This year’s conference, entitled “Menopause care – past, present and future”, was held in Warwickshire on 6 and 7 July 2017.
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- Mr Tony Parsons welcomes delegates to the BMS 27th annual conference in Kenilworth
- Kathy Abernethy delivers ‘Hot off the press’ including the BMS vision for menopause healthcare in the UK and Menopause Quality Standards developed following the 2015 NICE Guideline
- Reassessing the Women’s Health Initiative HRT trials – Dr Robert D Langer delivers the BMS Annual Lecture
- The Indian Menopause Society Invited session, Dr Jaideep Malhotra and Dr Suvarna Khadilkar
- Professor Bart Fauser delivers the Pat Patterson Memorial Lecture: Polycystic ovary syndrome: implications for menopause and future health
- New chair Kathy Abernethy (left) with immediate past chairman, Heather Currie.
Photographers: Mr Peter Greenhouse MA FRCOG FFSRH & Edward Shaw Photography
#BMS2017
A selection of the many tweets coming out of the conference:
Great conference – overwhelming evidence to support safety & effectiveness of HRT. Too many women needlessly suffering. Not right! #BMS2017 pic.twitter.com/F4nLXtsLzU
— Louise Newson (@mymenopausedr) July 8, 2017
Androgenic options. Currently no licensed #testosterone options for women in the U.K. This needs to change. #BMS2017 pic.twitter.com/bHRzvpyVbJ
— PostReproHealth (@PostReproHealth) July 7, 2017
Nick Panay: we need definitive study to decide whether contraceptive pill or HRT best for POI @thedaisynet #BMS2017 pic.twitter.com/EN975sP6cR
— Kate Maclaran (@pearse_kate) July 6, 2017
Dr Robert Langer excellent exposée on #WHI 'How good science went bad' results deliberately misrepresented #BMS2017 pic.twitter.com/aGm2PKMyYN
— Peter Greenhouse (@GreenhousePeter) July 6, 2017
Does India need Menopause management? Yes! Indian female life expectancy 40y in 1960 and today 69y according to Jaideep Malhotra #BMS2017
— Eddie Morris (@morris_ep) July 6, 2017
80% children with cancer will survive so need to consider fertility preservation as part of treatment #BMS2017 @FSRH_UK @PostReproHealth
— Dr Jane Dickson (@TheSexDoctorUK) July 6, 2017
Kathy Abernethy: "We need the look at the #menopause more broadly, rather than simply as a cluster of symptoms to get through" #BMS2017
— Hannah Short (@drhannahshort) July 6, 2017
Mr Tony Parsons opens #BMS2017
> 300 delegates 25 from 12 different nations
Welcome everyone— Kay Bridgeman (@Kay_Bridgeman) July 6, 2017