V. Daniel Castracane of Texas Tech University's department of obstetrics and gynecology will discuss "Human Menopause and Estrogen Replacement Therapy" on Wednesday, April 1, at 7:30 p.m. in the Women's Community Building, 100 West Seneca St., Ithaca. The lecture is free and open to the general public.

The expert on menopause biology is in Ithaca to present a research seminar at Cornell University on his studies of the potential roles of leptin, the appetite hormone, in human reproduction. He is giving the evening lecture at the request of the Reproduction Biology Seminar Committee.

Castracane's host, Patrick W. Concannon, senior research associate in the College of Veterinary Medicine's Department of Physiology, says the talk should be informative "for individuals with an interest in the options available to women who are approaching or who are at this stage of hormonal confusion."