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2 events,More than 7,500 leaders in academic pediatrics are expected at this year’s Boston meeting. Journalists will have access to hundreds of scientists who conduct research in children’s health, including clinical scientices, health services and translational research. |
3 events,The theme this year is “patient safety and quality, what geriatrics has to offer.” The meeting will feature new research on aging, clinical care and innovative models of care delivery. This two-day conference in Seattle, sponsored by the American Academy of Home Care Physicians, will examine emerging new technologies and… |
5 events,The goal of the annual ACOG meeting is to continue improving worldwide women’s health care efforts. This conference will specifically offer clinical seminars, post-graduate courses, hands-on sessions, poster sessions and other extracurricular activities. Psychiatry scholars and professionals from the United States and more than 50 other countries will convene in Philadelphia this May for “the psychiatry event of the year.” Journalists will have the opportunity to interview leaders in mental health research and practice as well as American Psychological Association decision makers. |
5 events,This year’s ARVO meeting theme is Translational Research: Seeing the Possibilites. According to the conference description, the meeting will explore “how basic research translates to effective prevention, diagnosis and treatment.” At the annual meeting exhibit hall, 220 booths and roughly 170 companies will exhibit products and technologies relevant to ophthamology. |
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6 events,The waiting is the hardest part. So while we wait for a decision from the Supreme Court on President Barack Obama’s landmark health law, AHCJ’s Chicago chapter invites you to join us in the Supreme Court guessing game and pose the question: “What’s next for the states on health reform?” |
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3 events,This two-day meeting till result in recommendations from the scientific community focusing on research opportunities aimed at the goal of preventing and effectively treating Alzheimer’s disease by 2025. The Department of Health and Human Services and the National Institute on Aging are sponsors. |
2 events,This conference of pulmonologists, critical care specialists and sleep specialists will gather in San Francisco in late May 2012.
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5 events,Digestive Disease Week is the world’s largest conference of gastrointestinal specialists and researchers who specialize in gastroenterology, hepatology, endoscopy and gastrointestinal surgery. Last year, roughly 300 companies from the pharmaceutical, nutrition, technology and noprofit industries exhibited their products and services at 1,000 booths. There will also be myriad presentations on healthcare technologies and gastrointestinal health products. Digestive Disease Week also hosts press releases and has its own newsroom for media benefit. The world’s largest conference of urologists, which meets this year in Atlanta, offers than 100 courses and 2,000 presentations on urologic medicine. It provides access to new urology research, medical guidelines and advances.
The 27th annual meeting of the American Society of Hypertension will convene in New York City on May 19, 2012. The conference aims to promote treatments, diagnoses and research related to hypertension and cardiovascular disease. |
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6 events,The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has played a leading role in research and development of simple, low-cost medical items and devices used in the United States and around the world. NASA’s Glenn Research Center has been involved in much of that R & D. And since activities there are now focusing on “exploration medicine” – the design and development of diagnostic and treatment devices that non-experts can use during exploration missions – that role will grow. To learn about NASA’s work on medical devices and procedures currently used in health care and those in development, come and hear from Dr. Jerry G. Myers, Jr., PhD, chief of the Bio Science and Technology branch, NASA Glenn Research Center. |
5 events,The AACE Annual Scientific and Clinical Congress aims to provide practical training and information for practicing clinical endocrinologists. The meeting will include general sessions, workshops, meetings with clinical experts and satellite symposia. Further, more than 70 exhibitors will be present. The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists hosts its annual meeting starting Thursday, May 23, this year in Philadelphia. Events include an exhibition of new endocrinology products and devices, expanded workshops and “meet the expert” sessions. Pre-conference activities will also happen on Wednesday, May 22. |
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3 events,This conference of sports medicine professionals includes symposia, posters, panels and more. This year also marks the third annual world congress on “exercise is medicine” and hosts speakers and attendees from more than 70 specializations within sports medicine.
The 7th Annual National Institutes of Health (NIH) Pain Consortium Symposium, Novel Approaches and Therapy Development for Pain Management, will be held in conjunction with a Food and Drug Administration workshop, Assessment of Analgesic Treatment of Chronic Pain at NIH campus. The NIH Pain Consortium Symposium will focus on research advances related to therapy development of novel opioid analgesic formulations and approaches, novel nonopioid analgesic development and testing, and nonpharmacological strategies as adjuncts to pain management. |
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Health, employee benefits lawyers offer webinar to preview Supreme Court decision on health care ref
Health, employee benefits lawyers offer webinar to preview Supreme Court decision on health care ref
While the Supreme Court is widely expected to render its decision in June, the specific date remains uncertain. This webinar will give reporters an opportunity to hear from industry insiders about the possible impacts of this landmark opinion on various parties – including hospitals, employers, physicians, insurers, consumers, and government programs such as Medicare. |
5 events,The meeting will explore emerging areas in the biology of aging and review advances in understanding and mitigating aging and related diseases. The year’s ASCO meeting’s theme is “Collaborating to Conquer Cancer” and is hosted in Chicago at the McCormick Place conference center. Panels, symposia and research sessions focus around clinical and scientific issues surrounding cancer.
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