Medical Meetings To Focus On Migraines, Â Depression, Fertility, Colon Cancer
Medical Meetings To Focus On Migraines, Â Depression, Fertility, Colon Cancer
DANBURY â How women can manage migraine headaches, new treatments for colon cancer, understanding depression, and answers to infertility will be discussed by doctors and experts from Danbury Hospital at Medical Town Meetings during March.
The meetings are held at 7 pm at the hospital to help educate the community on ways to prevent disease, limit risk factors, and take better care of their health.
On March 9, Diane Wirz, MD, department of medicine, section of neurology, will discuss how migraine headaches affect women. Women have special health concerns, and migraine headaches are no exception. Approximately 28 million Americans cope with headaches. Dr Wirz will discuss treatment options, as well as causes.
On March 14, Joseph Fiorito, MD, department of medicine, chief of the section of gastroenterology, will joins Stuart Bussell, MD, department of surgery, section of general surgery, to address what is happening in the diagnosis and treatment of colon cancer. Colon cancer is one of the types of cancer that can be screened for and treated. The doctors will help raise awareness for the importance of having a colonoscopy screening.
On March 21, Charles Herrick, MD, and Simon Ovanessian, MD, Danbury Hospital department of psychiatry, will team up to discuss the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of child, adolescent, and adult depression.
On March 28, couples struggling with infertility will hear some treatment options from a panel of speakers including reproductive endocrinologist Mark Leondires, MD, a consulting physician in the Danbury Hospital department of obstetrics & gynecology. Infertility affects many couples today, but fortunately many things can be done.
Medical Town Meetings take place in the John C. Creasy Center for Health Education auditorium at Danbury Hospital from 7 to 8:30 pm. Attendees can park for free in the Blue Visitorâs parking lot; use the Hospital Avenue entrance.
For more information about Danbury Hospital community health and wellness programs and services, visit DanburyHospital.org, or call the marketing and public relations department, 797-7247.