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Background: Over the past 30 years, the international conference on Artificial Intelligence in MEdicine (AIME) has been organized at different venues across Europe every 2 years, establishing a forum for scientific exchange and creating an active research community. The Artificial Intelligence in Medicine journal has published theme issues with extended versions of selected AIME papers since 1998.Objectives: To review the history of AIME conferences, investigate its impact on the wider research field, and identify challenges for its future.Methods: We analyzed a total of 122 session titles to create a taxonomy of research themes and topics. We classified all 734 AIME conference papers published between 1985 and 2013 with this taxonomy. We also analyzed the citations to these conference papers and to 55 special issue papers.Results: We identified 30 research topics across 12 themes. AIME was dominated by knowledge engineering research in its first decade, while machine learning and data mining prevailed thereafter. Together these two themes have contributed about 51% of all papers. There have been eight AIME papers that were cited at least 10 times per year since their publication.Conclusions: There has been a major shift from knowledge-based to data-driven methods while the interest for other research themes such as uncertainty management, image and signal processing, and natural language processing has been stable since the early 1990s. AIME papers relating to guidelines and protocols are among the most highly cited. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of the present paper is to present the message transmitted by the Presidential Lecture given during the first congress of arthroscopy organised in Romania, in March 2016, by the Romanian Society of Arthroscopy and Sports Trauma (SRATS). The goal was to present the evolution of medical care in Romania over the years, with the remarkable progress made in the first half of the twentieth century and the current status of arthroscopic surgery as seen from the point of view of medical professionals, as well as from a governmental point of view. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers news briefs related to medicine in Europe. The Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) announced the availability of several courses to be offered during the AMEE 2009 in Prague, Czech Republic. MedBiquitous reported the release of Healthcare Learning Object Metadata (LOM) and the ANSI/MEDBIQ LO.10.1-2008 standards. The International Conference on Communication in Healthcare will be held in Oslo, Norway from September 2-5, 2009.

The article presents news concerning the European Neurological Society (ENS) as of April 12, 2006. Professor Julien Bogousslavsky has been inaugurated as president of the ENS. The 16th ENS Meeting's Presidential Symposium will take place on May 29, 2006 and will focus on stroke. The members of the local organizing committee for the 16th ENS meeting are enumerated.

The interest in Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) in the international community is growing. A panel titled 'What Can Comparative Effectiveness Research Contribute to Integrative Health in International Perspective?' took place at the 3rd International Research Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health in Portland, Oregon, in 2012. The presentations at this panel highlighted different perspectives on CER, including the funders' and the stakeholders' perspectives from the United States, as well as experiences with economic evaluations from Australia and pragmatic trials in Europe. The funders' perspective emphasized the need for innovation and controlling costs in large-scale studies. The stakeholder's perspective stressed the need to gather the input of stakeholders in shaping the framework for more informative, more decision-maker-driven research. Several examples of cost-effectiveness analyses were offered from Australia. The importance of balancing rigor and pragmatism was also discussed in a presentation of the efficacy-effectiveness continuum. A wide-ranging discussion explored additional questions concerning the translation of evidence into practice; the effect of pragmatic trials on funding or policy; evidentiary distinctions between and among pragmatic trials and traditional randomized clinical trials; and the multiple roles of stakeholders, particularly in generating new information and knowledge. The presentations and discussions showed that more development of methods is needed. This includes developments on study design and statistical approaches, as well as methods for stakeholder involvement and mechanisms to bring these results into practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents abstracts of the papers submitted in the Presidential Symposium of the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) Conference 2004. Prognostic value of pre-transplant host thymic function in allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation outcomes; Randomized controlled clinical trial of intracoronary autologous bone marrow cell transfer post-myocardial infarction; Adverse impact of FLT3 internal tandem duplication in patients with poor-risk acute myeloid leukaemia allocated to autologous transplantation.

Presents abstracts of the papers submitted in Oral Sessions and Working Parties of the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation Conference 2004. Prospective evaluation of early allogeneic transplantation in patients with high risk acute myeloid leukaemia defined by karyotype and response to first induction therapy treated inthe multicenter aml HD98a treatment trial; Predictive value of gallium-67 scintigraphy in Hodgkin lymphoma patients undergoing haematopoietic stem cell transplantation; Severe donor events after stem cell donation.

Presents news concerning the European Neurological Society (ENS) as of August 2003. Appointment of Christian Krapup as president of the ENS; Theme of the society's 2003 Presidential Symposium; Venue and schedule of the ENS Business Meeting.

Presents abstracts of studies related to health and medicine which were presented at the 11th Annual Conference of the European Public Health Association in November 2003. "Effects of virgin olive oil phenols on proliferation, cell cycle and apoptosis of tumor cell lines," by Roberto Fabiani, A. De Bartolomeo, P. Rosignoli, M. Servili, G.F. Montedoro and G. Morozzi; "Occurrence of organic chlorinated pollutants in seafood," by T. Cirillo, V. Viscardi, D. Perrone and R. Amodio Cocchieri; "Benzene outdoor and indoor pollution in Rome: Citizens exposure study," by Umberto Moscato, G. La Torre, F. La Torre and Ricciardi G.

Presents abstracts of studies on health service research presented at a parallel session during the 11th Annual Conference of the European Public Health Association in November 2003. "Practice guidelines, Did they reduce medical practice variation?" by J.D. De Jong, G.P. Westert, F. Schellevis and P.P. Groenewegen; "Flexible and mobile doctors as a strategy for capacity problems," by P. Heiligers and N. Van der Vange; "Who is responsible for metropolitan health systems: The limitations of managed competition," by T. Plochg, D.M.J. Delnoij and N.S. Klazinga.

The article presents information on clinical neuropathology. The international neurological congresses and the International Congress of Neuropathology were organized in the 1950s. This is also the time when the first books on clinical neuropathology were published. The article also discussed the history of the European Congresses of Neuropathology.

Presents a calendar of events related to neurology in Europe from 2005 to 2009. 26th International Epilepsy Congress; 4th International Congress on Vascular Dementia; International Congress on Gait and Mental Function.

Presents abstracts of studies on public health interest in the utilization of medicine presented at the 11th Annual Conference of the European Public Health Association in November 2003. "Developing indicators to monitor the pharmaceutical sector for its contribution to public health and other social goals: The approach of the European Commission," by Ceri Thompson; "Improving access and appropriate use of medicines: Role and approaches of WHO in Europe," by Kees de Jonceere; "A Web-based European database of medicines," by P. Folino-Gallo.

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.

Highlights congresses and conventions on topics related to dermatology in Europe from June 8 to October 10, 1992. Main topics of the third Meeting of the European Hair Research Society; Contact information for the first Congress of the European Society of Contact Dermatitis; Location of the 19th Annual Meeting of the Society for Cutaneous Ultrastructure Research.