighting Breast Cancer"
. Howard Murad, M.D.: "Internal and External Skincare and Its Relationship to Overall Health"
. Cynthia Graff: "Is Your Lifestyle Killing You?"
. Sondra Miles: "Antioxidants and Anti-Aging"
. Koren Barrett, N.D.: "Healthy Kids -- Naturally!"
. Sasha Stiles, M.D.: "Treating Obesity by Healing the Psyche"
. Leigh Erin Connealy, M.D.: "The Fat Trap and How to Get Out of It"
. Ari Babaknia, M.D.: "A Delicious SoyLution to Enhance Women's Health"
. Mahtab Jafari, Pharm.D.: "A Scientific Recipe for an Anti-Aging Salad"
. Robert Burns: "Live and Lift Lean"