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1. Improving Epilepsy Care Through Advances in Clinical Neuroscience, Royal Caribbean, Port of Bayonne, New Jersey, USA1–6 October 2006. Information: Mohamed A. Ali; cme@columbia.edu, www.cumc.columbia.edu/dept/cme/Neuro-65-06/Neuro-65-06.html
2. First International Conference: Collateral Effects of Anti-Infective Drugs, Bucharest, Romania 4–6 October 2006. Information: Lucian Fulger, Exhibitions and Congress Office; chemotherapy2006@ralcom.ro, www.chemotherapy.ro
3. XVI National Conference of the Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology (IASG), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India5–8 October 2006.Information: Honorary Secretary, Indian Association of Surgical Gastro-enterology, Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow 226014, Uttar Pradesh
4. Eleventh Asia-Pacific Laser Congress, Panjim, Goa, India
   5–8 October 2006.Information: Congress Secretariat, c/o Vama Events, 69 Janki Niwas, Jyotiba Phule Road, Naigaum, Dadar (E), Mumbai 400014, Maharashtra; www.aplc2006.com, queries@aplc2006.com
5. CME on Renal Transplant Pathology, Stem Cell Transplantation, Preventive Nephrology and XVII Annual Conference of Indian Society of Organ Transplantation, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India6–8 October 2006
   Information: Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre and Institute of Transplantation Sciences, Civil Hospital Campus, Asarwa, Ahmedabad 380016, Gujarat; www.isot2006.org
6. Asia Pacific Hernia Congress and Live Workshop, New Delhi, India 6–8 October 2006
   Information: Asia Pacific Hernia Congress, Ayushman Endosurgery, Double Storey Market, R Block, New Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi 110060; www.aphs06.com, www.chowbey.com, www.sgrh.com
7. Third Madras Diabetes Research Foundation (MDRF)—American Diabetes Association (ADA) Postgraduate Course on Diabetes, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India 6–8 October 2006
   Information: V. Mohan Rao and Rema Mohan, Madras Diabetes Research Foundation and Dr Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centre, No. 4, Conran Smith Road, Gopalapuram, Chennai 600086, Tamil Nadu; mvdsc@vsnl.com; www.drmohandiabetes.com
8. Seventh Annual Conference of Northeast Cardiological Society of India, Shillong, Meghalaya, India 7–8 October 2006
   Information: D. Bhuyan, Organizing Secretary, North East CSI, 2006, Nazareth Hospital, Laitumkhrah, Shillong 793003, Meghalaya; necsi@rediffmail.com
9. International Congress of Immunogenomics and Immunomics—Immunology for the Twenty-first Century, Budapest, Hungary8–12 October 2006
   Information: Conference Secretariat, Diamond Congress; diamond@diamond-congress.hu, www.bcii2006.org
10. Twentieth World Congress of International Traffic Medicine Association, Melbourne, Australia 16–18 October 2006
    Information: Morris Odell, Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, 57–83 Kavanagh St. Southbank, VIC 3006, Australia; trafficmed@vifm.org
11. Regional Conference on Cost-effective Healthcare 2006, Singapore 28–31 October 2006.
    Information: www.cehealth2006.com
12. Forty-seventh Annual Conference of Indian Society of Gastroenterology, (ISGCON-2006), Mumbai, Maharashtra, India 8–12 November 2006
    Information: Prabha Sawant, Organizing Secretary, Department of Gastro-enterology, R. No. 2, 1st floor, College Building, L.T.M. Medical College and General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai 400022, Maharashtra; isgcon2006@yahoo.com
13. National Symposium on Science of Holistic Living and Its Global Application and CME on Therapeutic Life Style Changes for Management of Chronic Health Problems, Sevagram, Wardha, Maharashtra, India 16–17 November 2006
    Information: Satish Kumar and B. C. Haruinath, Arogyadham, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram 442102, Wardha, Maharashtra; www.jbtdrc.org
14. BPCON-2006 International Symposium on Atherosclerosis in Hypertension, Diabetes and Coronary Artery Disease, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India 29 November–1 December 2006
    Information: A. Ghatak, Organizing Secretary, Division of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Central Drug Research Institute, Chattar Manzil Palace, Lucknow 226001, Uttar Pradesh; bpcon2006@gmail.com, ashimghatak@gmail.com, www.hypertensionindia.com
15. Twenty-fourth Annual National Conference of Indian Society for Medical Statistics, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India 1–3 December 2006
    Information: Anil C. Mathew, Organizing Secretary, Department of Biostatistics, PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Coimbatore 641004, Tamil Nadu; www.psgimsr.in
16. Hepatic Fibrosis: Basic Science to Therapy, Kolkata, West Bengal 8–10 December 2006
    Information: Secretariat, The Centre for Liver Research, Department of Gastroenterology, Ronald Ross Building, 4th floor, Room No. 5 and 10, Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata 700020, West Bengal
17. ASICON 2006 Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India 25–30 December 2006
    Information: V. K. Shukla, Organizing Secretary, ASICON 2006, Department of General Surgery, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, Uttar Pradesh; www.asicon2006.com, asicon_2006@rediffmail.com
18. SFRR-India National Satellite Meeting on International Conference on Free Radicals in Clinical and Laboratory Medicine, Kochi, Kerala, India 4–5 January 2007
    Information: Organizing Secretary, Department of Biochemistry, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Elamakkara P.O., Cochin 682026, Kerala; biochemistry@aims.amrita.edu
19. Sixth National Level Biological Congress on Biotechnology: Past, present and future, Rasipuram, Tamil Nadu, India 5–6 January 2007
    Information: M. Rajasekara Pandian, Organizing Secretary—MCAS BIO 2007, Centre for Biotechnology, Muthayammal College of Arts and Science, Rasipuram 637408, Dist Namakkal, Tamil Nadu; www.geocities.com/mcasbio2007
20. Symposium on Diagnosis and Treatment of Gastrointestinal Infections, Chandigarh, India 13–14 January 2007
    Information: Organizing Secretary, Chetana Vaishnavi, Department of Gastroenterology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh; c.vaishnavi@rediffmail.com, cvaishnavi@sify.com
21. AMASICON 2007—Hyderabad, 2nd International Congress of Minimal Access Surgeons of India, International Live Laparoscopic Workshop in G.I. Surgery and Allied Specialities, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India 8–11 February 2007
    Information: Organizing Secretary, AMASICON 2007—Hyderabad,
    # 4-1-1227 King Koti Road, Kamineni Wockhardt Hospitals, Abids, Hyderabad 500001, Andhra Pradesh; www.amasicon2007.com, contact@amasicon2007.com
22. Joint Ethics Conference of the 18th Canadian Bioethics Society Conference and the 3rd International Conference on Clinical Ethics and Consultation, Toronto, Canada 30 May–3 June 2007
    Information: University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics, 88 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 1L4; joint.ethics.conference@utoronto.ca