BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. MEETING OF COUNCIL.

The Annual Meeting of the British Medical Association

The British Medical Association

Oxford on the 26th, 27th, 28th and 29th of July. The attraction of this famous and picturesque seat of learning, combined with the active preparations which are being made to give its members a heart}' welcome, will ensure for the Association a very successful gathering. No mistake has been made on this occasion regarding the tropical section which has already issued a programme of its proceedi...

A National Health Service: Report of the Council of the British Medical Association

O N F E B R U A R Y 17, t h e B r i t i s h W h i t e P a p e r o n a N a t i o n a l H e a l t h Serv i ce was m a d e p u b l i c . O n F e b r u a r y 18, t h e B r i t i s h M e d i c a l A s s o c i a t i o n issued a b r i e f s t a t e m e n t i n d i c a t i n g t h a t , w h i l e i t was c l e a r l y too e a r l y t o g ive a c o n s idered j u d g m e n t , " t h e W h i t e P a p e...

British Veterinary Association annual general meeting, 2011.

THE members-only business section of the AGM was chaired by Derek Williams, chairman of the BVA Board. The meeting approved the report of the 2015 AGM, which was published in Veterinary Record on October 31, 2015 (vol 177, pp 443-444). Mr Williams noted that the Association’s annual report had been published in the August 20/27, 2016, issue of Veterinary Record (vol 179, pp 203-208) and a copy ...

Meeting abstracts from the 64th British Thyroid Association Annual Meeting

Graves’ orbitopathy (GO) is the main extrathyroidal manifestation of Graves’ disease. When fully expressed, it is characterized by inflammatory soft tissue changes, exophthalmos, ocular dysmotility causing diplopia, and, rarely, sight-threatening dysthyroid optic neuropathy (DON). The prevalence of GO among Graves’ patients seems lately declining, probably due to early diagnosis, early interven...