Leading Medical Experts Separate Fact From Fiction on Sex and Stress
NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Hosts Annual Women's Health Symposium
New York, NY (October 21, 2004) — Is there a connection between stress and sex drive? Does menopause diminish libido? How does brain function differ between the sexes?
Juggling the kids, work, hormones, and life-changes cause stress at every stage in a woman's life, and can have a significant impact on her relationships. And through it all, women experience a variety of biological and psychological changes, which have the potential to dramatically diminish sexual desire, satisfaction and intimacy. These can give rise to other issues such as anxiety or depression. Today, physicians are armed with a variety of tools from counseling to neuroimaging, which provide new insights and aid them with a better understanding of women's mental and physical health.
Today, Thursday, October 21, leading medical experts representing the fields of obstetrics and gynecology, psychiatry, and radiology, will share their expertise on how to explore ways of understanding and coping with a less-than-robust sexual appetite and for maintaining overall good health at the 22nd Annual Women's Health Symposium sponsored by NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center.
The Symposium, entitled Stress: Rx, Part II — Sex, Mood and the Brain, will take place on the 12th floor of Citigroup, at 399 Park Ave. Registration and lunch will begin at 11:30 a.m.
Leading the panel discussion will be Herbert Pardes, M.D., President and CEO of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, and Orli Etingin, M.D., Director of the Iris Cantor Women's Health Center.
Symposium panel discussions:
Menopause and Sex
Lauri J. Romanzi, M.D.
Assistant Attending Obstetrician & Gynecologist
Clinical Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Why You Are Not "In the Mood"
Gail Saltz, M.D.
Assistant Attending Psychiatrist
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Looking at Brain Function in Men and Women — From the Inside-Out
Emily Stern, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Radiology in Psychiatry
Co-Director, Functional Neuroimaging Laboratory
Proceeds from the Women's Health Symposium will be used to benefit the Iris Cantor Women's Health Center at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell.
The Women's Health Symposium
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center's Women's Health Symposium, now in its second decade, was one of the first programs in the city dedicated to educating women about significant health issues. Physicians, researchers and scientists at NewYork-Presbyerian/Weill Cornell, which comprises NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical College, continue to pursue areas of research and clinical care that focus on improving health care for all women. By holding annual symposia on women's health, the Medical Center provides the opportunity for women to obtain information and exchange views about the latest medical developments.
The Women's Health Symposium Executive Steering Committee, under the leadership of Myra Mahon and Joan Weill, has demonstrated a long-standing commitment to NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center and to the education and advancement of women's health issues.
Kathleen Robinson
krobinso@med.cornell.edu