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Upcoming Events

Health Professional Breakfast – Goldfields WA

Health Professional Breakfast - Kalgoorlie
"Midlife & Menopause: A Women's Health Update"
Date: Friday 16 October
Venue: Kalgoorlie Hospital Conference Room and via video conference at Esperance Community Health Centre
Time: From 7.30am
 
Speakers
Dr Elizabeth Farrell, Gynaecologist ~ 'Menopause, HRT & midlife health issues'
Dr Cate Lombard, Dietitian ~ ‘The Lifestyle Factor - Improving the Wellbeing of Women'
                                            Including lifestyle risk factors prevention of weight gain
Target audience: GPs, Community nurses and other allied health professionals in the Goldfields
                         region
Bookings: Estè Maree at GEGPN on (08) 9021 6610

Professional Development Videoconference

The next Videoconference will be held on Tuesday 20 October, from 6.30pm to 8.30pm.
(6.15pm connection time)

The topic is Endometriosis.
Speakers are Dr Elizabeth Farrell, Gynaecologist and Professor Peter Rogers.

Upcoming events for community members

National Community Seminar - Victoria
Come along to hear Prof Helena Teede and Dr Mandy Deeks talk about the some of the issues facing women at midlife.

Moorabbin
The Midlife Journey - Choices for Health and Wellbeing
Thursday 17 September from 6:30pm
Kingston City Hall
985 Nepean Hwy
Moorabbin Victoria

Cost: $10 bookings essential
Phone: Kingston Arts Centre - (03) 9556 4440

For full details and flyer see http://www.jeanhailes.org.au/content/view/729/604/

National Community Seminar - Western Australia
Dr Elizabeth Farrell (gynaecologist) and Dr Cate Lombard (dietitian) will talk about topics including: perimenopause, menopause, hormone replacement therapy, libido, midlife health & wellbeing and preventing weight gain.

Kalgoorlie
Midlife & Menopause
Thursday 15 October from 6:30pm
WMC Conference Centre
44 Macdonald St, Kalgoorlie
Cost: $10 bookings essential
Call: Goldfields Women's Health Care Centre - (08) 9021 8266

Esperance
Midlife & Menopause
Saturday 17 October from 10.30am
Esperance Civic Centre Council Place, Esperance
Cost: $10 bookings essential
Call: Esperance Community Health Centre - (08) 9071 0400

Clinical Attachments available at Jean Hailes Medical Centre

The Jean Hailes Foundation offers Women's Health and Wellbeing Supervised Clinical Attachments each year. The attachments offer health practitioners the opportunity to observe consultations by women's health specialists on a number of health issues.

No fee is charged for the attachments as The Foundation is committed to supporting health professionals to provide quality care for women.
For more information go to http://www.jeanhailes.org.au/content/view/239/412/ or
contact Carolyn Wall at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or 1800 151 441.

Clinician survey on amenorrhoea

A collaboration between the Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health and Deakin University

You are invited to take part in a research project designed to assess the current practices of medical caregivers in the evaluation and treatment of amenorrhoea in female athletes in Australia. This survey asks questions about practice settings, sex steroids therapy and availability of resources regarding athletic amenorrhoea.
 
For more information go to http://www.jeanhailes.org.au/content/view/743/1/ 

Free Monthly Health Articles

Our free monthly health articles cover a different women's health issue each month and can be reprinted in your organisation's newsletter or magazine at no cost.
 
To register for our monthly health article, go to Monthly Article or http://www.jeanhailes.org.au/

This Month: Bone Health for Life
In Australia, osteoporosis affects one in two females and one in three males over the age of 60. According to Jean Hailes Director of Research Prof Helena Teede, there is plenty that we can do to reduce the risk of osteoporosis and fractures at any age.

Latest webcast now online

Cardiovascular disease in women and the importance of risk perception

In this presentation Professor Helena Teede, Endocinologist and Dr Mandy Deeks, Psychologist cover the risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD)in women. In particular, they define Health Related Behaviour and signifigance in identifying risk and managing behaviour change to assist in the prevention of CVD.

RACGP: Allocated 3 points (Category 2) in the RACGP QA&CPD Program for the 2008-2010 triennium. 
See the webcast at http://www.jeanhailes.org.au/content/view/742/701/  

Medical Observer: Talking Women

August 2009 - Community Diabetes Prevention

Dr Jennifer L A Wong
The incidence and prevalence of diabetes is steadily rising, both nationally and internationally, and it is projected that, by 2010, 1.23 million Australians will be affected by the disease.

The full article is available for download at Talking Women > Diabetes Prevention

For all Talking Women see www.jeanhailes.org.au/content/view/637/621/

New Research from the Foundation

The effects of gender and age on health related behaviours

Amanda Deeks, Catherine Lombard, Janet Michelmore and Helena Teede.
Young Australian women are missing opportunities to invest in their future health according to research from the Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health.

The study on the effects of gender and age on health related behaviours has found women under the age of 50 are less likely to have regular health checks - such as blood pressure, cholesterol and blood glucose checks. The study also found 40% of women under the age of 30 are not having regular pap smears - a finding that concerns lead researcher, Dr Mandy Deeks
Read more at www.jeanhailes.org.au/content/view/741/342/