Read in this first issue of the Iraqi Medical Society’s International Journal:

Editorail about the World health service and doctors under pressure.
Evaluation of Tracheostomy indications.
Intrarenal haemodynamic changes in type2 diabetic patients.
Juvenile angiofibroma- the Basrah experience.
Severe acute respiratory distress syndrome.
4th UK Stroke Forum: What can we do to prevent strokes?

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Thank You

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November 1, 2009

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Iraqi Medical Society International thanks all the participants in the medical and annual general meeting of 24th October 09. The society wishes all his members a prosperous and a productive year.
Professor Nizar Al-Hasani was the guest speaker in the meeting.

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Dear Colleagues,
You are cordially invited for the Annual General Meeting, Scientific and the Social meeting of the Iraqi Medical Society International (IMSI) on Saturday 24th October 2009. The meeting is to be held at Radisson Edwardian International Hotel, Heathrow/London.

Cultural Session

2.00 – 2.30pm
Maxillofacial surgery from contemporary Iraq

By Mr. Dany Archer/ Surgeon

2.30 – 3.00pm
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Summer Meeting/ 7th June 2009
Newport/ Wales
The Friars/ Postgraduate Centre
Royal Gwent Hospital
The Society has held its summer meeting for 2009 on 7th June in South Wales/UK.
It was a gathering in Newport, the third large city in Wales. At the beginning of the meeting Dr. Mahdi Ismail thanked the members for their [...]

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On 8th March 09 the Society met in Imperial College London in the presence of a delegation from Iraq. The scientific programme discussed several important subjects. The first speaker was Dr Abbas Latif, Consultant Paediatrician. His presentation was about the autism as a brain development disorder characterized by [...]

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In April 2008 a medical conference was organised for a group of Iraqi and
Arab Doctors. Here are the summaries of few of the presentations in the
conference:
Dr. Nada Alwan and her team presented her views about the cancer service in Iraq and the control strategy of cancer in the country. [...]

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Book: Spotlights on Thoracic Surgery Professor Nazar B. Elhasani

July 27, 2009 Books

Professor ElHasani is Professor of Surgery and Chairman of Scientific Council of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery in Iraq. This book has been compiled with the intention of presenting thoracic surgical topics of practical importance to thoracic surgeons and post graduate medical students in the Iraqi Board for Medical Specializations.
In his introduction [...]

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The changing pattern of bladder tumours, is there an environmental risk factor?

July 27, 2009 News

Bladder cancer is one of the most common diseases treated by urologists. It often behaves as a field change disease in which the entire urothelium from the renal pelvis to the urethra is susceptible to malignant transformation.
The objective of this study by Mr. Usama Al-Nasiri et al is to evaluate [...]

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Impact of Violence on the psychosocial state of Iraqis

July 27, 2009 News

Professor Abdul- Monaf AL-Jadiry from The Jordanian University in Amman was presenting this study to the meeting.
Violence is aggressive behaviour that may be physically, sexually or emotionally abusive. The aggressive behaviour is conducted by an individual or group against another, or others. It is anything that denies human integrity and [...]

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Osteoporosis – primary prevention

July 27, 2009 News

Whether or not a postmenopausal woman with osteoporosis is offered one of these drugs:  Alendronate,

etidronate, risedronate, raloxifene and strontium ranelate, to prevent bone fractures will depend on her age, her bone density and how many risk factors for fracture and
indicators of fragile bones she has.
In principle, alendronate is recommended [...]

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