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Hormones = Health The Endocrine Society and The Hormone Foundation's Science Writers Conference

Sunday, June 15, 2008
 
Contacts:
Aaron Lohr
Manager, Media Relations
Phone: (240) 482-1380
Email: alohr@endo-society.org
 
  • WHAT: A one-day program aimed at educating science writers on topics related to hormones and overall health.
  • WHEN: Thursday, December 1, 2005, 9:00AM–3:00PM
  • WHERE: Hilton New York, 1335 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10001
  • WHY: The endocrine system is often overlooked by the media when addressing health issues, although it is intricately linked to all the body’s major systems. Join leading researchers in each of the sessions below to discuss these controversial issues:
  • LET ME IN: Contact Tadu Yimam at media@endo-society.org Seating is limited. Lunch will be provided.

*For convenience presentations are provided in two formats: Adobe Acrobat PDF and Power Point Web view. Click here to get the free Adobe Acrobat software.

Agenda

9:00 - 9:30 am
Registration

9:30 - 10:00
Welcome Remarks

  • Mary Lee Vance, M.D. Chair, Media Advisory Committee – University of Virginia

Session I – Women’s Health

10:00 - 10:15 am
Hormone Replacement Therapy - Time for a Revisit

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10:00 - 10:15 am
Testosterone Therapy for Menopausal Women – Point/Counterpoint: Is Androgen Insufficiency in Women Real, or a Construct of the Pharmaceutical Industry?

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Session II – What You thought You Knew

10:45 - 11:00 am
Aging: Are Hormones Really the Fountain of Youth?

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11:00 - 11:15
“Tightening the Belt”: Is One Diet Superior to Another?

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11:15 - 11:30 am
Sexual Differentation of the Brain - Nature vs. Nurture?

  • Dr. Charles Roselli, of the Oregon Health & Sciences University in Portland, Ore.
    Presentation - PDF

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11:45 – 12:30
Panel Discussion – Scientists and the Media – What We Need From Each Other

  • Trisha Calvo, Fitness
  • Ronni Sandroff, Consumer Reports

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12:30 – 1:30
Lunch - Keynote Speaker

  • Don Catlin, M.D. - Professor of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology at the University of California at Los Angeles Medical School and the Director of the UCLA Olympic Analytical Laboratory

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Session III – Hot Topics in Endocrinology

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1:30 - 2:00 pm
“Muscles from a Bottle”: The Prevalence of Use, Effects and Risks of Anabolic Steroids

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2:00 - 2:15pm
Silent Spring Revisited: Endocrine Environmental Disruptors

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2:15 - 2:30 pm
Are Bioidentical Hormones Really Identical?

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2:30 - 2:45 pm
Childhood Obesity - A Clinician's Perspective

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2:45 - 3:00 pm
Closing

 

 

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Founded in 1916, The Endocrine Society is the world's oldest, largest, and most active organization devoted to research on hormones and the clinical practice of endocrinology. Today, The Endocrine Society's membership consists of over 14,000 scientists, physicians, educators, nurses and students in more than 80 countries. Together, these members represent all basic, applied, and clinical interests in endocrinology. The Endocrine Society is based in Chevy Chase, Md. To learn more about the Society, and the field of endocrinology, visit our web site at www.endo-society.org.