TO YOUR HEALTH

Women's health screenings set at SR conference

Menopause, nutrition, stress, diet, sun damage to skin, and other things

women don't discuss with their doctors will be the focus of a women's health

conference Sept. 10 at the Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs

Road, Santa Rosa.

The conference is sponsored by A Woman's Place gynecology and counseling

practice, Sebastopol; Healdsburg General Hospital, and Palm Drive Hospital,

Sebastopol. It will include lectures, basic health screenings, and lunch.

Dr. Joseph L. Mayo, president of the Sonoma County Ob-Gyn Society and a

member of the North American Menopause Society, will speak on ''Changing With

the Change'' and ''The Three R's of Hormone Replacement Therapy -- Rewards,

Risks, Reactions.''

Dr. Mayo's wife, May Ann Mayo, a family counselor and author, will speak

on, ''Distribution of Gifts -Pretty Faces, Perfect Bodies, and Elder Statesmen

-- Confronting Body Image.''

Other discussion topics are identifying and preventing skin cancer, by Dr.

Cynthia Bailey; the emotional implications of menopause, by Catherine Barnard;

insomnia, by Dr. Susan Marantz and Dr. John Sassin; plastic surgery, by Dr.

Heather Furnas; and diet and women's metabolism, by dietician Cathi Sassin.

Screenings available all day and included in the registration fee are

cholesterol, glucose, osteoporosis, blood oxygen, lung function, podiatry,

depression, and breast exam.

Body composition screening is available for an additional $15. Testing will

be done by Joan Price, author of ''The Honest Truth About Losing Weight and

Keeping It Off.''

Conference hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Registration, including lunch,

costs $35 in advance, $40 at the door. For further information, call A Woman's

Place, 823-8811.

Coming up

Youth Weight Management Class Orientation -- 7 p.m. Thursday at Petaluma

Valley Hospital, Burns Hall, 400 N. McDowell Blvd., Petaluma. An introduction

to upcoming 10-week Shapedown course, designed to help children and teens age

7 to 17 manage their weight and improve their health and self-esteem by

developing good eating and exercise habits. Orientation is free, and the

course, which is attended by youngsters and their parents, is $30 per family

per session; some scholarships available. Phone: Christel Lukoff, 763-3504.

Diabetes Parents Support Group Meeting -- 7 p.m. Sept. 9 at Warrack

Hospital, Conference Room 1, 2449 Summerfield Road, Santa Rosa. Suzanne Brady

will lead a discussion on dietary needs for children with diabetes. Sponsored

by the American Diabetes Association. Free. Phone: 542-6017.

The Press Democrat must receive To Your Health information at least two

weeks before the expected Monday of publication. It must include all details

and the name, address and daytime telephone number of the contact person. Mail

to To Your Health, P.O. Box 569, Santa Rosa 95402, or hand-deliver to our

Santa Rosa office, 427 Mendocino Ave.