Women´s Health in Europe - why does it matter?
EU-parliament
Rue Wierz 60, Brussels entrance Altiero Spinelli
March 18, 2009, 12.00 - 15.00
12.00 Sandwich buffet
12.45 - 13.00 WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
Lena Ek, ALDE, Member of the EU parliament, Sweden
Guest of honour:
Margot Wallström, Vice president European Commission
13.00 - 13.30 ORGANISATIONS FOR WOMEN´S HEALTH IN EUROPE
Alexandra Charles, Chair of the 1,6 and 2,6 Million Club Sweden
SMALL-SCALE ECOLOGICAL FOOD PRODUCTION-
MEDICINE FOR BODY AND SOUL
Carl Jan Granqvist, Professor Sweden
13.30 - 15.00 THE FEMALE HEART IN EUROPE 2009
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSIONS
Heart disease in women - is it common?
Which are the risks? Does the environment matter?
Karin Schenck-Gustafsson, Professor in cardiology
Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
President, International Society for Gender Medicine (ISGM)
Women´s high blood pressure - do we treat properly?
Jeanette Strametz-Juranek, Professor in cardiology
University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Heart failure in women - is it different than in men?
Vera Regitz-Zagrosek, Professor in cardiology
Charité University, Berlin, Germany
Female sex hormones and the heart
Maria Grazia Modena, Professor in cardiology
University of Modena, Italy
Questions and answers
Concluding remarks Lena Ek and Alexandra Charles
