2008 Summer Meeting: Anti-Ageing Medicine

The BSEM 2008 Summer Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday 11 to Friday 13 June 2008 at The Royal College of General Practitioners, London. Please note that this is a provisional programme and may be subject to change.

To sign up for the meeting, please visit the registration page.

Wednesday 11 June &em; BSEM Resuscitation Module, Day 1

09.00 - 09.30: Resuscitation

Emergencies and Resuscitation

The National Minimum Standards for Independent Health Care (HMSO 2002) stipulate:

C27.3 There is a member of staff on duty at all times trained in basic resuscitation techniques with up-to-date training on an annual basis. Proof of attendance at this or an equivalent course is likely to be required by the Healthcare Commission, and in due course by the GMC. This module will soon become a mandatory element of our clinical governance.

09.30: Guarding against and managing allergic emergencies. Coping with anaphylaxis and asthma. Safeguarding the airway in allergic swelling.

• John Collard RGN

10.30: Tea

10.45 - 12.30: Resuscitation. CPR and defibrillation. A practical session with assessment/certification on resuscitation.

• John Collard RGN

13.00: Lunch

BSEM IV Group consensus and update meeting

14.00: IV manual

• Dr Rodney Adeniyi-Jones and all attendees

15.00: Calculating osmolarity

• Dr Damien Downing

15.30: Tea

16.00: Practical aspects

• Dr Nicola Hembry

16.30: Importation

Thursday 12 June &em; BSEM Resuscitation Module, Day 2

09.00: Allergy and Intolerance

• Dr Harry Morrow Brown

10.30: Tea

11.00: Basic immunology

13.00: Lunch

14.00 - 15.00: Nutritional modulation of immune function. Using foods, nutritional supplements and phytochemicals to modify and optimise immune activity.

• Dr Traj Nibber

15.30: Tea

16.00: Testing for Allergies

• Dr David Freed

16.45: Group Discussion

17.30: Meeting Close

Friday 13 June &em; Scientific Meeting: Anti-Ageing

09.00: Registration

09.25: Chairman's Welcome

09.30: Predictive Medicine

• Helena V Baranova MD, PhD
  European Commission; expert N EX2002B003566 International Expert for Anti-Ageing Medicine
  President of the European Institute in Personalized Prevention, Nice, France

10.10: The energising effect of NADH, co-enzyme 1

• George Birkmayer M.D.,Ph.D
  Professor of Medicine
  Schwarzspanierstr. 15M/b
  A-1090 Vienna, Austria

11.05: Tea

11.25: The role of micro- and phytonutrients in different models of ageing

• Dr Paul Clayton

12.?5: Molecular therapies to slow down the photoageing of human skin

• Prof John G Ionescu PhD
  Director and founder of the
  Special Clinic Neukirchen
  Germany

12.45: Discussion

13.00: Lunch

14.00: Breast tumours strongly accumulate transition metals – new therapeutic implications

• Prof John G Ionescu PhD

14.40: DNA adducts – premalignant lesions

• Dr John McLaren Howard
  Medical Biochemist
  Acumen

15.30: Discussion

15.45: Tea

16.00: Diagnosing and treating hypothyroidism

• Dr Gordon Skinner
  Consultant Virologist
  Birmingham

16.30: Symbiotropes as pituitary stimulants

• Dr John Mansfield
  BSEM Physician

17.30: Discussion