Announcements

5th Genoa Meeting on Hypertension, Diabetes, and Renal Disease

The 5th Genoa Meeting on Hypertension, Diabetes, and Renal Disease will be organized by Giacomo Deferrari and will be held February 23 to 25, 2006, in Genoa, Italy. This meeting aims to bring together experts and practicing physicians to discuss current information related to high blood pressure, diabetes, renal damage, and hypertension. The main topics of the workshop will be as follows:

• Cardiovascular risk factors in chronic kidney disease: Pathogenetic and therapeutic insights

• New theapeutic approaches to diabetic kidney disease

• Antidiabetic effect of RAS inhibition in hypertension

• Late-breaking trials

• Percutaneous coronary intervention in chronic kidney disease: Indications and results

• Statin therapy and improvement in endothelial dysfunction

• New insights into renal and vascular inflammation: Role of PPAR as anti-inflammatory targets in kidney disease

• Management of patients with metabolic syndrome: The importance of multiple risk factors control

• Vascular calcification in chronic kidney disease: Pathogenesis and treatment

• Impact of meta-analyses on clinical practice: Balancing risks and benefits

• Renal dysfunction as a target for cardiovascular and renal protection

• Treating anemia at different stages of chronic kidney disease

For more information please visit the web site www.aristea.com/diredi2006.

2006 International Society for Hemodialysis Symposium

The 2006 ISHD symposium entitled “Hemodialysis: The Environmental Challenges” will be held on Saturday, February 25, 2006, from 1:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the San Francisco Marriott Hotel. This symposium immediately precedes the Annual Dialysis Conference in San Francisco. At the meeting, Dr. Eberhard Ritz will be honored with the 2006 ISHD Belding H. Scribner Trailblazer Award. To register for this free symposium, call 847-229-2033 (or toll-free in the US: 877-229-5700), fax 847-229-2300, or e-mail ishdinfo{at}aol.com.

National Kidney Foundation 2006 Clinical Meetings

The National Kidney Foundation Clinical Meetings provide comprehensive, multi-disciplinary, educational opportunities for professionals caring for chronic kidney disease patients across all stages, including transplantation. The Meetings offer hands-on workshops, interactive sessions, and lectures designed to provide cutting-edge knowledge in the field of nephrology for physicians, nurses, dietitians, and social workers.

April 19 to 23, 2006
Hyatt Regency Hotel
151 E. Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois

The National Kidney Foundation is the major voluntary health organization dedicated to preventing kidney and urinary tract diseases, improving the health and well-being of individuals and families affected by these diseases, and increasing the availability of all organs for transplantation.

7th IFKF International Conference

The 7th International Conference of the International Federation of Kidney Foundations (IFKF) will be held June 7 to 10, 2006, in Taoramina, Italy. For further information contact Professor Guido Bellinghieri, President of the conference (E-mail: gbellinghieri{at}hotmail.com).

6th International Podocyte Congress: Translational Research from the Labbench to Bedside

June 8 to 11, 2006
Helsinki, Finland

For more information, please contact:

Harry Holthöfer, MD, PhD
Professor, Director of Technomedicum
Haartmaninkatu 8, PB 63
FIN-00014 University of Helsinki
Phone: +35-89-191-25-500
Fax: +35-89-191-25-501
E-mail: harry.holthofer{at}helsinki.fi
www.technomedicum.fi