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Cardiovascular Disease

8 - 10 Feb 2005

Kensington Town Hall, London

Cardiovascular Disease Prevention VII

Main topics covered will include: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Guidelines and Practice, Obesity. Contemporary Issues include: Polypill debate for and against, new trials for the future, HRT – Update on risk and benefit, smoking cessation therapies, O.T.C. statins – for and against.

Tel: +44 (0) 20 8979 8300

Fax: +44 (0) 20 8979 6700

Email: cvdp@hamptonmedical.com

Website: www.hamptonmedical.com

Palliative Care in Care Homes for Older People

9 Feb 2005

Coors Visitor Centre, Burton on Trent

Following the publication of a book by the same name, this Care Homes event will bring together, interested parties to discuss and respond to the publication and to make recommendations for the next steps required to develop palliative care for care home residents.

Contact: Vicky Kington
Communications & Publications Co-ordinator
The National Council for Palliative Care
34-44 Britannia Street
London WC1X 9JG

Click here to download programme and registration form

www.ncpc.org.uk
Tel: 020 7520 8294

British Neuropsychiatry Association and the Institute of Child Health

9 - 11 Feb 2005

London

Dementias


Day 1: Dementia – from Local to Global (in collaboration with Institute of Social Psychiatry)
Day 2: The Neuropsychiatry of the Dementias.
Day3: Child psychiatric disorders in adult life; Catatonia; Neuropsychiatry and Literature

Please contact: Gwen Cutmore, BNPA Conference Secretary, Landbreach Boatyard, Chelmer Terrace, Maldon, Essex, CM9 5HT.
Tel/fax: 01621 843334; email gwen.cutmore@lineone.net
Website: www.bnpa.org.uk

Back to Methuselah: The Challenge of Ageing

10 - 11 Feb 2005

Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Great Park, Windsor

Back to Methuselah:
The Challenge of Ageing

Hosted by: The King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Foundation
of St Catharine's (Cumberland Lodge) and Royal Society of Medicine

Taking a closer look at the genetics of ageing, the question of whether our bodies are programmed to age, and what causes the ageing process. Similarly, the medical aspects of ageing will be considered, as well as the socio-economic impact.

Contact: Sharan Gallagher, Academic Conference Department, Royal Society of Medicine Tel: 020 7290 3946 Email: sharan.gallagher@rsm.ac.uk
Or book on-line at: www.rsm.ac.uk

Dementias 2005

24 - 25 Feb 2005

London

A major 2-day conference

Programme Advisors: Prof Tom Arie and Prof Alistair Burns

CPD approved

Contact:
MA Healthcare Ltd, St Jude's Church, Dulwich Road, London SE24 0PB

Tel: 020 7501 6760/45/43
Email: conferences@markallengroup.com
Web: www.mahealthcareevents.co.uk


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