Twickenham Medicine Conference / Show Twickenham, United Kingdom

Benefits of attending Addiction and the Liver: • Review the new and current developments in liver disease diagnosis, including imaging and novel biomarkers • Explore the combined interaction of alcoholism with obesity and the effects on rising liver disease in the UK and worldwide • Evaluate current issues in liver transplantation and engage in debate on patient opportunities • Gain insight into recovery through the experiences of service users • Increase understanding of recognition and ...more

Benefits of attending Epilepsy in Children: • Increase understanding of peadiatric neurology in addition to clinical aspects of diagnosis and treatment of the disorder • Examine the latest issues in antiepileptic drug prescribing, including the efficacy, tolerability and safety of drugs, and the importance of monitoring drug use in children • Review the latest research in childhood epilepsy and sleep disturbance • Gain insights into the optimal management of young people suffering from ...more

Benefits of attending Atrial Fibrillation 2012: • Hear comprehensive overviews of the causes, risk factors and detection methods of atrial fibrillation in patients • Explore new methods of stroke risk assessment and the role of primary care • Keep up to date with the latest drug therapies in atrial fibrillation • Evaluate interventional therapies in prevention of stroke including catheter ablation and atrial appendage occlusion • Gain insights into the optimal bleeding risk assessment and its ...more

Diabetes is fast becoming the 21st century’s major public health concern. NHS research has revealed that diabetes is causing 24,000 needless deaths a year in England alone and is costing the NHS £9 billion a year. Diabetes 2012 assembles some of the most highly respected professionals in the fields of diabetes, endocrinology, obesity and general practice to discuss the current issues and challenges involved in managing diabetes and why it’s such a difficult disease to tackle. Sessions ...more

MA Healthcare Ltd and British Journal of Hospital Medicine in association with Parkinson’s UK is delighted to announce its 14th National Parkinson’s Conference. Parkinson’s 2012: Recent advances in clinical management is aimed at all health and social care professionals involved in the clinical management of people with Parkinson’s. It will be an educational event providing a state-of-the art update on the current issues and clinical developments taking place in the field. Benefits of ...more

2012 is an exciting year for social media: the year social media goes viral.The pharmaceutical industry have been waiting for guidance from the FDA and now they have finally shed some light with their 'Off-Label Use' with some mention regarding social media. Although this is not directly aimed at social media, the fact that the FDA discusses social media demonstrates the importance. With this industry moving at a rapid pace, and with more patients and healthcare professionals becoming more ...more

Following the success of our past events, SMi’s third Biosimilars and Biobetters conference will build upon the progress made in previous meetings and further develop the ideas and strategies that were debated and discussed. In particular how industry players will face regulatory challenges in approval of follow on biologics, rising development costs, threat from competition and a similar if not bigger challenge to that seen in marketing of innovator drugs.There will be case studies from those ...more

A balanced immune response is maintained by a network of regulatory cells including T cells, B cells and iNKT cells. How these cells respond to their environment in order to dampen down inflammation and what goes wrong in autoimmunity, will be the focus of this meeting. Novel insights into positive and negative feedback mechanisms that help balance the immune environment will be discussed. It is only by understanding how immune regulation is maintained in health and what goes wrong during ...more