Invitation
3rd International Symposium on Obesity and Hypertension
(3. Internationales Symposium zu Übergewicht und Bluthochdruck)
Thursday 23rd October – Saturday 25th October 2003
Max Delbrück Communications Center (MDC.C)
Robert-Rössle-Str. 10
13125 Berlin, Germany
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Dear Colleagues,
Obesity is currently recognised as a worldwide epidemic affecting more than 250 million people. It is a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases including hypertension. In Germany there are approximately ten million people who suffer from hypertension as a result of being obese. In experiments with animals it has been shown that the increase in blood pressure is a direct result of excess weight. In recent years basic researchers have made numerous new discoveries in the biology of fatty tissue. Meanwhile they know that a number of molecules, which are produced by fatty cells, can directly damage the cardiovascular system and the kidneys. Obesity und high blood pressure are the main focus of an international symposium for basic researchers and clinicians that Prof. Arya Sharma (McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) has organised together with Prof. Friedrich Luft (Franz Volhard Clinic, Charité, Universitätsmedizin (University Medicine) Berlin, Berlin-Buch Campus in the Helios Clinic and Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, MDC, Berlin-Buch).
I would like to invite you to the 3rd International Symposium.
“Obesity and Hypertension”
(Übergewicht und Bluthochdruck)
Thursday, 23rd October – Saturday 25th October 2003
Max Delbrück Communications Center (MDC.C)
Robert-Rössle-Str. 10
13125 Berlin
The speakers include: Prof. George A. Bray (Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana/USA), who will speak about the so-called DASH Study (the abbreviation stands for: Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension), which has demonstrated that a diet with a lot of fruit and vegetables can lower hypertension, Prof. Anthony Kafatos, University Clinic Crete, Iraklion/Greece, who is pursuing the question “Healthy Mediterranean Food – Myth or Reality?”, Prof. Louis Ruilope from the Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid/Spain, who is studying the lowering of blood pressure in the case of diabetes as well as Prof. Thomas Unger from the Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology of the Charité, Universitätsmedizin (University Medicine) Berlin, Charité Central Campus, who will present a paper on the treatment of high blood pressure with drugs in the case of obesity.
Around 200 researchers and clinicians from Australia, Canada, several European countries, Japan, South Africa, Uruguay as well as the USA are taking part in the congress. The symposium is supported by the World Hypertension League, the International and European Associations for the Study of Obesity, the European Society for Hypertension and by the Council for High Blood Pressure Research of the American Heart Association.
Programme, How to get here, Hotel
The programme can be found on the Internet at: http://www.isoh.de.
Details on how to get here with maps of the area can also be found on the Internet at the following address: http://www.mdc-berlin.de/englisch/about_the_mdc/e_index.htm
Please complete the enclosed registration form and send it to the Press Office of the MDC, FAO Brigitte Buntrock.
Should you require a hotel in Berlin, please contact Annemarie van der Hoff from
Deutschen Reisebüro (German Travel Buro): Tel.: ++49-30-21 99-89 97;
Fax: ++49-30-21 99-84 05;
e-mail: Berlin.incoming@der.de;
Ritterstr. 3;
D 10969 Berlin
I
would be delighted to have the opportunity of welcoming you to this interesting
symposium in
Yours sincerely,
Barbara Bachtler
Pressestelle
Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin (MDC) Berlin-Buch
Robert-Rössle-Straße 10
13125 Berlin
Barbara Bachtler
Tel: 030/94 06 - 38 96
Fax: 030/94 06 - 38 33
e-mail: presse@mdc-berlin.de
http://www.mdc-berlin.de/ueber_das_mdc/presse/index.htm