Effective Pain Diagnosis and Management on Women's Health To Be Highlighted

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From Business Wire March 30,2004

Effective Pain Diagnosis and Management To Be Highlighted at 12th Annual

Congress on Women's Health in Hilton Head, South Carolina, June 5-8,

2004

LARCHMONT, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 30, 2004--Addressing chronic

pain, which is often misdiagnosed and undertreated, is one of the

biggest challenges in medicine today. This year's Congress addresses

chronic pain and challenges in pain management, including

state-of-the-art prevention, differential diagnosis, effective

therapeutic protocols for pain relief, lifestyle changes, and

alternative approaches. Barry Eliot Cole, M.D., Director of Education

for the American Academy of Pain Management, and Albert Ray, M.D.,

Medical Director of the Miami Pain and Integrative Medicine Center, will

cover these issues in-depth during the 12th Annual Congress on Women's

Health at the Hilton Head Marriott Beach and Golf Resort in Hilton Head,

SC, June 5-8, 2004.

Millions of women suffer from the pain of migraine and other headaches

throughout their lifespan. Anne Remmes, M.D., Assistant Clinical

Professor of Neurology at Columbia University College of Physicians and

Surgeons, will lead an informative session on the

under-treatment and over-medication of headache sufferers. Other

in-depth presentations will include the differential diagnosis of

fibromyalgia and other soft tissue disorders; rheumatoid arthritis and

lupus, challenges presented by overlapping joint pain; and a hands-on

demonstration of acupuncture for pain relief.

Also highlighting this year's Annual Congress on Women's Health are

Grand Plenary sessions on the therapeutic value of statins, the battle

against obesity, and the emerging revolution in women's healthcare.

Plenary sessions will include the ongoing controversy over menopause and

hormone replacement therapy, and the effort to tailor

therapeutic strategies for women with cardiovascular disease.

The Congress is sponsored by Journal of Women's Health and held in

collaboration with the American Academy of Pain Management, American

Chronic Pain Association, American Menopause Foundation, Inc., Arthritis

Foundation, Cardiovascular Research Foundation, The Lupus Foundation of

America, National Eating Disorders Association, National

Osteoporosis Foundation, National Stroke Association, National Women's

Health Resource Center, North American Association for the Study of

Obesity, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Association, and WomenHeart: The

National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease.

Corporate sponsors for 2004 are The Alliance for Better Bone Health

(Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals and Aventis Pharmaceutical), Daiichi

Fine Chemicals, Inc., Pfizer Women's Health, Procter & Gamble, and

Purdue Pharma. The Congress offers 15 category 1 hours of Continuing

Medical Education and 18 hours of Continuing Nursing Education credits

sponsored by the University of South Florida. For further information

about the Congress or the Program please visit our website at

www.bioconferences.com/wh, call 914-834-3100, ext. 608, or 800-5-BIOCON