Reports
The following list of reports reflects the latest in findings and outcomes in medical research as presented at major medical meetings and published peer-reviewed medical journals. In this section you can view reports from important congresses as well as summaries of some recently published journal articles. Please let us know if you have a particular area of interest you would like to see covered.
67th Annual Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association
Research and Clinical Practice in Diabetes: Latest News on Dipeptidyl Peptidase IV Inhibition
Chicago, Illinois / June 22-26, 2007
Chicago - New medication classes are providing physicians with a broadened armamentarium in the battle against type 2 diabetes, according to leading investigators who presented their findings during the scientific sessions here this week....
17th Scientific Meeting of the European Society of Hypertension
New Aspects in the Global Risk Management and Treatment of Hypertension
Milan, Italy / June 15-19, 2007
Milan - Although most major classes of antihypertensive agents are effective for controlling high blood pressure (BP), the question of whether one class is more efficacious than another in terms of cardiovascular (CV) outcomes remains. The...
16th Interventional Cardiology Symposium
Coagulation Control in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes Transitioning to the Catheterization Laboratory
Montreal, Quebec / June 14-16, 2007
Montreal - The price of progress in the medical and interventional management of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) has been an increased risk of bleeding which can, paradoxically, put the patient at risk of a poor outcome. Fortunately, new...
4th Canadian Therapeutics Congress
Optimizing Therapeutic Outcomes in Cardiovascular Disease Risk Management
Halifax, Nova Scotia / May 27-30, 2007
Halifax - As a class, the statins have made a major contribution to overall cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk reduction in both the primary and secondary prevention setting. Nevertheless, even optimal lipid management does not protect...
22nd Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Hypertension
Hypertension Management for High-risk Special Populations
Chicago, Illinois / May 19-22, 2007
Chicago - Currently, there are no guidelines for the management of obese hypertensive patients or those with the metabolic syndrome. A double-blind, placebo-controlled study in obese hypertensive patients has confirmed that the AT1 receptor...
2nd International Congress on Prediabetes and the Metabolic Syndrome
Managing Prediabetes: Lifestyle Changes and Novel Preventive Interventions
Barcelona, Spain / April 25-28, 2007
Barcelona - Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) is already a major health problem and it is expected to get worse in the coming years. Patients with T2DM have passed through a prediabetic state, defined as impaired fasting glucose or impaired glucose...
56th Annual Scientific Sessions of the American College of Cardiology
Controlling LDL and Atherosclerosis: Corroborative Evidence
New Orleans, Louisiana / March 25-28, 2007
New Orleans - For the first time, aggressive LDL reductions have been shown to halt progression of atherosclerosis in asymptomatic patients with relatively low cardiovascular (CV) risk. This is an important finding because it confirms that...
12th Annual Update on Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Transfusion Medicine in Cardiac Surgery: Towards Implementation of a Blood Conservation Program
Whistler, British Columbia / March 18-23, 2007
Whistler - There is an urgent need to minimize the use of all blood products in cardiac surgery, speakers here agreed, not only because blood is increasingly scarce and costly, but because transfusion itself is also associated with...
15th European Congress of Psychiatry
Cardiovascular Risk and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Schizophrenia
Madrid, Spain / March 17-21, 2007
Madrid - The life expectancy of patients with schizophrenia is approximately 15 years shorter than that of the general population. More than half the difference is explained by physical illnesses. Individuals with schizophrenia have higher...