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An editorial is presented on Trailblazer Awards were given to two highly deserving individuals who have left an indelible mark on the field and their colleagues. Topics include Lifetime Achievement Award is presented to individuals who have been devoted to the cause of lifestyle medicine for half of their lives or more; and exceptional insights and pioneering research inspired generations of healthcare professionals and individuals.

The article reports on the highlights of the joint meeting of the Royal Society of Medicine's Sections of Geriatrics and Gerontology and Rheumatology and Rehabilitation which was held on September 27, 1994. Doctor Jackie Morris welcomed the opportunity to learn about osteoarthritis (OA). Doctor Cyrus Cooper presented his paper, entitled "Epidemiology and risk factors for osteoarthritis".

The article reports on the highlights of the meeting of the Royal Society of Medicine's Section of Urology which was held in Cairo, Egypt from February 23 to March 1, 1992. Professor B. Peeling discussed the epidemiology of prostatic carcinoma. G. Farrow of Toronto General Hospital gave an account of a radical prostatectomy in his practice.

The article reports on the highlights of a joint meeting of the Royal Society of Medicine's Section of Chemical Forensic Medicine and Metropolitan Forensic Medical Examiners. The meeting focused on the management of drug addiction. Doctor Neville Davis presented the paper, entitled "Experiences of many police surgeons". Professor David Grahame-Smith discussed how research has increased the knowledge of what drugs actually do to the brain.

Information about several papers discussed at a meeting of the Open Section of the Royal Society of Medicine on medical complaints and medical discipline in Great Britain is presented. According to Beulah Bewley, a senior lecturer in community medicine at Saint George's Hospital, a lot of complaints could be prevented at the outset if doctors would drink less and keep better notes. The meeting featured several experts in medicine including Bewley, Rosemary Rue, and Arnold Simanowitz.

Information about several papers on forensic aspects of fire discussed at a meeting of the Section of Clinical Forensic Medicine held on January 27, 1990 is presented. It was mentioned in one of the papers that deaths caused by fire are resulted from careless discarding of smoking materials. The meeting featured several experts of forensic medicine including Susan Claydon and Lesely Lord.

Information about the meeting of the Section of the History of Medicine is presented. Issues on the opening of the medical library for the reading pathological society was discussed. The meeting featured several personalities in the field of medicine including A. Marshall Barr, Bryn Thomas, and Jessie Dobson.

The article reports on the highlights of the meeting of the Forum on Computers in Medicine which was held from April 1 to 2, 1993. Several topics discussed include imaging, computer-based training, information systems and audit, neural networks and computer applications. The meeting also featured poster presentations and working demonstrations.

Information of papers discussed at the World Stroke Day, which was held during the Pan American Congress of Neurology in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in October 2007, is presented. The event brought more than 200 people representing countries from Latin and North America and Spain, many of them representing different fields of neurology, like epilepsy and Parkinson's disease. Topics include; stroke risk factor in Latin America and high blood pressure.

Information about several papers discussed at a meeting of the Section of Medical Education is presented. Discussions about disability and handicapped were presented. The meeting also featured several personalities in the field of medicine including Christopher Pinder, Henry Patterson, and Rosemary Dawson-Shepherd.

The article reports that the measurement of the outcomes of health care has become an important issue for Great Britain National Health Service. Lack of consensus between purchasers and clinicians on the measurement of outcomes in genitourinary medicine was identified in a recent study in the west and south region of England. Speakers at a conference in Bristol in September 1996 emphasized the measurement of specification of the desired outcomes for genitourinary medicine.

The article reports on the highlights of the meeting of the Royal Society of Medicine's Section of the History of Medicine which was held on March 31, 1993. Doctor H.R. Rollin outlined the background of the Norah Schuster Student Presentations. Kathryn Waite of the Royal Free Hospital discussed the history of hay fever in the 19th century.

At a conference on 'Strategies to Set Global Analytical Quality Specifications in Laboratory Medicine' in Stockholm 1999, a hierarchy of models to set analytical quality specifications was decided. The consensus agreement from the conference defined the highest level as 'evaluation of the effect of analytical performance on clinical outcomes in specific clinical settings' and the second level as 'data based on components of biological variation'. Here, the many proposals for analytical quality specifications based on biological variation are examined and the outcomes of the different models for maximum allowable combined analytical imprecision and bias are illustrated graphically. The following models were investigated, (1) The Cotlove et al. (1970) model defining analytical imprecision (%CVA) in relation to the within subject biological variation (%CVW-S) as: %CVA⩽0-5 X %CVW-S (where %CV is percentage coefficient of variation), (2) The Gowans et al. (1988) concept, which defines a functional relationship between analytical imprecision and bias for the maximum allowable combination of errors for the purpose of sharing common reference intervals. (3) The European Group for the Evaluation of Reagents and Analytical Systems in Laboratory Medicine (EGE Lab) Working Group concept, which combines the Cotlove model with the Gowans concept using the maximal acceptable bias. (4) The External Quality Assessment (EQA) Organizers Working Group concept, which is close to the EGE Lab Working Group concept, but follows the Gowans et al. concept of imprecision up to the limit defined by the model of Cotlove et al. (5) The 'three-level' concept classifying analytical quality into three levels: optimum, desirable and minimum. The figures created clearly demonstrated that the results obtained were determined by the basic assumptions made. When %CV.,.,..s is small compared with the population-based coefficient of variation [%CVp = (%CV2W.S +%CV2B-S)½]. the EGE Lab and EQA Organizers Working Group concepts become similar. Examples of analytical quality specifications based on biological variations are listed and an application on external quality control is illustrated for plasma creatinine. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a calendar of events related to medical sciences. An event titled "Medical Informatics Europe 90: Health Added Value," will be held from August 20 to 23, 1990 in Glasgow, Scotland. A conference titled "XX Congress of the International Society of Internal Medicine," will be held from June 17 to 21, 1990 in Stockholm, Sweden. An event titled "World Conference on Lung Health," will be held from May 20 to 24, 1990 in Boston, Massachusetts.

The article presents a calendar of events related to medicine and medical science across the world. The "National Symposium on Sport and Nutrition" will be held on November 7, 1989 at the Royal Society of Medicine, London. The conference "Stabilization and Management of the Critically Ill Child," will be held from December 9-10 at San Francisco, California. The "Second/Australian International Medical & Legal Conference" will be held from May 25 to June 1, 1990, at Rhodes, Greece.

Previews the 32nd Annual Meeting of the American College of Angiology and the 27th Annual Meeting of the International College of Angiology from November 10-14, 1985 at the Hyatt Hotel in Palmetto Dunes, South Carolina. Objective of the convention; Outline of the registration procedure; Medical issues and topics that will be covered during the meetings.

The article reports on the highlights of the meeting of the Royal Society of Medicine's Section of Comparative Medicine which was held on April 21, 1993. Professor KayTee Khaw discussed the effects of age in people with a series of epidemiological studies. Doctor Nadia Rupniak explored the effects of ageing on the central nervous system in monkeys and its relevance as a model of human disease.

The article offers information on several conferences on sports medicine to be held during 2007, including the "XVI International Congress on Sports Rehabilitation and Traumatology," to be held in Milan on April 14-15; the 9th annual "Sports Medicine Symposium," to be held in Kentucky on May 19; and "The Fifth Annual Female Athlete Conference" to be held in Cincinnati, Ohio, on November 2-3.

The article presents calendar of events on conferences and meetings related to medicine and sports including the "Third Annual Primary Care Approach to Treating the Injured Athlete" to be held on May 12, 2006, "The High School and Collegiate Sports Medicine Conference," to be held on June 16 to 18, 2006, and "The Annual Meeting for the Society for Tennis Medicine and Science" to be held on August 10 to 13, 2006.

The article presents a list of calendar events relevant to medicine. The "Australian Sexual Health Conference" will be held on June 20-24, 2000. The "International Congress of Sexually Transmitted Infections in Germany" will be held on June 24-27. The "13th International AIDS Conference will be on July 9-14, 2000.

Information about the topics on recession and medical unemployment that was discussed during the meeting of the Section of Medical Education in Great Britain on February 10, 1982 is presented. The speakers who had considerable collective experience as advisers to different bodies concerned with professional affairs dealt with different factors in career imbalance in medicine and possible solutions. It had been concluded that there is a staffing problem or imbalance between supply and demand.

The article offers information on a conference of the Royal Society of Medicine that was held from December 9 to 10, 1997. During the conference, most of the discussion focused on methods of making life better for those who are soon going to die. In this regard, physician Richard Nicholson discussed a series of hypothetical case histories. The conference also highlighted issues related to euthanasia.

Information about the topics discussed at a meeting on the importance of medieval manuscripts in medicine is presented. Peter Murray stated that the knowledge on medieval medicine is largely dependent on the preservation of medieval manuscripts. He presented a slideshow showing medieval manuscripts starting from the ninth century Byzantine.

The article offers information on several congresses and convention related to the field of medicine supposed to be held in 1989-90, including the First World Congress in Paediatric Pathology on September 18-22, 1989, in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, World Conference on Lung Health on May 20-24, 1990, in Boston, Massachusetts, and East-Coast Conference on Biomechanics on August 26-28, 1990.

The article presents a calendar of events related to medicine in 1987-1987. The 14th International Council on Social Welfare Regional Symposium titled People on the Margins of Society: Strategies Against Exclusion will be held in Rome. A symposium titled Current Perspectives in Nutrition and Infection will be held in Jerusalem. The Progress in Regional Cancer Therapy Workshop will be conducted in Vienna, Austria.

The article presents a calendar of events about medicine from May to September 1979. A weekend course on sensorineural hearing loss will be held from May 12-13 at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. The sixth Glasgow temporal bone dissection course will be held on May 18-20. On June 4-8, the international symposium on infant nutrition and development of gastrointestinal tract will be held in Niagara Falls, New York.

The article presents a calendar of events in the field of medicine. The Paediatric Pathology event will be held from February 6 to 9, 1994 in Florida. The MRCP Part II Course will be held from February 7 to 11, 1994 in London, England. The Acoustic Neuroma Symposium will be held on march 24, 2994 in Nottingham, England.