All workshops will be held in the Sponsored Workshop Theater on the Expo Floor

Friday, April 20, 2007
9:40 - 10:10 AM Performance Improvement (PI) CME: FBHC CARES for Type 2 Diabetes Diane Zuckerman, RPh. Founder The Foundation for Better Health Care Booth# 116 In the near future, Performance Improvement (PI) CME will be a major component of physicians' CME and re-licensure activities. Learn about FBHC's pioneering PI CME program. Enroll to assess your practice-based performance in 9 evidence-based clinical performance measures for Type 2 diabetes and earn up to 20 hours of Category 1 credits.
1:00 - 1:30 PM Lesbian and Transgendered Women's Healthcare Sarah Williams, MSN, APN Medical Provider Howard Brown Health Center Booth# 312 Lesbians are at risk for cervical cancer, breast cancer, and heart disease, but the health care lesbians receive is often biased by misconceptions. Special risks, sexually transmitted infections, and well women care in the lesbian population are reviewed. A brief overview of transgendered women’s care is included.
1:30 - 2:00 PM AtoZinc: Implications for Women’s Health and Wellness Functional Vitamin and Antioxidant Deficiencies Dr. J. Fred Crawford Laboratory Director SpectraCell Laboratories Booth# 202 Major health challenges confront women from childhood to old age: reproductive life, menopause, cancer, heart disease, stroke, depression, osteoporosis, Alzheimer’s disease, and sexually transmitted disease. Inflammation plays a significant role in the pathophysiology of many of these degenerative processes, with deficiencies of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants from A to Zinc, as active participants. Deficiencies are very common and very treatable.
Saturday, April 21, 2007
9:10 - 9:40 AM Performance Improvement (PI) CME: FBHC CARES for Type 2 Diabetes Diane Zuckerman, RPh. Founder The Foundation for Better Health Care Booth# 116 In the near future, Performance Improvement (PI) CME will be a major component of physicians' CME and re-licensure activities. Learn about FBHC's pioneering PI CME program. Enroll to assess your practice-based performance in 9 evidence-based clinical performance measures for Type 2 diabetes and earn up to 20 hours of Category 1 credits.
12:30 - 1:00 PM Advanced Lipoprotein Particle for Better Cardiovascular Risk Assessment Dr. Jan Troup Director of Lipid Science SpectraCell Laboratories Booth# 202 Deaths of women from cardiovascular disease are increasing and the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) acknowledges that 50% of those at risk are missed by standard cholesterol testing. LPP, an advanced lipoprotein particle profile test, identifies many of those at risk by measuring the NCEP emerging risk factors and the clinically relevant lipoprotein particle numbers.
1:00 - 1:30 PM Lesbian and Transgendered Women's Healthcare Sarah Williams, MSN, APN Medical Provider Howard Brown Health Center Booth# 312 Lesbians are at risk for cervical cancer, breast cancer, and heart disease, but the health care lesbians receive is often biased by misconceptions. Special risks, sexually transmitted infections, and well women care in the lesbian population are reviewed. A brief overview of transgendered women's care is included.
2:55 - 3:25 PM What Color Is Your Diet? Susan Bowerman, MS, RD Author What Color Is Your Diet? Booth# Ms. Bowerman will discuss the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory health benefits of a colorful range of plant foods in the prevention of chronic disease and how to utilize the color message to encourage patients to include more plant foods in their diets. The role of plant foods in a weight reduction diet will also be addressed. Following her presentation, Ms. Bowerman will be available to sign copies of her book What Color Is Your Diet?