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Program Calendar

October 2017

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The programs denoted with an asterisk (*) indicate it is necessary to sign up in advance. The sign up book is located beneath the digital sign.

Sunday October 1st:

10:30am – Communion Service with volunteers from St. Louis Church. Laurelwood Activity Room

11:00am – Trivia: What do you know? Laurelwood Hearth Room

2:30pm – Movie: Grumpier Old Men (1995) starring Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon and Sophia Loren.

Community Center

Monday October 2nd:

9:00am – Fitness Class with Robin Gallagher. Hahnemann Club

*10:00am – Monthly Kitchen Tour with Dan Fernandes, the Director of Fine Dining. Tour is approx. 30

minutes long. Space is limited; please sign up in the Program Book. Meet outside Lilac Shop

10:15am – Fitness Class with Robin Gallagher. Fitness Room

1:00pm – Euchre Group. Social Room

1:00pm-2:00pm – Open Swim with Robin Gallagher. Pool

2:00pm – 3 Part Lecture Series: Why America Fights: Patriotism and War Propaganda: An exploration

of the pioneering use of new communication technologies to promote the War of 1898 and

the controversial campaign to sell World War I with Susan Brewer, PhD. Learn how the

United States used cartoons, posters, movies, speeches, and television to rally popular support

for war over the past century. Community Center

Tuesday October 3rd:

9:00am – Water Fitness with Robin Gallagher. Pool

9:00am & 10:00am – Depart for shopping and banking

10:30am-12:00pm – Circuit Training. Exercise Room

11:00am – Fitness Video. Fitness Room

1:15pm – Bible Study with Chaplain Jim Grobe. Laurelwood Gallery

2:00pm – University of Rochester Course: The Book of Genesis with Anne Merideth, PhD, Department

of Religion and Classics at The University of Rochester. Please see page 17 for course

information. Community Center

7:00pm – Game Night! Games are provided or bring your favorite game to share! Music Room

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Wednesday October 4th: Sukkot begins at sundown




1:15pm – Depart for Geva Theatre: In the Heights. Please note transportation arrangements were made

in advance. Return approx. 5:00pm

2:00pm – Fine Dining Food Forum. Seneca Dining Room

2:00pm – Pittsford Highlands Chorus practice. All are welcome to participate in the chorus. Music

Room

3:30pm – Book Discussion Group. All are welcome to join. Activities Room

4:30pm-6:00pm – October Fest Happy Hour: Drink, Specials and Appetizers. This month’s featured

Artist is Julie Tubb’s. In October we will display Julie’s beautiful botanical watercolors and

mix media collage in the Art Gallery. Julie has had a lifelong passion for art and she is excited

to share her collection with you. Highlands’ Pub

Thursday October 5th:





*1:30pm – Depart for RIT’s exhibit and original illustrations and paintings from Arthur Singer: The

Wildlife Art of an American Master." The extensive exhibition displays dozens of Singer's

original illustrations and paintings, but the exhibit also serves as a celebration of an

individual life. No Admission Fee. Walking is required. Will return approx. 4:00pm

2:00pm – Blood Pressure Screenings. Club Room

6:30pm – Depart for Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Concert: Ravel’s Bolero. Please note

transportation arrangements were made in advance. Return approx. 10:30pm

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Friday October 6th:



11:15am – Tech Time with facilitator Cory White, IT Technician. Share ideas, information and

questions about technology. Music Room

12:30pm-1:30pm – Aquatic Exercise. Pool

1:00pm – Catholic Mass with volunteers from St. Louis Church. Community Center

1:00pm – Pause for Peace with Chaplain Jim Grobe. Join us to explore the Peace dimension of Wellness.

Music Room


2:30pm – Music Mixer, Live entertainment with Dick Mazzatti Duo and vocalist. Community Center

Saturday October 7th:

10:30am – Tai Chi Class. Fitness Room

*11:00am – Pathway to Pittsford Errand Bus departs to Pittsford Plaza, Pittsford Cinema and Pittsford

Community Library. The bus departs from the Highlands at 11:00am, 12:00pm and

1:00pm.

2:30pm – Saturday Musical Movie: Deep in my Heart (1954) starring Jose Ferrer. Community Center

Sunday October 8th:


1:30pm – Casual Bridge Game. All are welcome to join. Social Room

2:30pm – Movie: It Happened One Night (1934) starring Claudette Colbert and Walter Connolly.

Community Center

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Monday October 9th: Columbus Day

9:00am –1:00pm: Flu Shot Clinic. 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. if your last name starts with A thru M, 11:00

a.m. to 1:00 p.m. if your last name starts with N thru Z. Please wear a short sleeved shirt and

bring your insurance information. Community Center





2:00pm – 3 Part Lecture Series: Why America Fights: Patriotism and War Propaganda: A consideration

of how the “strategy of truth” shaped the massive effort to mobilize the American people

during World War II and the less successful attempt to maintain support for the Korean War

with Susan Brewer, PhD. Learn how the United States used cartoons, posters, movies,

speeches, and television to rally popular support for war over the past century. Community

Center

7:00pm – Movie Night: The Student Prince (1998) starring Edmund Purdom and Ann Blyth.

Community Center

Tuesday October 10th:





11:15am – Annual Charity Fashion Show and Luncheon. Clothes and accessories provided by Lord &

Taylor. All proceeds go to the Wilmot Cancer Center. Reservations are made in advance.

Dining Room

Knitting Group has been canceled today.


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Wednesday October 11th:



*11:00am – Depart for our annual ride through Letchworth State Park and lunch at Tom Wahl’s in

Avon. This year’s ride will include a hop on tour guide and some stops and walking at

Letchworth State Park. No Fee for Guided Tour. Return at approx. 4:00pm.

1:00pm – Alzheimer’s Support Group for caregivers facilitated by Alzheimer’s Association staff and

volunteers. The group provides updated information, emotional support, and problem

solving as related to the challenges of giving care to those living with Alzheimer’s disease or

other dementia. Seneca Dining Room


1:30pm – Crossword Puzzles with Larry Shearer. Laurelwood Activity Room

No Chorus Practice Today

4:30pm-6:00pm – Happy Hour: Drink, Specials and Appetizers. Highlands’ Pub



9:00am & 10:00am – Depart for shopping and banking.

*9:45am – Depart for Middlesex, NY, home of the Rochester Folk Art Guild for 50 years. Tour the

pottery, woodworking and clothing design workshops, along with the East Hill Gallery. We

will also enjoy a farm –fresh lunch right on the campus. Lunch and Admission fee is $15,

and will be collected on the bus. Walking is required. Return approx. 3:00pm



7:00pm – Evening Music: Victor Pops Concert. Community Center

Resident Larry Iwan performing

at the Flower City Jazz Concert.

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Friday October 13th:




1:15pm – Inspirational Hymns with Chaplain Jim Grobe. Laurelwood Gallery

*1:00pm – Shopping at Victor Crossings Plaza. Store selection includes: Dollar Store, HomeGoods,

Wal-Mart, Kohl’s, and PetSmart. Return approx. 4:00pm


2:30pm – Music Mixer live entertainment with Brad Batz playing a Jazz Duo. Laurelwood Gallery

3:30pm – Current Events Club. Discuss current issues of the day, express your opinions, and be

exposed to the ideas of your fellow residents. Community Center


No Tai Chi Class Today

9:00am-11:00am – Resident Breakfast, Non Guest Day


1:30pm – Visit with the Guiding Eye Dogs for the blind. Laurelwood Activity Room

2:30pm – Saturday Musical Movie: Sweeny Todd (1982): The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, starring

Angela Lansbury and George Hearn. Community Center

Sunday October 15th:


11:00am – Trivia: what do you know?

2:30pm – Movie: The King and I (1956) starring Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner. Community Center

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Monday October 16th:





2:00pm – 3 Part Lecture Series: Why America Fights: Patriotism and War Propaganda: An investigation

of the deployment of news management in the era of television coverage of the Vietnam and

Iraq Wars with Susan Brewer, PhD. Learn how the United States used cartoons, posters,

movies, speeches, and television to rally popular support for war over the past century.

Community Center

*7:00pm – Depart for Flower City Jazz Society Concert Musicians Rod Blumenau Sextet. Tickets are

$12.00 each, pay upon arrival. Return approximately 10:00pm

Tuesday October 17th:



10:30am -12:00pm – Circuit Training. Exercise Room



2:00pm – University of Rochester Course: William Faulkner: His Life, Times, and Writings: Childhood

and Early Life with Rufino Pabico, MD. Please see page 17 for course information.

Community Center

7:00pm – Game Night! Games are provided or bring your favorite game to share. Music Room

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*9:45am – Enjoy a scenic trip to Penn Yan, NY to visit the Art Center of Yates County, lunch at The

Pinwheel Market & Café by Milly’s Pantry, and Keuka Springs Winery. Lunch options

include salads, soups/quiches and flatbreads Tastings at Keuka Springs are $5 and payment

will be collected on the bus if you choose to taste. Walking is required. Return approx.

4:00pm



1:30pm – Presentation: Music & Life of Tommy Dorsey with Larry Shearer. Laurelwood Activity Room

2:00pm – Pittsford Highlands Chorus practice. All are welcome to participate. Music Room

*4:00pm – “UR” Always Learning lecture titled: Paleontology at the End of the Rope: Excavations 80 feet

Below the Surface at Natural Trap Cave, with Penny Higgins, PhD. Located in the

Hahnemann Club. Please see page 18 for course information. Transportation is provided

from Hahnemann Square at 3:45pm. Return approx. 5:15pm

4:30pm-6:00pm – Happy Hour: Drink. Specials and Appetizers. Highlands’ Pub

Nancy Robins, Larry Iwan, Ange sorbello and Marguerite Graves dancing at the Jazz concert.

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*10:00am-1:00pm –Parkinson Café, a program designed to provide social, cultural, and intellectual

interaction for people with Parkinson’s disease and their care partners. A light lunch will be

provided at no cost. A donation of at least $2 per person is requested, as this is being

provided by both The Highlands and National Parkinson’s Foundation. Located at the

Hahnemann Club, please request transportation.



11:00am – Pray the Rosary with volunteers from St. Louis Church. Music Room

1:00pm-2:00pm – Gentle Chair Yoga. Fitness Room

1:30pm – Poetry Discussion: The Works of Mary Oliver with Kathleen Cadle. Mary Oliver has a keen

eye for nature, for quietness and will waken our senses in surprising ways. Music Room

2:00pm – Blood Pressure Screenings. Club Room

*2:00pm –Hands-On Baking Class: Decorating Halloween Cookies with Pastry Chef Laura. Community

Center

6:30pm – Depart for Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Concert: Seaman Conducts Mozart & Sibelius

Please note transportation arrangements were made in advance. Return approx. 10:30pm

Visiting the Antique Wireless Museum in Bloomfield, NY

Pictured Left: Employee Elizabeth David, Jeanette Corea, Nancy Robbins, Ron Nelson.

Pictured Right: Wireless Tour Guide, Jeanne Carley, David Strong and Harry Carley.

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11:00am-2:00pm – Mac & Cheese Chef Cook-Off to benefit The Highlands at Pittsford’s Alzheimer’s

Team. $3.00 to sample and vote on your favorite macaroni and cheese. Community Center

11:15am – Tech Time with facilitator Cory White, IT Technician. Share ideas, information and

questions about technology. Music Room


1:15pm – Worship Service with Chaplain Jim Grobe Laurelwood Gallery


2:30pm – Music Mixer, Live entertainment with John Williams on piano. Laurelwood Gallery

Saturday October 21st:

9:00am – Depart for the 2017 Walk to End Alzheimer’s at Frontier Field. Please sign up and register at

The Hospitality Desk. Donors contributing $20 or more will receive a Highlands at Pittsford

Alzheimer’s Association t-shirt. Return approx. 12:30pm

10:30am – Tai Chi class. Fitness Room

2:30pm – Saturday Musical Movie: Hairspray (1988) starring Ricki Lake, Colleen Fitzpatrick and

Michael St. Gerard. Community Center

Sunday October 22nd:



2:30pm – Movie: Columbus (2017) starring John Cho, Haley Lu Richardson and Parker Posey.

Community Center

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Monday October 23rd:





2:00pm – University of Rochester Course: Masterpieces of Art in Depth: Arnolfini Wedding: Jan van

Eyck with Susan Nurse Please see page 17 for course information. Music Room

3:00pm-5:00pm – The Alzheimer's Association Presents, A Video Education Series: Diagnosing and

Treating Alzheimer's Disease with David Gill, M.D. This interactive video education series

will provide information on various topics as they relate to Alzheimer’s disease and other

dementia. The sessions are intended to connect care partners with experts such as

physicians, researchers, and attorneys. Music Room

*4:00pm – “UR” Always Learning lecture titled: Chivalry and Violence in Medieval Europe, with

Richard Kaeuper, Ph.D. Located in the Hahnemann Club. Please see page 18 for course

information. Transportation is provided from Hahnemann Square at 3:45pm. Return

approx. 5:15pm

6:45pm – Depart for the Penfield Symphony Concert: Old World-New World. Please note tickets and

transportation arrangements were made in advance. Return approx. 9:30pm

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Tuesday October 24th: United Nations Day





*11:00am – Research study opportunity! Come learn about the study: A Personalized Approach to

Cognitive Training (PACT) for residents living at a Senior Living Community with Alanna

Jacobs and Kaylin Cottone, from The University of Rochester. Alanna and Kaylin will review

the study objectives, qualifying factors, and study activities. This study is suited for those

with minor memory difficulties or a small decline in memory. Music Room

No walking club today

*1:00pm-3:00pm – Chart Review sessions with Wegmans Pharmacy. Meet with a pharmacist to

compare Medicare Plans based on your prescriptions. Residents will need to provide name,

date of birth, and list of medications, sometimes a Medicare card is also needed. Sign up in

the Program Book for a 10 minute free and unbiased session. Parlor


2:00pm – Prayer Service with Chaplain Jim Grobe. Music Room

2:00pm – University of Rochester Course: William Faulkner: His Life, Times, and Writings: The

Evolution of a Novelist with Rufino Pabico, MD. Please see page 17 for course information.

Community Center

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*1:00pm – Depart for a trip to Schutt’s Apple Farm in Webster. Shop for pumpkins, apples, cider,

donuts, flowers, novelty/gift items and much more. Optional Cider tour for $5. Walking is

required. Return at approx. 3:30pm

*1:15pm-2:00pm – Hearing aide checks with Audiologist Dr. Andrea Segmond of Ontario Hearing. No

fee to attend. Parlor

2:00pm – Pittsford Highlands Chorus. All are welcome to participate. Music Room

2:30pm – Sing-a-long with Music Therapy Students from Nazareth College will share their musical

talents with us, come to participate or listen. Laurelwood Gallery

*4:00pm – “UR” Always Learning lecture titled: President Franklin D. Roosevelt: The Conference at

Casablanca, the Morgenthau Plan and the Second Quebec Conference, with Rufino Pabico,

MD. Located in the Hahnemann Club. Please see page 19 for course information.

Transportation is provided from Hahnemann Square at 3:45pm. Return approx. 5:15pm

4:30pm-6:00pm – Happy Hour: drink specials and appetizers. Highlands’ Pub

6:30pm – Evening Music with Maureen Cronin. Laurelwood Gallery





*11:00am – Depart for a trip to Canandaigua for lunch at the New York Wine and Culinary Institute,

and optional wine tasting. Followed by a visit to the Ontario County Historical Society to

view exhibits: The Suffrage Movement in Ontario County, along with,1964 Gone but Not

Forgotten. A suggested donation to the Ontario County Historical Society of $3.00 will be

collected on the bus. Walking is required. Returning Approx. 3:00pm


1:30pm – Sing-a-long with Music Therapy Students from Nazareth College will share their musical

talents with us, come to participate or listen. Laurelwood Gallery

3:00pm – Resident Meeting. Community Center

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1:15pm – Inspirational Hymns with Chaplain Jim Grobe. Laurelwood Gallery


2:30pm – Music Mixer, Live entertainment featuring keyboard and vocals with Take Note. Laurelwood

Gallery

3:30pm – Current Events Club. Discuss current issues of the day, express your opinions, and be exposed

to the ideas of your fellow residents. Community Center


10:30am – Tai Chi class. Fitness Room

*11:00am – Pathway to Pittsford Errand Bus departs to Pittsford Plaza, Pittsford Cinema and Pittsford

Community Library. The bus departs from the Highlands at 11:00am, 12:00pm and

1:00pm.

2:30pm – Saturday Musical Movie: Summer Stock (1950), starring Gloria DeHaven and Judy Garland.

Community Center

Sunday October 29th:


1:30pm – Game: Dominoes. Laurelwood Activities Room 1:15pm – Depart for the Jewish Community Center to see the show, Cooking with The Calamari

Sisters. Please note transportation arrangements were made in advance. Return approx. 4:30pm

2:30pm – Movie: Casper (1995), starring Bill Pullman, Cathy Moriarty and Christina Ricci. Community Center

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Monday October 30th:



11:15am – Cultural Programming Meeting. All are welcome to join. Music Room



No Resident Meeting today

2:00pm – University of Rochester Course: Masterpieces in Depth: Brancacci Chapel Masaccio,

Masolino, and Lippi. Please see page 17 for course information. Community Center

2:30pm –Presentation: Discovering George Eastman with Patti Piper. Laurelwood Activities Room

*4:00pm – “UR” Always Learning lecture titled: Understanding the Biology of Menopause, with James

R. Woods, Jr., M.D. Located in the Hahnemann Club. Transportation is provided from

Hahnemann Square at 3:45pm. Return approx. 5:15pm

Tuesday October 31st: Halloween





*11:30am – Depart for the Rochester Public Library Fall ‘Books Sandwiched In’ Book Review: High

Noon: The Hollywood Blacklist and the Making of an American Classic by Glenn Frankel.

No fee to attend, Return approx.1:30pm


2:00pm – University of Rochester Course: William Faulkner: His Life, Times, and Writings: The Difficult

Years, Face and Recognition with Rufino Pabico, MD. Please see page 17 for course

information. Music Room

3:00pm – Halloween Party! Live music with Country Singer Josie Waverly. Come dressed in costume

and participate in the costume contest! Refreshments will be served. Community Center

*4:00pm – To Your Health Lecture, please see the program book for lecture information. The lecture is

located at the Hahnemann Club. Transportation provided at 3:45pm. Return approx.

5:30pm.

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University of Rochester Course/Lecture Descriptions:

The Book of Genesis Tuesdays September 5th – October 3rd at 2:00pm-3:00pm

This course examines The Book of Genesis in order to examine not only the historical, religious, and

social context of the text, but also to examine the ways in which the central themes in the narrative

have reverberated throughout Jewish and Christian traditions and western civilization. We will

examine key texts such as creation, the flood and the Joseph narrative. Key topics such as the origins of

humanity, the formation of Israel's religious and cultural identity, the role of women in Genesis.

Anne Merideth is a Senior Lecturer in Religion and Director of Undergraduate Studies for the

Department of Religion and Classics at the University of Rochester. She received a master of theological

studies from Harvard and PhD and masters from Princeton. She teaches a range of biblical topics, such

as, women in the Bible, Biblical Economy, and Judaism in the Ancient World. She teaches with a

historical and cultural perspective rather than from a theological perspective.

William Faulkner: His Life, Times and Writings Tuesdays October 17th – December 5th 2:00pm-3:00pm

This Series of Lectures will focus on William Faulkner, not only by discussing his early childhood life,

moving through the early years of his career as a novelist, and encountering difficult hardships, but you

will also examine some of his famous pieces of literature, and how his writings have contributed to

American Novels today.

Dr. Pabico was the medical director of the Nephrology Clinical Laboratory and the Nephrology

Transplantation Program, as well as the Associate Chief of the Nephrology Unit at the University of

Rochester Medical Center. Upon retirement, Dr. Pabico has pursued his life-long interests in

Humanities, specifically Literature and History. He continues to participate in the activities of the

Division of Medical Humanities and the History of Medicine Programs at URMC. Dr. Pabico has been

happily married for more than 40 years and has two daughters and two grandsons.

Masterpieces of Art in Depth

Monday’s October 23rd –November 27th 2:00pm-3:00pm

Join Susan Nurse for a 6-week course exploring magnificent pieces of art such as, Van Gogh: Starry

Night, Picasso: Guernica, Night Watch: Rembrandt and many more.

Susan Nurse was the Visual Resources Coordinator at the Memorial Art Gallery for 17 years. She

coordinated the Slide Library, which also comprises digital images. She also managed the Library and

Archival Photography. She has a Masters in Art History from the University of Buffalo. Susan has

lectured at the Gallery’s Creative Workshop, RIT Osher Center, and SUNY Brockport.

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“UR” Always Learning Lecture Description:

Paleontology at the End of the Rope: Excavations 80 feet Below the Surface at Natural Trap Cave

Wednesday, October 18, 2017 4:00 pm-5:00 pm

Natural Trap Cave, located in north-central Wyoming, is aptly named. For thousands of years, animals

have lost their lives falling 80 feet to the bottom. The unique conditions inside the cave have preserved

bits of the Earth’s past often unavailable, however getting to them is quite the challenge. Speaker Penny

Higgins has spent the last four summers climbing in and out of Natural Trap Cave and will share

insights into the technical aspects of cave paleontology and some of the new and shocking discoveries

scientists have made since the re-opening of the cave in 2014.

Chivalry and Violence in Medieval Europe

Monday, October 23, 2017 4:00 pm-5:00 pm

Dr. Kaeuper will talk informally about medieval European chivalry, stressing what it actually was and

how it worked, rather than how it is pictured in popular media. Our views today are almost

unavoidably colored by the Victorian efforts to revive chivalry and make it useful in late nineteenth-

century society. As a medieval historian who has studied it for years, Dr. Kaeuper insists on the need to

understand chivalry as a functioning-and tough-medieval warrior code, deeply rooted in its own era

and a powerful building block in medieval civilization. Dr. Kaeuper is the author of Chivalry and

Violence in Medieval Europe.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt: The Conference at Casablanca the Morgenthau Plan

and the Second Quebec Conference

Wednesday, October 25, 2017 4:00 pm-5:00 pm

It was at the conference of Casablanca on January 14-24, 1943 that President

Roosevelt proclaimed that the Allies would demand nothing less than UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER

by Germany, Italy, and Japan. The varied reasons for the President’s declaration when the Axis Powers

were far from being defeated and the reactions by both our Allies and Germany will be presented in

detail.

The Pittsford Highlands’ Chaplain, Jim Grobe, is available for one on one meetings. If interested, please contact

Elizabeth David ext. 6344 and a date and time can be arranged.

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Understanding the Biology of Menopause

Monday, October 30, 2017 4:00 pm-5:00 pm

Considerable confusion exists among women and their care providers regarding the

biology of the menopause. Once considered a one-year problem for some women,

menopause is now recognized as starting in the 40s, and for some, extending into the 70s. As such, in

the past decade, this important field of women’s health has emerged as factual, structured, and formal.

In recent years’ scientists have contributed significant information as to the etiologies of hot flashes,

mood swings, memory loss, vaginal dryness, loss of libido, bone and heart health. Yet so little of this

information is known to care providers who daily must care for these challenged women as the U.S.

population ages. This presentation will address the role of inflammation as the underlying cause of most

of the menopause symptoms, the biologic impact that loss of estrogen plays in this process and the role

that hormone replacement serves to reduce these symptoms.

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