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8:00 - 9:00 Registration and Slide Preview Welcome Remarks 9:00 - 9:10 . Toyoaki Akino, President of Sapporo Medical University Oversea Message through Tele-Communication 9:10 - 9:20 . Roderick Fraser, President, University of Alberta 9:20 - 9:30 . Terrence White, President, University of Calgary $B!!(B Session 1: Telehealth-Communication 9:30 -10:30 Prevention and Treatment of Hip Fracture caused by Osteoporosis .Chair;Mamoru Watanabe, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary   Tsuyoshi Sato, School of Health Sciences, Sapporo Medical University Canadian Side; Norman Schachar, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary W. Johnston, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta M. Whitridge, Calgary Regional Health Authority- Care in the Community Japanese Side; Seiichi Ishii, School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University Toshihiko Yamashita, School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University  Sigenori Miyamoto, School of Health Sciences,Sapporo Medical University   David Magee, School of Health Sciences, Sapporo Medical University Technical Support ; Penny Jennett, Health Telematics Unit, University of Calgary Masako Miyazaki, Telehealth Technology Research Institute,University ofAlberta Haruyuki Tatsumi, School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University   10:30 - 10:45 Coffee Break $B!!(B Session 2: Epidemiology and Health Care  Chair; .Kohzoh Imai, School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University Ariko Noji, School of Health Sciences, Sapporo Medical University 10:45 -11:05 Clinical Epidemiology in Primary Care  Wari Yamamoto, School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University 11:05 -11:40 Evidence-based Community Health Nursing Practice  Mary Clark, Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science,  University of San Diego 11:40 -11:50 Discussion $B!!(B Session 3: Topics .Chair; . Takashi Tokino, School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University 11:50 -12:30 DNA Repair: Base Excision from Bacteria to Man  Johan H. van de Sande, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary 12:30 - 13:30 Lunch $B!!(B Session 4: Hepatitis and Poliomyelitis .Chair; .Hiroyuki Matsumoto, School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University 13:30 -14:10 The Development of Antiviral Therapy for Hepatitis B: The Discovery and Clinical Use of Lamivudine  D. Lorne Tyrrell, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta 14:10 -14:40 Progress of Polio Eradication in China: Toward Eradication Certification Yasuo Chiba, China Polio Control Project of JICA and International Medical Center of Japan 14:40 -14:55 Discussion 14:55 - 15:10 Coffee Break $B!!(B Session 5: Viral Infection in Children  Chair; . Shunzo Chiba, School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University 15:10 -15:50 Infectious Enteritis: Pathophysiology and Management  D. Grant Gall, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary 15:50 -16:30 Acute Gastroenteritis in Finnish Children:  Etiology and Impact of Rotavirus Vaccination  Timo Vesikari, University of Tampere, Medical School 16:30 -16:45 Members of the Calicivirus Family(Norwalk virus and Sapporo virus):Common Causative Agents of Acute Gastroenterities in Children in Japan and in Finland  Shuji Nakata, School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University 16:45 -17:00 Discussion

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Session 6: Hypertension, Heart Disease and Stroke Risk Factor and Prevention . Chair; Kazuo Hashi, School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University 9:00 - 9:20 Significance of Chinese Medicine-TSJN in Insulin Resistance, Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus  Li Yi, RUI DONG Diabetes Center of TCM and WM, Beijing Hospital 9:20 -10:00 New Strategies for Acute Coronary Syndromes  Paul W. Armstrong, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta 10:00 -10:20 The Brain Dock for Prevention of Cerebral Stroke  Kazuo Hashi, School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University 10:20 -10:30 Discussion 10:30 - 10:45 Coffee Break Management and Care . Chair;.Tsuyoshi Sato, School of Health Sciences, Sapporo Medical University 10:45 -11:15 Preventive Effect of Huo Mai Yin (extract of Chinese medicine) on Restenosis after Percutaneous Transluminal Renal Angioplasty in Patients with Renovascular Hypertension  Xie Hui Fang, School of Medicine, China Medical University 11:15 -11:45 An Overview of Canadian Cardiac Nursing Research  Deborah Tamlyn, Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary 11:45 -12:15 Rehabilitation Engineering  Albert M. Cook, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine,  University of Alberta 12:15 -12:30 Discussion

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FOR MORE INFORMATION OR INQUIRY; Kowichi JIMBOW, MD.PhD, FRCPC Chair of the Committee Director of International Affairs and Medical Exchanges Sapporo Medical University e-mail jimbow@sapmed.ac.jp Megumi KABUTOYA Planning Division, Office of Central Administration Sapporo Medical University e-mail satsui.koryu@pref.hokkaido.jp