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EXAMINES SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY
ATHENS,
Ohio -- Recently, several studies on hormone replacement
therapy (HRT) have received attention in the professional
and lay presses. While
these studies and the media coverage they received have
provided some beneficial information about HRT, they have
also contributed to public misconceptions of HRT.
In a noon
geriatric seminar scheduled for Oct. 4,
Ken Glinter,
D.O., hopes to dispel popular myth regarding the
consequences of decreased estrogen production and discuss
therapeutic options for menopausal women. The seminar is
sponsored by the Ohio
University College of Osteopathic
Medicine
(OU-COM) and will be held at O'Bleness Memorial Hospital,
Room B-9, from noon to 1 p.m.
Glinter,
chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at
OU-COM, said that the purpose of his presentation is to give
a relatively objective perspective on a somewhat
controversial topic. "It's my job as a physician to help
patients see through popular misconceptions to find ways to
improve their quality of life," Glinter said. "HRT is one of
the most significant health care interventions we can make
for helping women live longer and healthier."
All
health-care professionals are invited to the program. Lunch
trays and brown bags are welcome. Physicians, social
workers, counselors and nurses can receive one hour of
continuing education credit for attendance.
For more
information, call the Geriatric Education Center at (740)
593-2258.
Sponsors
include the Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology Department,
the Ohio University Counselor Education Program and the
Western Reserve Geriatric Education Center and the Area
Health Education Center.
The event
is part of OU-COM's fall 1999 continuing education series on
geriatric medicine and gerontology, held on the first and
third Mondays of each month from noon to 1 p.m. at O'Bleness
Memorial Hospital, Room No. B-9.
On Sept.
20, Jeff Palm, Ph.D., spoke on "Pharmacy Consideration in
Long-Term Care." Four more seminars are scheduled. On Oct.
18, Andrea Williams and Sandy Kirkendall will present
"Assisted Living: Welcome Resource for Elderly." On Nov. 1,
Mike Kellogg, Ph.D., will speak on "Music Therapy and
Medicine." Kurt Hoelrich will speak on "Prosthetics and
Orthotics in Geriatrics" on Nov. 15. "Update on Cardiac
Diagnostic Technology" will be presented by Randy Purdy,
D.O., on Dec. 6.
"The
seminars are designed for an interdisciplinary audience,"
said Suzanne Croci, OU-COM geriatric education coordinator.
"Health professionals from the community regularly attend,
in addition to interns, residents and medical students.
Members of the public are welcome as well, and the diversity
of disciplines represented by the participants makes for an
interesting exchange of ideas."
Croci said
the seminar series was started by a federal grant that
established OU-COM as a contributing site to the Western
Reserve Geriatric Education Center in September 1994 and has
supported many continuing education programs. Provided by
the Department of Health and Human Services, the grant
supports educational programs in geriatrics and gerontology
for physicians, nurses, social workers, counselors and other
health-care providers to 22 Southeastern Ohio counties.
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