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Women's Health Concern's 20th Annual Symposium on Women's Health

Date	Friday 16 October 2009
Venue	Royal Society of Medicine, London W1G 0AE
Programme	Low eGFR: But is Kidney Function really Abnormal? Dr Chris Farmer Bio-identical Hormones and other Complementary Medicines: Science Fact or Science Fiction? Professor Margaret Rees The Gerald Swyer Memorial Lecture: Heart Disease in Women Professor Peter Collins Teenagers and Sex: Is it Catching? Dr Gillian Vanhegan What are the Real Risks for Breast Cancer? Professor Richard Farmer Arthralgia and Arthritis: When is an Ache really a Disease? Dr Mike Irani Osteoporosis Therapies: Panaceas or Poisons? Dr John Stevenson The late Dr Gerald Swyer was internationally recognised for his early work on the development of the contraceptive pill; the first endocrine and fertility clinics in London; and his pioneering research on hormone replacement therapy. He was Chairman of Women's Health Concern from 1980-1993. The Dr Gerald Swyer Memorial Fund was set up in 1995 as a lasting tribute to him.

Date

Friday 16 October 2009

Venue

Royal Society of Medicine, London W1G 0AE

Programme

Low eGFR: But is Kidney Function really Abnormal?

Dr Chris Farmer

Bio-identical Hormones and other Complementary Medicines: Science Fact or Science Fiction?

Professor Margaret Rees

The Gerald Swyer Memorial Lecture*:

Heart Disease in Women

Professor Peter Collins

Teenagers and Sex: Is it Catching?

Dr Gillian Vanhegan

What are the Real Risks for Breast Cancer?

Professor Richard Farmer

Arthralgia and Arthritis: When is an Ache really a Disease?

Dr Mike Irani

Osteoporosis Therapies: Panaceas or Poisons?

Dr John Stevenson

*The late Dr Gerald Swyer was internationally recognised for his early work on the development of the contraceptive pill; the first endocrine and fertility clinics in London; and his pioneering research on hormone replacement therapy. He was Chairman of Women's Health Concern from 1980-1993. The Dr Gerald Swyer Memorial Fund was set up in 1995 as a lasting tribute to him.

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