Lines from the EANM President and the Congress President

Ichiro Katayama , Japan ( Congress President )

Oral Presentations 881 Sponsored Sessions 900 Poster Presentations 902 Index 912 8th World Congress on Itch (WCI) 2015 September 27–29, 2015 at the Nara Kasugano International Forum IRAKA, Nara, Japan N A RA JA PA N 2 015 8th World Co ng re ss o n I t c h

LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT Letter from the President

I have just come back from attending ECMI 2002 in Latvia. About 150 people took part in the conference which was held in the delightful resort town of Jurmala, about 20km south of Riga. The invited speakers covered a wide range of topics and all gave interesting talks as did the minisymposium speakers and the other contributors. The participants enjoyed the weather and surroundings in Jurmala a...

Welcome from the President

Welcome from the President

This year has been an exciting one for the IASR. The board is busily preparing for the Biannual IASR/AFSP Scientific Summit. The Scientific Committee, ably chaired by Drs. Yeates Conwell and Gil Zalsman, is putting together a terrific program. We have been gratified to see a very high level of participation with submissions for both oral presentations and posters from all around the world. It s...

Foreword from the IMIA President.

Almost daily we learn about a new technology in health care that can improve the speed and accuracy of diagnosis, alleviate pain for both chronic and acute disease, cure disease, lengthen survival, support rehabilitation and help to monitor and prevent disease. Information systems and technology are at the heart of these new health care technologies. Most information technologies have powerful ...