NAMs the North American Menopause Society is holding it's annual meeting in New York City beginning this Thursday, September 23rd and lasting through Saturday, September 25 th.   The North American Menopause Society founded in 1989, is North America's leading nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the understanding of menopause and thereby improving the health of women as they approach menopause and beyond.  NAMS membership includes 2,000 experts from diverse areas as basic science, medicine, nursing, sociology, psychology, anthropology, epidemiology, nutrition, and education.

NAMs is celebrating their 10th anniversary
in promoting women's health specifically in the area of menopause.  This multidisciplinary scientific meeting is attended by more than 1,000 healthcare professionals and researchers from around the world.

This seminar provides the opportunity for professionals with an interest in menopause to network, share valuable information, and present new research data about the facts and myths surrounding menopause.   This meeting also serves to draw attention to those menopause-related issues that need further investigation.

This year the top keynote speakers will be talking about the following topics:

• Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease- Marcia Stefanick, PhD
• Menopause and Diabetes- Robin S. Goland, MD
• New Bone Biology- John P. Bilezikian, MD
• Ethnicity and Menopause- Patricia A. Kaufert, PhD
• Arthritis and Related Disorders in Menopausal Women- Michael Belmont, MD
• Exercise for Strength, Balance, Bones, Heart, and Mind- Sadja Greenwood, MD, MPH

HotFlash! will be covering this NAMS conference.   Updates will be daily.

The NAMS Awards
To celebrate its first decade of service, the North American Menopause Society (NAMS) created a special awards program honoring those who have improved the way society views menopause and women at midlife.  Selected from hundreds of nominees, listed alphabetically below, are the names of the organizations and individuals of this year's winners.  According to Laurie Smith public relations coordinator for NAMS, "This process has taken almost a year and we received hundreds of nominees.  Deciding the honorees was done by our committee members and  we are thrilled by their decisions."

Celebrating Women at Midlife and Beyond" Award Winners (in alphabetical order)

• Jane Brody
• Bernadine P. Healy, MD
• Vivian W. Pinn MD
• Planned Parenthood Federation of America
• Prevention Magazine
• Donna E. Shalala
• The Society of obstetricians and Gynecologists
• Gloria Steinem and Ms. Magazine
• Oprah Winfrey

NAMS web site http://www.menopause.org

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HotFlash Cyber-interview with Dr Utian
ExecutiveDirector of NAMS
hosted by Sue Spataro

Wulf Utian, MD, Ph.D. is a specialist in the fields of gynecological endocrinology and infertility. He has been an innovator in several aspects of advanced reproductive technology.   He has devoted the better part of thirty years to studying the physical and emotional aspects of menopause. See our interview with him.

Recommended Reading
Could It Be...Perimenopause?
by Steven R. Goldstein, Laurie Ashner

In clear, supportive prose, Goldstein offers no-baloney advice. "Today's perimenopausal women has neither the time nor the patience to go through four to fifteen years of symptoms without relief," he says. He fully delineates the roles of various hormones, how to determine if you're in perimenopause or not, as well as how to treat the various symptoms to gain control over your life. He's a big advocate of low- and ultra-low-dose birth-control pills: "There is nothing inherently advantageous about bursting the capsule of your ovary and having to repair it each month. There's no reason for having fluctuating levels of hormones floating around unless you want to have a baby." He also recommends some natural and herbal treatments (he tells which ones are more appropriate for menopausal or postmenopausal women, and which are worthless or even dangerous). He's also a big promoter of sonohysterography, a type of ultrasound test that he says could prevent up to three-fourths of all emergency-room visits made by women with excessive uterine bleeding.

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