Dear Members and Friends of ACNEM,

We hope this e-news finds you well. In this issue:

• Free Public Lecture - Assoc Prof Ray Kearney - Gold Coast
• Primary Course in NEM, STPs on Cancer and Depression/Insomnia - Gold Coast
  (last chance for early bird discount - ends 15 October)
  
• 2009 ACNEM Training Calendar - Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane & Auckland
• Latest News and Research
• Thank you to our Sponsors
• Coming Events - Gawler Conference, GPCE
• New-look ACNEM Journal - last call for papers - closes 13 October
• ACNEM E-news - your input invited

Warm regards,
Stephen, Michelle and Kathryn

Free Public Lecture

To coincide with the coming training event on the Gold Coast, ACNEM proudly presents an evening with Assoc Professor Ray Kearney, a free lecture for doctors and health professionals.

The Health Impacts of Fossil Fuels
This lecture will highlight the growing body of international and Australian scientific evidence of the risks posed to the public by traffic-related air pollution and the reasons why.

Assoc Prof Ray Kearney, OAM, until his retirement in 2006, was Associate Professor in the Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology at the University of Sydney. He is a frequent keynote speaker at various national and international conferences and meetings, and lectures widely on health promotion and disease prevention.

Download the brochure here for more information

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"With your talents and industry, with science, and that steadfast honesty which eternally pursues right, regardless of consequences, you may promise yourself every thing but health, without which there is no happiness. An attention to health then should take place of every other object. The time necessary to secure this by active exercises, should be devoted to it in preference to every other pursuit."
Thomas Jefferson

Primary Course in NEM, STPs on Cancer and Depression/Insomnia

Please note, in 2009, training courses will be held from Thursday to Sunday instead of Wednesday to Saturday. There will also be two special "Clinical Training Programs" (CTPs), one on Chelation and the other on Injectable Nutrients. These CTPs will be special one-day training programs held in clinical settings, dates to be advised.

2009
March 12-15 Sydney
1. Primary Course in Nutritional and Environmental Medicine (4 days)
2. Infertility & Fertility, Pre-conception & Pregnancy (2 days 12-13 March)
3. Children & Adolescents - Nappies to P Plates (2 days, 14-15 March)

May 7-10 Adelaide
1. Primary Course in Nutritional and Environmental Medicine (4 days)
2. Metabolic Syndrome (2 days, 7-8 May)
3. Andropause & Menopause (2 days, 9-10 May)

September 17-20 Brisbane area
1. Primary Course in Nutritional and Environmental Medicine (4 days)
2. Thyroid & Adrenal (2 days, 17-18 September)
3. Pain Management & Musculoskeletal (2 days, 19-20 September)

November 19-22 Auckland
1. Primary Course in Nutritional and Environmental Medicine (4 days)
2. Metabolic Syndrome STP (2 days, 19-20 November)
3. Andropause & Menopause STP (2 days, 21-22 November)

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Latest News and Research

• The Heart Foundation recommendations with respect to fish, fish oils and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFA).
  
  
• AMA Position Statement on Obesity - 2008.
  
  
• Australian Newspaper online - Health section 27 September 2008. Article by ACNEM member Dr Michael Ellis and Julie Zilko.
  
  
• Helping Children with Autism. An overview of the pervasive developmental disorder Medicare items. A full explanation of the allied health professional Medicare items for PDDs.
  
  
• Vitamin C may reduce effect of chemotherapy.
  “These results support the hypothesis that vitamin C supplementation during cancer treatment may detrimentally affect therapeutic response.”
  
  
• Antibiotics given during maternal labor may affect childhood health, according to the results of 2 studies reported in the September 18 Online First issue of The Lancet. (free login required)
  
  
• Recently Updated National Institutes of Health Asthma Treatment Guidelines: Important Clinical Applications: Part 1 (free login required)
  
  
• Researchers at the Universities of Oxford and Manchester have identified a naturally occurring protein molecule that could help develop new therapies for conditions such as osteoporosis and osteoarthritis.
  
  
• ADHD: An Overview - useful resource website.
  
  
• Neonatal Vaccination With an Acellular Pertussis Vaccine Accelerates the Acquisition of Pertussis Antibodies in Infants. (free login required)
  
  
• Systematic Review: Tolerable Amount of Gluten for People With Coeliac Disease How Much Gluten Is Too Much? A Best Evidence Review of Celiac Disease (free login required)
  
  
• New findings in both research and clinical practice of nonhymenoptera anaphylaxis with particular emphasis on food and drug allergy. (free login required)
  
  
• Consuming a Mediterranean-type Diet Inversely Associated with Clustering of Cardiovascular Risk Factors.
  
  
• Vitamin Studies: Rebuttal to Allegation That Certain Vitamins May Shorten Lifespan. Life Extension Foundation.
  
  
• U.S. to start $3.2 bln child health study in January. A study that will cost $3.2 billion and last more than two decades to track the health of 100,000 U.S. children from before birth to age 21 will be launched in January, U.S. health officials said on Friday.
  
  
• Good news for chocolate and wine lovers!
  Dark Chocolate Fights Inflammation – new research suggests that eating a piece of dark chocolate eat day may help to reduce inflammation, a known risk factor for many diseases, including cardiovascular disease and cancer.
  
  Red wine may protect men from lung cancer. New research suggests that drinking the occasional glass of red wine may help men to reduce their risk of developing lung cancer.

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Thank you to our Sponsors
ACNEM relies on the support of exhibitors at our training events. Some of these organisations have supported ACNEM for many years, through thick and thin, with the same passion for nutritional and environmental medicine we share. Special thanks go to the following organisations for their renewed support in the form of annual sponsorship of ACNEM:

• Healthworld - Metagenics
• Interclinical Laboratories
• Kingsway Compounding
  

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ACNEM has a non-endorsement policy and a level playing field for sponsoring organisations. Our guidelines for exhibitors and sponsors incorporate the RACGP sponsorship guidelines, with clear separation of educational and promotional content.

Coming events

• Profound Healing - Sustainable Wellbeing. The Gawler Foundation Annual Conference. Saturday & Sunday 15-16 November.
  
  
• GPCE in Melbourne. ACNEM and AIMA will share a stand at the GPCE, 14 - 16 November 2008 Melbourne Exhibition Centre. We hope to see you there!
  
  
• Walsh Research Institute - Sydney Outreach 2009. Nutrient therapy protocols pioneered by the late Dr. Carl Pfeiffer and by Dr. William Walsh. Advanced evaluation and treatment techniques for autism spectrum disorders. Physician Training & Patient Assessments. April 27 – May 5.
  
  
• Mindd International Forum '09 featuring Dr. Bryan Jepson, (author of Changing The Course Of Autism), Dr. Elizabeth Mumper and Julie Matthews (author of Nourishing Hope) will be held in Sydney, May 16-19, 2009.
  
  
• APAC 09, with its theme of Connecting Today: Inspiring Tomorrow, will bring together people with an autism spectrum disorder, families and carers, educators, researchers, service providers and practitioners from across Australia and the Asia Pacific region. Sydney, 20-22 August 2009.

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"When health is absent,
Wisdom cannot reveal itself,
Art cannot manifest,
Strength cannot be exerted,
Wealth becomes useless,
And reason is powerless."
Herophilus 300 B.C.

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