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NEWS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENovember 30, 2010Contact: Luke Frank, Media Relations Manager505/272-3679; cell 505/907-9525DR. ANDREW WEIL PUBLIC FORUM COMING TO ALBUQUERQUE DECEMBER 18“You Can’t Afford To Get Sick” to Benefit UNM Center For Life Integrative Medicine ClinicALBUQUERQUE, NM – UNM’s Health Sciences Center welcomes Dr. Andrew Weilpresenting a public forum, “You Can’t Afford to Get Sick” based on his most recent book, WhyOur Health Matters, Saturday, December 18, 11 a.m. at the Hyatt Regency Albuquerque.Andrew Weil, M.D., is considered the foremost authority in Integrative Medicine, havingtraveled the globe investigating and collecting information from other cultures’ drug use,medicinal plants and alternative treatments for disease. Director of the Arizona Center forIntegrative Medicine, University of Arizona, Weil promotes integrative medicine as acombination of mainstream and alternative medicine, emphasizing prevention over treatmentand focusing on nutrition, botanical medicines and mind-body interventions to complementconventional drug and surgery protocols.Proceeds from the Public Forum will benefit UNM’s Center For Life, an AlbuquerquePreventive and Integrative Medicine Specialty Clinic. Center For Life Services include:‣ Integrative Medicine Consultations‣ Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine‣ Chiropractic Medicine‣ Nutritional Counseling‣ Infra Red Therapy‣ Massage technique, including Oncology, Pregnancy, Hot Stone, Swedish, ReflexologyHead/Scalp & Neck, Craniosacral, Sports, Deep Tissue, Therapeutic and others‣ Hypno-therapy‣ Ayurvedic Consultations‣ Energy Medicine‣ Opportunity to meet with Curanderas, Native Healers and other Spiritual HealersTickets are available for $25; Special VIP Packages also are available for $150 andinclude a Private Brunch with Dr. Weil; attendance at the Public Forum and a book event.-MORE-

Andrew Weil Public Forum – 1 st and only addWeil is the author of several best-selling books promoting general health and healthyaging. Other titles include: Healthy Aging Spontaneous Healing Natural Health, Natural Medicine 8 Weeks to Optimum Health Eating Well for Optimum HealthFor more information and to purchase tickets online, visit the UNM Center For Life atwww.unmcfl.org or call 925-7464.- 30 -UNM – Expert Healthcare You Can Trust