TO: Medical, Health and Science Journalists
FROM: American Society of Anesthesiologists
SUBJECT: News Releases for 2000 ASA Annual Meeting, October 14-18, 2000
-- The same deadly toxin often associated with food poisoning is now being used to bring needed pain relief to patients recovering from back surgery.
-- Could the secret to repairing and regenerating damaged muscle from injury or disease be in low oxygen?
-- Thousands of patients waiting for liver transplants could be helped by new research that uncovers who are the best donor candidates.
-- Medical insight and new developments bring long-awaited relief to children suffering from pain.
-- Successful in vitro fertilization could depend on what type of anesthesia the woman receives during the retrieval of her eggs.
These are just a few of the interesting scientific presentations outlined in the 2000 American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) annual meeting media kit.
The meeting will be held in San Francisco, California, on October 14-18. During the annual meeting, you can reach communications staff members between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. in the ASA press room at the Moscone Center, Room 228, telephone: (415) 978-3710. ASA staff members will be on hand to assist you in scheduling interviews, locating individuals and providing general background information.
Most of the news releases are embargoed until their presentation date. If you cannot attend the meeting, members of the ASA communications department can assist you in arranging interviews with the presenters prior to the meeting.
For further information prior to the annual meeting, please contact the ASA Executive Office, 520 N. Northwest Highway, Park Ridge, IL 60068-2573, or call (847) 825-5586. We are also available by e-mail: [email protected].
Copies of the ASA annual meeting program book program as well as the scientific abstracts and refresher course outlines will be available in the press room.
For more information about ASA, the 1999 Annual Meeting and the medical specialty of anesthesiology, visit our World Wide Web site: http://www.ASAhq.org
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