ADVISORY/Major Health Risks for Teenage Girls, Including Depression, Are Focus of Key Session at 11th Annual Congress on Women's Health May 31-June 3, Hilton Head Island, S.C.

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ADVISORY...for Saturday-Tuesday (May 31-June 3)

LARCHMONT, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 21, 2003

Adolescent girls are at risk for a variety of medical and psychological problems that can accompany the tremendous physical, emotional, and social changes during the teenage years -- which can be overlooked or unrecognized until it is too late.

A special session entitled "The Health of Our Daughters" will focus on "Clinical Depression in Adolescent Girls: A State or a Trait?": "Teenage Alcohol Use: Benign or Malignant;" and "The Dance of Adolescence: Mothers and Daughters -- Holding On and Letting Go."

More than 30 outstanding speakers will be presenting the most authoritative and up-to-date practical clinical information on new diagnostic procedures, current therapeutic protocols, and advances in gender-based biology that impact on diagnosis and therapy.

FULL PROGRAM & ON-LINE REGISTRATION ARE AT: www.bioconferences.com/wh

PRESENTATIONS INCLUDE:

-- Loss of libido across the lifespan

-- Perimenopause: Subtle changes, dramatic effects

-- Botox and beyond: New cosmetic procedures

-- Roux-en-Y procedure for morbid obesity

-- HRT: picking up the pieces after the WHI study

-- Cardiovascular health after the findings of WHI and HERS

studies

-- Clinical Conundrums--Managing coexisting conditions:

depression, fatigue, and chronic pain

-- The metabolic syndrome

-- Obesity and insulin resistance

-- Diabetes: A growing medical epidemic

-- The vagina and vulva: What physicians don't know

-- New therapeutic options for osteoporosis prevention and

treatment

-- Growth hormone and anti-aging medicine

-- The health of our daughters

-- Clinical depression in adolescent girls: A state or a trait?

-- Mothers and daughters: losing control, resolving conflict, and

more

-- Preparing for smallpox vaccinations: Advising your patients and

staff

-- Vitamin supplementation: Use and misuse

-- Gender and ethnic disparities in stroke management

-- Botanicals in chronic disease: Latest evidence-based findings

-- AIDS in minority women: Repercussions in primary care

-- Hot topics in women's radiology

-- New vaccine initiatives for breast and cervical cancer and

genital herpes

-- The role of diet in obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular

disease

-- ADHD in women: Diagnosis and treatment

-- Acupuncture for pain, depression, and menopausal symptoms

-- Teen alcohol use: Benign or malignant?

-- Advances in back pain management

-- Workshop on gender, ethnicity, and optimal drug interventions

SPONSORED BY

Journal of Women's Health and University of South Florida College of Medicine 

COLLABORATING ORGANIZATIONS

American Society of Addiction Medicine, The Arthritis Foundation, CFIDS Association of America, Epilepsy Foundation, The Lupus Foundation of America, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, National Osteoporosis Foundation, National Stroke Association, National Women's Health Resource Center, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Association, Shape Up America!, and WomenHeart.

LATE POSTER ABSTRACTS

The submission deadline has already passed; to submit a late abstract, e-mail [e-mail].

CORPORATE SUPPORT OPPORTUNITIES AND EXHIBITS ARE AVAILABLE

Contact Monica Lieberman, [e-mail], [phone], ext. 606.

CORPORATE SUPPORTERS

Novartis, Pfizer Women's Health, Procter & Gamble

CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS:

17.0 hours in category 1 continuing medical education credits; 20.4 hours in category 1 continuing nursing education credits.

BRING YOUR FAMILY!

Child care and activities are available for ages 3-12 years. For information contact the Marriott Hotel Recreation Staff at [phone].

RESORT INFORMATION:

Book now! Last year's hotel was sold out. Hilton Head Marriott Beach & Golf Resort, Hilton Head Island, SC 29928, [phone]. Ask for the special resort rates for the Congress on Women's Health.

TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS:

To get the lowest airfare rates, contact Wayne Coven, Empress Travel, [phone] or [phone] and mention that you are attending the 11th Annual Women's Health Congress in Hilton Head.