Dear Colleagues,
Assalamon-Alaikum, ( May ALLAH Keep You Safe )

Department of Plastic Surgery,Services Institute of Medical Sciences/Servcices Hospital,Lahore , Department of Microbiology, University of Health Sciences,Lahore, School of biological Sciences and Honey Bees Research Institute, Punjab University,Lahore invite You to the second international conference on “ Medicinal Uses of Honey” from Nov.10-12,2008.
The idea behind the conference is to share and exchange Knowledge, Research and experience and to promote use of Honey in a wide spectrum of diseases. Following topics will be discussed by internationally renowned speakers.

Honey, The Natural Healer and The best medicine
Past, Present and Future of Honey in modern medical Science
Can Honey reduce Insulin Resistance, Obesity and Diabetes Mellitus?
Honey Dressings in Burn Patients
Use of Honey in Diabetic Foot
Antibacterial properties of Honey
Are we losing fight against multi-drug resistant microbes?
Honey as probiotics and prebiotics
Antioxidant properties of Honey
Comparison of different floral Honeys with regard to MIC values against common pathogens
Bees and Bee’s Products
Bee Flora and its Biodiversity
Use of Honey and Transfer Factors in Cancer and Degenerative Diseases
Honey use as Cough Suppressant
Honey Use for Restorative Sleep
Honey Use for Cognitive performance and Memory
Honey as adjuvant to Chemotherapy

Honey is a natural product, produced by Honey Bees from nectar and pollen of flowers prevalent in that particular area. So the honey’s color, taste and smell vary in different parts of the world. So far more than 300 types of Honey have been found.
Honey is produced by bees as food for themselves but the major use is by the humans. Honey is one of the healthy food product having readily assimilable sugars, as these have already been digested by the Bee’s intestinal enzymes.

Honey has been used as food sweetener, for its nutritive and medicinal properties. Honey has been used for times immemorial as traditional remedy for many ailments. However may researchers and scientists now have carried out enormous number of clinical trials, proving the benefits of honey as an effective therapeutic agent. Honey is being used extensively to augment immune responses in patients on chemotherapy, to promote restorative sleep, reducing insulin resistance, control of diabetes mellitus & obesity, as cough suppressant, help in cognitive performance and memory, in delayed/non healing wounds, infected wounds, diabetic foot, gastric ulcers, sore throat, radiation mucositis ad ocular infections. Honey is being used by many ENT Surgeons, Dento-maxillo- facial surgeons and also by the dermatologists for many many ailments.
The first International Conference on Medicinal Uses of Honey was held at Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia, under the patronage of University Sains Malaysia from Aug.26-28, 2006.This Conference was the first sincere effort to break the hard frozen ice about use of Honey in human ailments. There was a real variety of speakers from all around the globe, to discuss and share their experience about the medicinal uses of honey.

At the concluding ceremony, it was decided unanimously that the next conference will be held at Lahore-Pakistan in 2008.We are trying our level best to organize this event by requesting and attracting a galaxy of international speakers. The emphasis is to develop and provide a platform for western and eastern scientists so as to promote the use of honey on real scientific grounds in different diseases.
Please visit the official website “www.honeyconference .com” It will provide all information about the conference events, abstract submission, Travel arrangements, Registration fees, social program, city tour and accommodation/ hotel arrangements.
Please pass on this information to all colleagues interested in honey use in human diseases. We are anxiously waiting for your guidance and suggestions

With Warm Greetings from Lahore, Pakistan

Ghulam Qadir Fayyaz

Secretary Organizing Committee
Associate Professor Plastic surgery
Services Institute of Medical Sciences/
Services Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan
Email:- gqfayyaz@hotmail. com
Mobile:- 0092+321+4430561
Fax:- 0092+42+5164932

COMPREHENSIVE CME ON EMERGENCY CARE
Covers 93 essential topics

Ideal for F.C.P.S, M.R.C.P Candidates, GPs, MOs, Casualty Medical Officers, House Officers, Medical Students

ORGANIZED BY FMH COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY LAHORE
* Last date for registration in CME Classes is March 14, 2008
* Last date for registration in Distance Learning (Home Study through recorded lectures) is March 31, 2008

FOR DETAILS
Email at ercme08@gmail.com for free brochure and application form.

OR

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Saturday 8th of March 2008 from 9.am to 1.pm

Clinical challenges

Tight glycemic control in critically ill – Where are we at present ?
Dr Hameed Ullah – Critical Care Medicine Department – Aga Khan
University Hospital – Karachi

Respiratory Emergencies
Dr Naseer Hussein – Pulmonolgy and MICU – Jinnah Postgraduate Medical
Center – Karachi

Rational use of antibiotics in the critically ill patient
Dr Altaf Ahmed – Consultant Microbiologist – Indus Hospital – Karachi

Tea break

Professional development

ICU equipments: importance of the biomedical engineering support
Engr. Prof Muhammad Iqbal Bhatti – Sir Syed University of Engineering
Karachi

ICU performance: presentation of the software “ICU e-monitoring”
Dr Vincent Ioos – Medical ICU – PIMS, Islamabad

Perception of young doctors on critical care medicine
Dr Rubina Aman – Medical ICU – PIMS, Islamabad

Career perspective and curriculum development in critical care
medicine
Round table

Registration for PIMS Symposium:
Trainee / medical officer / nurse: 200 Rs,
Senior registrar: 500 Rs,
Consultant / faculty: 1500 Rs.

please send request for pre-symposium registration at
pimssymposium@ gmail.com or khurram.shahzad@ live.com

please find more informations at http://www.ccmpakis tan.com

Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

Infection Control Symposium Committee, Aga Khan University invites abstracts on the following themes

Themes
A) Health Care Professionals and Safety
B) Patient Safety
C) Hospital Associated Infections

Last date for Abstract Submission is February 29, 2008

Abstract Guidelines:

· Abstracts should be relevant to the themes of the symposium.

· It should not exceed 250 words (excluding title, names of authors and institution etc.)

· The title of the paper should be typed in capital letters.

· Underline the name of the presenting author.

· The abstract should clearly mention: Introduction/Objectives, Methods, Results and Recommendations/Conclusions.

· State the preferred mode of presentation (Oral/Poster)

Please send your abstract to:

Rozina Roshan, Co Chair, Scientific and Programme Committee at email: rozina.roshan@aku.edu

Nasreen Suleman, Member Scientific and Programme Committee at email: nasreen.suleman@aku.edu

Shela Hirani, Member Scientific and Programme Committee at email: shela.hirani@aku.edu
For further information and registration, please contact:
Conference Secretariat
Aga Khan University, Stadium Road
Karachi, Pakistan.
Tel: +9221 4930051 Ext. 4578, Direct +9221-4864578
Fax: + 9221 4934294

Email: conf.sect@aku.edu

Brochure

Venue: Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha – Qatar

Contact:
Dr. Baha Hamdi Alkahlout
Coordinator General
Hamad Medical Corporation – Doha, Qatar
Tel: +974 4883589, 4883623, Fax: +974 4883675
Email: emergencyconference@yahoo.com

Demonstrating the previous spectrum of success, 3rd Health Asia 2006 Int’l Exhibition
& Conference was attended by 93 Exhibitors from all around the globe including 60%
foreign & 40% domestic Exhibitors who showcased their products and services under
200 stalls covering Halls 2 & 3 of Karachi Expo Centre, Pakistan. More than 12,715
Trade / Corporate Visitors & 134 Foreign Delegates attended the Fair.
More than 60 print and electronic media organizations from Pakistan and abroad
covered the Event, where participants from China, Egypt, India, Malaysia, Russia,
Singapore, U.K, Uzbekistan & many more were benefited from the extensive business &
promotional opportunities.

http://www.health-asia.com/

Venue:
Moevenpick Hotel, Sanaa – Yemen

Contact Details :
Gulf Heart Association
P. O. Box 89, Sana’a, Yemen
Email: info@yemen-cardio.org

Also the website http://www.yemen-cardio.org can be used for more information and
abstract submission. Please note that we have no paper from any Gulf state yet.
According to our scientific program we have around 67 lectures. UAE doctors are
welcome to submit their abstract as early as possible. Deadline: 31st December 2007.

To be held in: PC, Lahore

This conference is organized by Pakistan Chest Society.

For details contact:
Zafar Ali Syed (President PCS, Phone: (+92) 0300-8734457),
Tahir Saeed (General Secretary, Phone: (+92) 0300-4416312)
Email: doctortahir@hotmail.com,
I.S Burki (Editor in Chief, Phone: (+92) 0321-2434659)
Email: isburki@hotmail.com

I am taking this opportunity of attaching our first announcement and Call for Abstracts.
The information required is as noted below:

50th Golden Anniversary Congress (ICA 2008)

Date: July 19 – 23, 2008
Venue: Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Hosted By: International College of Angiology
Contact: Denise M. Rossignol, Executive Director
Tel: 631-366-1429
Fax: 631-366-3609
Email: denisemrossignol@cs.com

More Details: http://www.intlcollegeofangiology.org

We appreciate your consideration in this matter.

Sincerely,
Denise M. Rossignol
Executive Director
International College of Angiology
5 Daremy Court
Nesconset, New York 11767-1547
Tel. +631.366.1429 Fax: +631.366.3609
Mobile: +516.901.1857
E-mail: denisemrossignol@cs.com
ICA Website: http://www.intlcollegeofangiology.org