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American Association for Hand Surgery (AAHS) Annual Meeting is organized by American Association for Hand Surgery (AAHS) and would be held during Jan 10 - 13, 2018 at El Conquistador, A Waldorf Astoria Resort, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, United States Of America. The target audience for this medical event for health care professionals involved in the assessment and management of a wide variety of common and complex conditions of the hand and upper limb. This CME Conference has been approved with a maximum of 30 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Conference Objectives are : Following completion of this activity, participants will be able to: * Develop relationships and mentoring that lead to successful hand research and contributions to better patient outcomes. * Understand the new landscape of medicine leading to better patient care through the use of social media, the internet and understating new reimbursement models. * Discuss clinical and basic scientific research on hand and upper extremity problems. * Integrate principles of hand therapy with surgical management of hand and upper extremity problems. * Evaluate surgical and nonsurgical principles of managing common hand and upper extremity problems. * Compare the intellectual discourses through an integrated program with the related surgical societies (ASRM and ASPN) and resolve conflicts. * Implement enhanced management of fractures, arthritis and congenital problems. * Compare clinical and nonclinical hand therapy issues for a variety of hand problems and fractures.

Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology (CREOG) and Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO) Annual Meeting is organized by Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO) and would be held during Feb 28 - Mar 3, 2018 at Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, National Harbor, Maryland, United States of America.

American Psychiatric Association (APA) 171th Annual Meeting is organized by American Psychiatric Association (APA) and would be held during May 5 - 9, 2018 at New York, United States of America.

American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) Annual Meeting and Exposition is organized by American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) and would be held during Nov 12 - 15, 2017 at San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, California, United States Of America. Course description : This meeting will focus on five themes: * Advanced Formulation Characterization Approaches. * Patient-Centered Innovations in Healthcare Technology. * Products for Pediatrics: It's Not Child's Play. * Improving Inter-organization Collaboration. * Cancer Moonshot: Emerging Modalities for Oncology.

American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) International Cardiovascular Symposium is organized by American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) and would be held during Dec 08 - 09, 2017 at Renaissance Sao Paulo Hotel, Cerqueira Cesar, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Course description : Cardiologists and surgeons at all levels can advance their clinical knowledge in heart valve disease - aortic and ascending aorta, mitral, pulmonary and tricuspid. For two days, the symposium will bring together international leaders to discuss state-of the-art information on devices, long-term results and surgical techniques with a focus on preventing, diagnosing and treating heart valve disease.

Too many carbs, not fats, may be the culprit in raising risk of premature death, according to a study published online Aug. 29 in the The Lancet to coincide with the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2017, held from Aug. 26 to 30 in Barcelona, Spain. Mahshid Dehghan, Ph.D., an investigator with the Population Health Research Institute at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada, and colleagues tracked the diet and health of 135,335 people, aged 35 to 70, from 18 countries around the world, to gain a global perspective on the health effects of diet. Participants provided detailed information on their social and economic status, lifestyle, medical history, and current health. They also completed a questionnaire on their regular diet, which researchers used to calculate their average daily calories from fats, carbohydrates, and proteins. The research team then tracked the participants' health for about seven years on average, with follow-up visits at least every three years. The investigators found that high-carbohydrate diets are common, with more than half of the people deriving 70 percent of their daily calories from carbs. People with a high fat intake -- about 35 percent of their daily diet -- had a 23 percent lower risk of early death and 18 percent lower risk of stroke compared to people who ate less fat. The researchers also noted that a very low intake of saturated fats (below 3 percent of daily diet) was associated with a higher risk of death in the study, compared to diets containing up to 13 percent daily. At the same time, high-carb diets -- containing an average 77 percent carbohydrates -- were associated with a 28 percent increased risk of death versus low-carb diets. "The study showed that contrary to popular belief, increased consumption of dietary fats is associated with a lower risk of death," Dehghan told HealthDay. "We found no evidence that below 10 percent of energy by saturated fat is beneficial, and going below 7 percent may even be har

23rd European Hematology Association (EHA) Congress is organized by European Hematology Association (EHA) and would be held during Jun 14 - 17, 2018 at Stockholm International Fairs, Stockholm, Sweden.

Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) supplementation is associated with an increase in serum C-reactive protein (CRP) concentration, according to a review and meta-analysis published online May 29 in Cardiovascular Therapeutics. Mohsen Mazidi, Ph.D., from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, and colleagues conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to examine the impact of CLA supplementation on serum CRP. Data were included from 14 studies. The researchers found that following supplementation with CLAs there was a significant increase in serum CRP concentrations (weighted mean difference, 0.63 mg/dL; 95 percent confidence interval, 0.13 to 1.13; heterogeneity P = 0.026); these findings were robust in sensitivity analyses. The changes in serum CRP levels were found to be independent of CLA supplementation dosage (slope, −0.02; 95 percent confidence interval, −0.10 to 0.12; P = 0.889) or follow-up duration (slope, 0.271; 95 percent confidence interval, −0.05 to 0.59; P = 0.098). "This meta-analysis suggests that CLA supplementation is associated with an increase in plasma CRP concentrations and a reduction in serum adiponectin concentrations, which indicates that CLA supplements have a pro-inflammatory effect," the authors write.

AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics: Discovery, Biology, and Clinical Applications is organized by American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) and would be held during Oct 26 - 30, 2017 at Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

35th Critical Care nursing & Nurse Practitioners Conference is organized by Conferenceseries LLC and would be held during Sep 28 - 29, 2017 at Berlin, Germany. The target audience for this medical event basically for Scientists, Doctors, Professors, Nursing Lecturers, Nurses, Pharmaceutical Industries, Healthcare Industries, Directors of Association and Societies.

Dual-graft (DG) adult living donor liver transplantation (ALDLT) with ABO-incompatible (ABOi) and ABO-compatible (ABOc) graft combination is associated with high rates of graft survival, with no significant difference for ABOi and ABOc grafts, according to research published online July 31 in the American Journal of Transplantation. Jae Hyun Kwon, M.D., from the University of Ulsan College of Medicine in Seoul, South Korea, and colleagues conducted a retrospective review of medical records of patients who underwent ABOi DG ALDLT between 2008 and 2014. The authors also assessed the graft regeneration rate using computed tomography volumetric analysis. During a mean follow-up of 57.0 ± 22.4 months, the researchers found that the one-, three-, and five-year patient survival rate was 96.4 percent. The rate of graft survival at one-, three-, and five-years was 96.4, 94.2, and 92.0 percent, respectively; ABOc and ABOi grafts did not differ significantly (P = 0.145). No significant differences were seen between ABOc and ABOi grafts in the biliary complication rate (P = 0.195). There was no significant difference in regeneration rates for ABOi and ABOc grafts. "DG ALDLT with ABOi and ABOc graft combination seems to be a feasible option for expanding the donor pool without additional donor risks," the authors write.

CRNA Exam Preparation : American Association of Nurse Anesthetists for 21.00 Class A CE credits. The AANA designates this program as meeting the criteria for up to 4.00 CE Credits in pharmacology/therapeutics. Naples and Everglades National Park Escape is organized by Encore Symposiums, United State of America.

Ropinirole, bromocriptine, and piribedil are associated with the highest incidence rates of adverse effects in Parkinson's disease, according to a review published online Sept. 4 in CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics. Bao-Dong Li, from the Hebei Province Cangzhou Hospital of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine in China, and colleagues conducted a systematic review to compare the adverse effects of 11 drugs used to treat Parkinson's disease. Data were included from 24 randomized controlled trials. The researchers found that, compared with placebo, the incidence of adverse reactions of ropinirole, rotigotine, entacapone, and sumanirole were higher in terms of nausea. The incidence rates of dyskinesia side effects were highest with ropinirole, while in terms of patients' hallucination, pramipexole was significantly higher. The surface under the cumulative ranking curve values of all drugs showed that the incidence of adverse reaction of pergolide was relatively high (nausea, 83.5 percent; hallucination, 79.8 percent); the incidence of dyskinesia and somnolence was higher with ropinirole (80.5 and 69.4 percent); in terms of dizziness, the incidence of adverse reaction of piribedil was higher (67.0 percent), and in terms of constipation, the incidence of bromocriptine was relatively high (62.3 percent). "In addition to current forms of treatment, we hope that our results can produce useful information for further development of new drugs to treat Parkinson's disease based on the natures of each drug," the authors write.

Water - Based Interventions for the Pediatric Therapies is organized by Texas Children's Hospital and will be held during Mar 03 - 04, 2018 at Blue Lagune Therapy - Aquatic & Land Physical Therapy, Katy, Texas, United States of America. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 16 CCUs Credits. Course Description: This Course is designed to rapidly introduce pediatric therapists to motor, sensory and play-based interventions in water. Participants will create a series of aquatic therapeutic movements, tasks, or exercises designed to alleviate the most common problems associated with the pediatric population and then adapte these ideas to novel situations. Participants will briefly examine research which supports aquatic therapy for the child and explore contraindications, including prevailing precaution myths. Course Objectives : * Discriminate between aquatic precautions and contraindications specific to the pediatric client. Defend any choice, on a case-by-case basis, to label a condition as a precaution and not as a contraindication. * Explain why aquatic therapy may be the treatment of choice if (a) the patient has poor head or trunk righting/control, (b) the patient has spasticity, (c) the patient has difficulty with transitional movements; (d) the patient has poor sensory processing; (e) the patient has speech/language deficits; or (f) research supports its use. * Design a sample aquatic treatment session demonstrating 2 ways to divide labor between PT, OT and SLP. Compare and contrast 5 ways that the goals of 3 different disciplines should differ. Recommend 3 ways to co-treat in water and be reimbursed for the services provided. * Originate, integrate, and combine ideas into a plan to implement augmentative communication in the therapy pool setting. Incorporate low-tech augmentative communication methods during labs to improve communication. * Gather and organize the latest aquatic research to bolster the case for treatment and to aid in t

Mayo Clinic Hospital Medicine: Managing Complex Patients is organized by Mayo Clinic and would be held during Nov 08 - 11, 2017 at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, Tucson, Arizona, United States Of America. The target audience for this medical event for inpatient care providers including physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants. Hospitalists are defined as those who spend most of their professional practice caring for hospitalized patients. This CME Conference has been approved with a maximum of 25.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Hospital Medicine is the fastest growing medical specialty and requires a diverse skill set. Hospital-based health care providers must be able to diagnose and manage a wide variety of clinical conditions, coordinate transitions of care, provide perioperative management to surgical patients and contribute to quality improvement and hospital administration. This program is specifically designed to ensure that participants augment their skill set to meet these many challenges in an effort to enhance the delivery of health care and provide better patient outcomes. Using an interactive, case-based format, key highlights from most major areas of hospital medicine will be presented. Conference Objectives are : * Classify a patient presenting with MI according to the most recent guidelines. * Select the appropriate indications for troponin testing. * Manage a patient with subsegmental pulmonary embolism. * Define sepsis according to the most recent clinical guidelines. * Select the appropriate antibiotics for a hospitalized patient with health-care associated pneumonia. * List strategies to improve the mobility of elderly patients in the hospital. * Manage a patient admitted to the hospital with diabetic ketoacidosis. * Recognize common sources of cognitive bias and heuristics to minimize their impact on patient care. * Order the appropriate tests for a hospitalized patient with a newly-diagnosed pleural effusion. * List novel the