7th Annual Women's Health Symposium at the 92nd Street Y April 2, 2006

Empowering Women to Make Informed Healthcare Decisions and Lifestyle Choices about Disease Prevention, Disease Management and Healthy Aging

Bring Your Mother, Your Daughter, Your Sister, Your Girlfriend ? and Yourself

Website: www.92y.org/whs

Medical research, health studies and public information often provide women with conflicting information that can be overwhelming and confusing. This annual full-day event provides a wonderful way for women of all ages to get their questions answered by health care professionals ? each chosen for their expertise in their noted field.

Opening Keynote Address by Gail Sheehy: ?Pursuing the Passionate Life,? who shares inspirational stories of seasoned women successfully embracing their ?second adulthoods.?

Closing Keynote Address by D. Lindsey Berkson, MA, DC, ?Helping Yourself to Healthy Hormones? (how our health is affected by the foods we eat and the environment in which we live, work, play and sleep).

Twelve concurrent seminars on a wide range of topics concerning women?s health:

? Dismantling Depression: A Self-Coaching Approach - Joseph Luciani, PhD
? Gastrointestinal Distress: New Reasons Not to Worry ? Jennifer Christie, MD
? Stop Breaking Your Heart (stress and heart disease link) ? Nieca Goldberg, MD
? Figuring Out Gynecological Facts and Fiction ? Carol Livoti, MD
? Battling Back Pain (minimally invasive treatment) ? Emile M. Hiesiger, MD
? Preventing Breast Cancer Naturally ? Christine Horner, MD, FACS
? The Ex Factor (metabolism-boosting exercises) ? Mirabai Holland, MFA
? Hints for Health from a Nurse?s Notebook ? Patricia Carroll, RN
? Psyching Up Your Skin (science of psychodermatology ? how strong emotions affect skin health and beauty) ? Richard Fried, MD, PhD
? Building Beautiful Bones (without hormones) ? Leon Root, MD
? Food for Fitting into Your Genes (science of nutrigenomics - creating customized diets based on genetic makeup) ? Jack Challem
? Healthy Sexuality at Every Age ? Barbara Bartlik, MD

Additionally, the symposium features:
? Free health screenings (osteoporosis, skin cancer, podiatry and cardiovascular and hypertension) by Mount Sinai Medical Center
? Spa samplings ? free hand paraffin treatments and free warmed neck wraps
? Healthcare educational materials
? Healthcare book sales and signings by many of the event speakers.

Cost: $59/$44 Oxford Health Plan members for a full-day package (includes keynote sessions plus a choice of three concurrent one-hour seminars). Individual keynote addresses ($25 each) and seminars ($22 each), subject to availability.
Registration: By Phone (212-415-5500). By Fax (212-415-5788) or Mail (92nd Street Y, 1375 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10128) with completed registration form found on inside back cover of event brochure or online at http://www.92y.org/content/pdf/whs_orderform.pdf In Person: Visit the 92nd Street Y Box Office (1375 Lexington Avenue)