Women's Health @ Twelve
Throughout the summer months, the Women’s Center collaborates with Psychological Services and the McGrath Health & Counseling Center to present a sampling from Women’s Health @ Twelve, a series produced by the University of California and co-sponsored by the San Francisco Center for Gender Equity and the National Center for Excellence in Women’s Health. Bring a lunch and join us at the Women’s Center at noon on Wednesdays.
The Summer 2009 Series:
June 3: Heart Healthy Chocolate - Chocolate is good for heart health as well as the palate. Mary Engler discusses the results of her research that show that chocolate and cocoa are rich, plant-derived sources of antioxidant flavonoids that promote beneficial effects to the cardiovascular system.
June 10: Alzheimer’s Disease - Current treatment for Alzheimer’s disease offers symptomatic relief only, but this may soon be changing. Recent discoveries by Nazneen Dewji, PhD, UCSD School of Medicine, support the development of two totally new drugs that would potentially treat the cause. Join us for this exciting discussion of what the future may hold in treating Alzheimer’s disease.
June 17: Women’s Health After Breast Cancer - Dr. Mindy Goldman explores menopausal issues related to breast cancer. Learn about alternatives for treatment of hot flashes, some issues about sexual dysfunction and how to improve your quality of life. Presented by the Center for Gender Equity at UC San Francisco.
June 24: Health Matters: Varicose Veins - Dr. Gerant Rivera, Associate Professor of Radiology at UCSD describes how new minimally invasive techniques in interventional radiology are being used to treat a variety of conditions from aortic aneurysms to varicose veins.
July 1: Successful Aging: Sleepless in San Diego - Research suggests that it is the ability to sleep that changes rather than the need for sleep. Factors that affect the ability to sleep include changes in biological rhythms, medical and psychiatric illness and the medications associated with them, the prevalence of sleep disorders, and behavioral problems, like poor sleep habits. Dr. Daniel Kripke discusses these factors and remedies that will help us sleep better as we get older.
July 8: Sex Talk: HIV Prevention Messages - Experts on panel explore problems that hurt community based organizations and public schools in their efforts to teach HIV/AIDS prevention messages. Co-sponsored by The UCLA AIDS Institute and The Williams Project on Sexual Orientation.
July 15: Your Nightly Dreams - G. William Domhoff, research professor of psychology and sociology at UC Santa Cruz, is a leading expert on dreams. Fascinated by dreams for nearly 50 years, Domhoff highlights his work with DreamBank, a search engine and database of 16,000 dreams.
July 22: Childhood Obesity - Childhood obesity has become a more prevalent condition concerning both parents and health care professionals. Dr. Dennis Styne, Professor of Pediatric Endocrinology at UC Davis explains the causes and factors of childhood obesity.
July 29: Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Gender Differences - Studies show women often receive inadequate care as pain manifests uniquely in the sexes and requires distinctive treatment strategies. In this program, Margaret Chesney, Ph.D., Deputy Director, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, updates us on gender differences in the use of complementary and alternative medicine.
August 5: Pain and Endometriosis - The UCSD School of Medicine and the Diana Padelford Binkley Foundation bring you the newest installments of this innovative series targeted at successfully managing pain in women. In this program, Karen Berkley, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Neuroscience, Florida State University, talks about pain and endometriosis.