A CPD event for GPs, Nurses and other health professionals

Clinical update on the diagnosis and management of PCOS, menopause management optios including HRT and non-hormonal therapies and an update on the contrqceptive pill.

Speakers 

• Dr Jacqueline Boyle
  Diagnosis and management of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome including use of PCOS evidence based guideline and clinical tool
• Dr Elizabeth Farrell
  Menopause management including HRT and non-hormonal therapies
• Dr Tony Geraghty
  Update on the oral contraceptive pill

Time and Date 

6.30pm - Thursday 28 February 2013

Sex, Health & Your Life - What Outback Women Should Know!

When: 10.45am - 2.30pm

Where: Lightning Ridge District Bowling Club 
             Agate St 
             Lightning Ridge
             Buses from Bourke, Brewarrina, Walgett, Collarenebri & Goodooga

Women of western NSW are invited to a FREE health event Sex, Health & Your Life: What Outback Women Should Know!

For GPs and Health Professionals

Friday 12 - Sunday 14 October 2012
Crown Promenade, Melbourne, Australia

16th Australasian Menopause Society Congress

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Society. AMS Congresses are more than ordinary medical meetings. The medicine is excellent but there is always friendship, networking and fun to be found.

If you plan to attend just one conference a year, this meeting gives busy GPs an update not only in menopause but also in many areas of general medicine with take-home practical ideas to inspire and guide improvements for their practice.

Registration available from the Congress website www.ams2012.com.au

More information AMS website www.menopause.org.au 

AMS Community Seminar

Sunday 14 October 2012, 2.30-4.30pm
Crown Promenade Hotel, 
8 Whiteman St,
Southbank, Melbourne

Cost: Gold coin donation at the door
Bookings: essential

Women's health experts will discuss topics around menopause including management options, lifestyle, HRT and non-hormonal therapies. As well as other ways you can stay 'on track' by looking after your heart and bone health.

6-8pm 
RMIT Storey Hall,
336-342 Swanston St, Melbourne

This free forum addresses the issue of incontinence in women across the lifespan and new treatments for Pelvic Organ Prolapse. Learn more about the pelvic floor including pelvic floor safe exercises and preventon strategies with important information delivered by a team of renowned Australian and International health professionals.

The Forum will be moderated by special guest Dr Sally Cockburn (Dr Feelgood).

Wednesday 31 October 2012
7.30-9pm AEDT (Sydney/Melbourne Time)

A free webcast for Australian women

Women's health experts will talk about a range of important health topics including:

• Important and practical menopause management advice
• Understanding your mood, emotional wellbeing and mental health
• Tips for maintaining your sexuality and intimate relationships as you get older
• How to maintain your health and wellbeing with food, nutrition and natural therapies

7pm at Kimba Football and Netball Clubrooms,
Kimba, SA

Women of South Australia's Eyre Peninsula are invited to The Time Of Your Life: Things Every Woman Should Know!

Dorinda Hafner serves up a colourful night of fun with health experts sex educator Maureen Matthews and dietitian Terrill Bruere.

This women's health event, presented by Jean Hailes and the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, is being held on 22 June 2012 at 7pm, at the Kimba Football and Netball Clubrooms, 32 North Terrace, Kimba.

See the flyer for more details

The event is supported by the Lock Community Health and Welfare Centre, Mid West Community Health, Eastern Eyre Health and Aged Care, the District Council of Kimba and the Australian Department of Health and Ageing.

To register, call Cleve Community Services on (08) 8628 2665.

RHEF Satellite Broadcast and Webcast

Tuesday 27 March 2012 8:00pm (AEDT)

"PCOS is a common condition affecting up to 18% of Australian women with significant reproductive, metabolic and psychological complications." 
Professor Helena Teede

This live online webcast and simultaneous satellite television broadcast aims to assist GPs, and other primary health care professionals to develop a greater understanding of PCOS. In utilising the new Guideline they can develop skills for better patient care and management.

Program Participants:

Dr Norman Swan - Chair
Presenter of the Health Report on ABC Radio National and Tonic on ABC24 TV;
Dr Jacqueline Boyle
GP, Obstetrician / Gynaecologist, Melbourne, VIC and Darwin, NT;
Dr Kate Marsh
PhD Nutrition, Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian and Credentialled Diabetes Educator, Sydney, NSW;
Dr Nigel Stepto
Exercise Physiologist, School of Sport and Exercise Science & Institute of Sport Exercise and Active Living, Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC; and
Prof Helena Teede
Endocrinologist, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Jean Hailes, Melbourne, VIC.

This program is produced by the Rural Health Education Foundation with funding from the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing and the Jean Hailes for Women's Health.

All details including program information, panellists, resources, broadcast times and other viewing options can be found on the Foundation's website www.rhef.com.au or contacting the Foundation office on (02) 6232 5480.

This event will be presented at 12.30pm and repeated at 6.30pm 

• Date:           Wednesday 7th March 2012
• Time:          12.30pm – 3.00pm or 6.30pm – 9.00pm [same presentations, different times]
• Where:        Reception Room ACT Legislative Assembly, Civic Square
• Cost:           FREE
• RSVP:         Essential. Limited seats available, book now to save your place!
• Bookings:  Register with the Women’s Centre for Health Matters
                      by phone: (02) 6290 2166 or email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Jean Hailes has joined with the Women’s Centre for Health Matters and Sexual Health & Family Planning ACT to present this information event for women.

Flyer

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Presenters

Lisa Westlake - Physiotherapist & Fitness Instructor

"Staying active, inside and out"  

This session will help you to focus on what you CAN do, not what you can't!

• Improve your fitness, boost your mood, wellbeing and energy for life
• Learn to understand your pelvic floor, core posture and bone strength

Maureen Matthews - Sex Educator, Columnist & Business Woman

"The time of your life – women's sexuality after 40"

• Sex, libido & desire
• The sexual adventures of the confident older women, and how to enjoy them

Canberra women's health expert

"Keep a Check on your Health"

• A local Canberra women's health expert will discuss staying well and the crucial health checks for women 40+

38th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian Society for Psychosocial Obstetrics and Gynaecology (ASPOG)

The Alfred Centre
99 Commercial Road, Melbourne

The conference theme will be “Everywoman in the 21st Century”, with presentations by experts in research and clinical practice on topics including...

• Optimising fertility
• Sex in post-reproductive life
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women's reproductive health
• Cosmetic genital modification
• Birth in the 21st century.