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Paris May 15, 2004–An educational website providing nephrologists with an exclusive Internet resource dedicated to iron therapy in the field of nephrology, will be launched during the ERA-EDTA Annual Congress, in Lisbon, Portugal (15 May to 18 May 2004). IronTherapy.Org (ITO), the result of a collaborative effort on the part of world-renowned physicians, is a non-profit website seeking to educate physicians and healthcare professionals worldwide by providing them with exclusive high quality medical information on iron therapy in the nephrology setting.

?We all know that correcting anemia improves survival, reduces morbidity and dramatically improves the quality of life in patients with chronic renal failure. Therefore, it is fundamental that all clinicians treating anemia have a clear insight into iron metabolism,? explains Iain C. Macdougall, Consultant Nephrologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer, at King’s College Hospital in London.

ITO is an educational effort to share knowledge by providing a response to the need for wider dissemination and better implementation of good medical practices in nephrology. ?Only a minority of patients begin dialysis with adequate iron status,? explains ITO editor Donald Silverberg, a Senior Nephrologist at Tel Aviv Medical Centre, in Israel.

In order to meet these objectives, the ITO editorial team searches medical databases weekly for newly published articles concerning iron therapy in nephrology. These articles are rated by the ITO Editorial Board, who also write reviews on the most important articles. Weekly news items, and a forum where nephrologists can raise questions and share their experience. An events section will keep users abreast of international events.

In order to facilitate consultation ITO is divided into three sections: hemodialysis, CAPD and predialysis, allowing users to conduct specific searches in a selected area. Access to ITO remains free of charge, providing nephrologists worldwide with a valuable educational resource.

For Roland M. Schaefer, Professor at the Department of Medicine at the University of M?nster in Germany, ?ITO is a long-awaited source of valuable information that will enable clinicians to be permanently up-to-date and will enable them to improve their practice and the quality of life of patients with chronic renal failure?.

During the EDTA symposium doctors will be invited to register on IronTherapy.org at the ITO stand (table 8, pavilion 3), the first hundred registrants will receive a special gift.

Paris May 15, 2004–An educational website providing nephrologists with an exclusive Internet resource dedicated to iron therapy in the field of nephrology, will be launched during the ERA-EDTA Annual Congress, in Lisbon, Portugal (15 May to 18 May 2004). IronTherapy.Org (ITO), the result of a collaborative effort on the part of world-renowned physicians, is a non-profit website seeking to educate physicians and healthcare professionals worldwide by providing them with exclusive high quality medical information on iron therapy in the nephrology setting.

?We all know that correcting anemia improves survival, reduces morbidity and dramatically improves the quality of life in patients with chronic renal failure. Therefore, it is fundamental that all clinicians treating anemia have a clear insight into iron metabolism,? explains Iain C. Macdougall, Consultant Nephrologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer, at King’s College Hospital in London.

ITO is an educational effort to share knowledge by providing a response to the need for wider dissemination and better implementation of good medical practices in nephrology. ?Only a minority of patients begin dialysis with adequate iron status,? explains ITO editor Donald Silverberg, a Senior Nephrologist at Tel Aviv Medical Centre, in Israel.

In order to meet these objectives, the ITO editorial team searches medical databases weekly for newly published articles concerning iron therapy in nephrology. These articles are rated by the ITO Editorial Board, who also write reviews on the most important articles. Weekly news items, and a forum where nephrologists can raise questions and share their experience. An events section will keep users abreast of international events.

In order to facilitate consultation ITO is divided into three sections: hemodialysis, CAPD and predialysis, allowing users to conduct specific searches in a selected area. Access to ITO remains free of charge, providing nephrologists worldwide with a valuable educational resource.

For Roland M. Schaefer, Professor at the Department of Medicine at the University of M?nster in Germany, ?ITO is a long-awaited source of valuable information that will enable clinicians to be permanently up-to-date and will enable them to improve their practice and the quality of life of patients with chronic renal failure?.

During the EDTA symposium doctors will be invited to register on IronTherapy.org at the ITO stand (table 8, pavilion 3), the first hundred registrants will receive a special gift.