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Conference 2007 The Royal Society of Medicine, London, UK CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS To read the abstracts - click on the presentation titles
Programme Day 1 - Thursday 29th March

Plenary Session
Androgens and Health Chairman: Professor Bruno Lunenfeld
Testosterone Deficiency Syndrome : The Invention of a Disease
Prof. Alvaro Morales Centre for Advanced Urological Research, Queens University, Canada

The significance of testosterone in health and disease in men.
*Dr. Michael Zitzmann* Institute of Reproductive Medicine, University of Munster, Domagkstrasse 11, D-48129 Munster, Germany

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Cardiac and Vascular Disease Chairman: Dr Tom Trinick	Aging and Frailty Chairman: Prof Ralph Martins
Testosterone - a Tonic for the Heart	Testosterone and Mortality in Older Men
Prof.Kevin Channer Dept Cardiology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, UK	Prof. Molly Shores Veterans Affairs, Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA 910, USA

Testosterone and Coronary Heart Disease	Androgen regulation of neuropathy in Alzheimer's disease
Prof. Yoav Ben-Shlomo Dept of Social Medicine, Bristol University	Prof. Christian Pike Andrus Gerontology Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0191, USA Dr.

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Cardiac and Vascular Disease (contd.) Chairman: Dr Tom Trinick	Androgens and CNS 1 Chairman: Prof Christian Pike
Androgens and Oestrogens in heart failure	Genetic Factors in Androgen Deficiency and Alzheimer's
Dr. Ewa Jankowska Imperial College, London	Prof. Ralph Martins Centre for Ageing and Alzheimer's Disease, Edith Cowan University, Australia
Urology
Androgens and Prostate Cancer - nothing to fear but the fear itself	Longitudinal analyses of Testosterone levels on well being and memory
Prof. Alvaro Morales Centre for Advanced Urological Research, Queens University, Canada	Prof. Eva Hogervorst Dept of Human Science, Loughborough University, UK

Androgens and Androgen Signalling in Prostate Cancer	Testosterone Replacement and cognitive function
Mr. Mark Feneley Senior Lecturer in Urological Oncological Surgery, Institute of Urology, UCL, London, UK	Prof. Monique Cherrier Research Assistant Professor Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences University of Washington School of Medicine

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Metabolic Syndrome 1 Chairman: Prof. Stefan Arver	Female Issues Chairman Prof. Eva Hogervorst
The role of Testosterone in Metabolic Syndrome	Female Arousal Disorder and function with Androgen Deficiency
Prof. Kevin Channer Dept Cardiology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, UK	Prof. Abdul Traish Director of Urology Research, Boston University School of Medicine, Massachusetts, USA

Testosterone deficiency and metabolic syndrome	Clinical Experiences with Testosterone Replacement in Women
Prof. Adrian Dobbs	Dr. Adrian Zentner Medical Director National Well Men and Women Too Programme Dr. Clement Williams Vancouver, Canada

Programme Day 2 - Friday March 30th

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Diagnostic issues Chairman: Prof. Focko Rommerts	TRT and Pharmacology Chairman: Dr Farid Saad
Validity of Androgen Assays	Are all androgen therapies of equal use?
Dr. Tom Trinick Consultant in Chemical Pathology and physician, The Ulster Hospital, Belfast, N.Ireland	Prof. Stefan Arver Andrology Centre and Research Laboratory for Reproductive Health, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Androgen Abuse in sport	DHT and Androgen Replacement Therapy
Dr. Mike Wheeler Consultant Clinical Scientist, Guys and St Thomas' Hospital, London UK	Prof. Aksam Yassin Clinic of Urology and Andrology, Noderstedt-Hamburger, Germany

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Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome 2 Chairman: Dr Tom Trinick	Genetic Influences Chairman: Dr Malcolm Carruthers
Testosterone and Metabolic changes in Men with Abdominal Obesity	Kleinfelter Syndrome and it's significance in androgen deficiency revisited
Prof. Stefan Arver Andrology Centre and Research Laboratory for Reproductive Health, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden	Dr. Michael Zitzmann Institute of Reproductive Medicine, University of Munster, Domagkstrasse 11, D-48129 Munster, Germany

Links between Testosterone Deficiency, Metabolic Syndrome and Erectile Dysfunction	Digit Ratio (2D:4D): a marker for androgen related traits (and sports selection)
Dr. Farid Saad Schering AG, Strategic Business Unit, Gynaecology & Andrology, Corporate Strategic Marketing Male Health Care, D-13342 Berlin, Germany	Prof. J.T.Manning Population Biology Research Group, School of Biological Sciences, PO Box 147, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK

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Erectile Dysfunction Chairman: Mr Mark Feneley	Androgens and CNS 2 Chairmen: Prof Ralph Martins
Erectile Dysfunction and Androgen Deficiency	Testosterone and Multiple Sclerosis
Prof. Abdul Traish Director of Urology Research, Boston University School of Medicine, Massachusetts, USA	Prof. Nancy Sicotte Assistant Professor of Neurology UCLA School of Medicine

The role of endothelium in erectile dissatisfaction	The impact of testosterone replacement in Alzheimer's Disease.
Andrea Garolla Assistant at the Chair of Clinical Pathology with Prof. Carlo Forresta, University of Padua, Italy	Robert Tan Clinical Director and Chief of Geriatrics, Universityof Texas, Houston, USA

Plenary Session
Androgen Resistance Chairpersons: Prof. Abdul Traish
Androgen Resistance Syndrome?
Malcolm Carruthers Medical Director, The Centre for Men's Health, Harley Street, London. Founder of the Society for the Study of Androgen Deficiency. Author of 'Androgen Deficiency in the Adult Male' 2004.