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Rehovot Scientist to Speak on Multiple Sclerosis at 14th Annual Women’s Health Congress
New Rochelle, NY— For reasons we do not understand, autoimmune disorders are much more prevalent in women than in men. In the case of multiple sclerosis, the female to male ratio is over 2:1. This conundrum will be explored in a dinner symposium on "Neurological and Autoimmune Challenges in Women – Advances in Multiple Sclerosis" with Ruth Arnon, Ph.D., Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, at the 14th Annual Congress on Women’s Health, June 3-6, 2006 at the Hilton Head Marriott Beach & Golf Resort. The complete program is available online at www.bioconferences.com/wh The dinner symposium is supported by an educational grant from Teva Neuroscience.
The Congress provides practical, clinical information on cutting-edge therapeutic protocols, novel diagnostic procedures, and innovative research advances that impact on patient care to physicians, nurses, and policymakers. Conference Chair Susan Kornstein, M.D., Executive Director of the Virginia Commonwealth University Institute for Women's Health, a DHHS National Center of Excellence, Richmond, Virginia and Co-Chairs Gail Stuart, Ph.D., APRN, BC, FAAN, Dean, College of Nursing, Medical College of South Carolina, Charleston and JudyAnn Bigby, M.D., Harvard Medical School, have convened an outstanding faculty and an array of informative sessions that will focus on hot topics in cardiology, menopause, diagnostics and therapeutics, lifestyle medicine, integrative medicine, and common clinical conditions. This year’s Congress will also highlight obesity and weight management in women in a special morning session in collaboration with NAASO: The Obesity Society. The full program is available at www.bioconferences.com/wh
The Congress is sponsored by University of South Florida College of Medicine and Journal of Women’s Health, in partnership with the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women. Collaborating Organizations include American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association, American Chronic Pain Association, American Heart Association, American Menopause Foundation, Anxiety Disorders Association of America, Arthritis Foundation, NAASO: The Obesity Society, National Stroke Association, National Women’s Health Resource Center, and WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease.
Corporate supporters include GlaxoSmithKline, GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare, Procter & Gamble, Procter & Gamble Feminine Care, Sanofi Aventis, Takeda Pharmaceuticals America, Inc., Teva Neuroscience, and Wyeth.
The Congress offers 19.75 category 1 hours of Continuing Medical Education, 23.8 hours of Continuing Nursing Education credits, 19.75 ADA credits, 19.75 CE credits for psychologists, and 19.75 hours of Continuing Pharmacy Education sponsored by the University of South Florida.
Source: Renowned Researcher Ruth Arnon, Ph.D. to Speak on Multiple Sclerosis at 14th Annual Women’s Health Congress. Mary Ann Liebert Inc., Publishers (23 May 2006) [FullText]
The Congress provides practical, clinical information on cutting-edge therapeutic protocols, novel diagnostic procedures, and innovative research advances that impact on patient care to physicians, nurses, and policymakers. Conference Chair Susan Kornstein, M.D., Executive Director of the Virginia Commonwealth University Institute for Women's Health, a DHHS National Center of Excellence, Richmond, Virginia and Co-Chairs Gail Stuart, Ph.D., APRN, BC, FAAN, Dean, College of Nursing, Medical College of South Carolina, Charleston and JudyAnn Bigby, M.D., Harvard Medical School, have convened an outstanding faculty and an array of informative sessions that will focus on hot topics in cardiology, menopause, diagnostics and therapeutics, lifestyle medicine, integrative medicine, and common clinical conditions. This year’s Congress will also highlight obesity and weight management in women in a special morning session in collaboration with NAASO: The Obesity Society. The full program is available at www.bioconferences.com/wh
The Congress is sponsored by University of South Florida College of Medicine and Journal of Women’s Health, in partnership with the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women. Collaborating Organizations include American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association, American Chronic Pain Association, American Heart Association, American Menopause Foundation, Anxiety Disorders Association of America, Arthritis Foundation, NAASO: The Obesity Society, National Stroke Association, National Women’s Health Resource Center, and WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease.
Corporate supporters include GlaxoSmithKline, GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare, Procter & Gamble, Procter & Gamble Feminine Care, Sanofi Aventis, Takeda Pharmaceuticals America, Inc., Teva Neuroscience, and Wyeth.
The Congress offers 19.75 category 1 hours of Continuing Medical Education, 23.8 hours of Continuing Nursing Education credits, 19.75 ADA credits, 19.75 CE credits for psychologists, and 19.75 hours of Continuing Pharmacy Education sponsored by the University of South Florida.
Source: Renowned Researcher Ruth Arnon, Ph.D. to Speak on Multiple Sclerosis at 14th Annual Women’s Health Congress. Mary Ann Liebert Inc., Publishers (23 May 2006) [FullText]
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