If you want to cut back on salt in your diet, these are the foods to avoid when you go out to eat.

The authors of the popular “Eat This, Not That” series have listed the saltiest restaurant foods in eight different categories and published them on Yahoo! Health.

Saltiest pasta: Ruby Tuesday Mediterranean Shrimp Pasta

At 3,737 mg of sodium, it’s equal to 10 large orders of McDonald’s French Fries.

Saltiest Mexican entrée: On the Border Dos XX Fish Tacos

3,740 mg sodium makes it equal to 275 Tortilla Chips.

Saltiest starter: Applebee’s Chili Cheese Nachos

The 4,270 mg sodium can be matched by ordering 18.5 orders of Taco Bell’s Cheesy Nachos.

Saltiest breakfast: IHOP Thick-Cut Bone-In Ham & Eggs

4,310 mg sodium – the same as 32 strips of Oscar Mayer Center Cut Bacon.

Saltiest “healthy” entrée: Applebee’s Weight Watchers Chipotle Lime Chicken

This is labeled as healthy, but at 4,990 mg sodium, that 32 strips of bacon may be looking a lot better.

Saltiest soup: P.F. Chang’s Hot and Sour

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A 14-member committee has been named to search for a successor to Dr. Peter Polverini as dean of the University of Michigan School of Dentistry.  In January, Polverini announced he would not seek a third term as dean when his term expires in August 2013.

U-M Provost Phil Hanlon announced the committee — which includes tenure and clinical track faculty, staff, a student, and alumni — will be chaired by Dr. Jacq

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As American and world health care systems move towards increased reliance on health information technology, there’s a corresponding need arising for responsible, sustainable and safe methods of managing the growing tide of e-waste that inevitably follows. Paying attention to the twilight period of IT’s life cycle also provide opportunities for innovation. While Global 1000 companies such as GE churn out high value, yet toxin-rich hardware, innovators such as Redemtech find responsible ways of recycling such equipment.

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There is a consensus among scientists that certain types of research require the use of animals. The UK government has repeatedly said it agrees.

However, a small but vocal minority has been eroding British research by targeting an unexpected group – the transport sector – with the effect that the movement of lab animals into, out of and within the UK is now threatened.

Activists accuse airlines and ferry companies involved in this of acting immorally. Whi

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