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Men's Health Symposium

June 17, 2010

MMS Headquarters, Waltham, MA

(All presentations in .pdf format)

Morning Session

8:00 a.m.	Morning Session Opening Remarks Lynda M. Young, MD, FAAP David C. Dodson, MD

8:10 a.m.	Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine -Post-Concussion (21 pages) Robert C. Cantu, MA, MD, FACS, FACSM

9:00 a.m.	Prostate Cancer: Prevention, Screening, and Treatment (33 pages) Philip W. Kantoff, MD

10:05 a.m.	Diet & Dietary Supplements & Prostate Health: What do I tell patients from A to Z! (42 pages) Mark A. Moyad, MD, MPH

10:55 a.m.	C-Reactive Protein and Other Biomarkers in the Early Detection of Cardiovascular Disease (37 pages) Brendan M. Everett, MD, MPH

11:45 a.m.	2010 Men's Health Award Frederica M. Williams, MBA

12:00 p.m.	Q&A and Adjournment

12:15 p.m.	Lunch (Provided for full-day participants only)

Afternoon Session

1:00 p.m.	Afternoon Session Opening Remarks David C. Dodson, MD

1:10 p.m.	Recognizing Symptoms and Short- and Long-Term Effects of PTSD (15 pages) Suzanne L. Pineles, PhD

1:55 p.m.	The Changing Status of Men in Society (7 pages) Ned Holstein, MD, MS

2:50 p.m.	Substance Use Disorders (22 pages) John A. Renner Jr., MD

3:35 p.m.	Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence (9 pages) Richard J. Gelles, PhD

4:20 p.m.	Wrap-Up and Program Assessment

4:30 p.m.	Program Adjournment

Additional Resources:

Massachusetts Department of Public Health Men's Health Partnership
http://www.mass.gov/dph/mhp

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Traumatic Brain Injury in the U.S.: CDC Data and Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/Features/dsTBI_BrainInjury/

National Cancer Institute - Prostate Cancer
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/prostate

National Institute of Mental Health: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd/index.shtml

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