Mednet Reports
MEDI-NEWS - Based on PLOS ONE. November 2012, Volume 7, Issue 11.
Invasive Meningococcal Disease Epidemiology in Quebec: Changes Demand New Vaccination Strategies against Dominant Strains
October 2013
Significant changes in the epidemiology of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) have been observed in the province of Quebec during the last two decades. As in many other developed countries, most IMD in Quebec was once caused by serogroup...
PRIORITY PRESS - Vascular 2013
Hyponatremia in Heart Failure: Addressing Sodium and Symptoms
Montréal, Québec / October 16-20, 2013
Montreal - Hyponatremia develops in up to 30% patients with heart failure (HF). The condition may be chronic and largely asymptomatic but may worsen during episodes of acute decompensation. The significant negative impact of low serum...
PRIORITY PRESS - 26th European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP)
The Neurobiology of Psychiatric Disorders: Insights from ECNP 2013
Barcelona, Spain / October 5-9, 2013
Barcelona - ECNP is Europe’s leading interdisciplinary platform for the exchange of scientific research on the brain. During the 2013 congress, investigators from around the world shared current insights into the workings of the brain...
ABSTRACTS in PERSPECTIVE - Based on presentations from the 29th Congress of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS)
ECTRIMS 2013 - Efficacy, Safety, Convenience: The New Reality in Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis
Copenhagen, Denmark / October 2-5, 2013
EDITORIAL OVERVIEW: Paul Giacomini, MD, FRCPCAssociate Director, Montreal Neurological Institute Multiple Sclerosis Clinic,Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill UniversityAssistant Professor, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery,...
PRIORITY PRESS - ID Week - Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)
Update on Antifungal Susceptibility and Management of Special Patient Populations
San Francisco, California / October 2-6, 2013
San Francisco - Attributed to broader use of immunosuppressive therapies, the rising global incidence in invasive fungal infections overall and invasive aspergillosis (IA) specifically threatens a parallel rise in resistant species. This...
PRIORITY PRESS - ECCO-17 - 38th ESMO Multidisciplinary Congress
Targeted Therapies in Metastatic GIST and CRC
Amsterdam, The Netherlands / September 27-October 1, 2013
Amsterdam - Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are a rare but treatable soft tissue sarcoma. Unlike other gastrointestinal cancers, more than 85% of GISTs express the KIT oncogene. Treatments that target the tyrosine kinase activity of...
PHYSICIAN PERSPECTIVE - Viewpoint based on presentations from the ECCO-17 - 38th ESMO Multidisciplinary Congress
LHRH Agonism vs. LHRH Antagonism: Cardiovascular Disease Difference Now Documented in Large Pooled Analysis
Amsterdam, The Netherlands / September 27-October 1, 2013
Guest Editor: Dr. Pierre I. Karakiewicz, MDUrologic Oncologist, Associate Professor and Senior Outcomes Research ScientistDirector, Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes UnitUniversity of Montreal Health...
MEDICAL FRONTIERS - XXI World Congress of Neurology
Early Intervention and a Tailored Approach: Opportunity for Improved Disease Control in the Management of Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis
Vienna, Austria / September 21-26, 2013
Vienna - Of all patients diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS), 90% will have relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS), the other 10% having a primary progressive form of the disease. Without treatment, approximately half of patients...
PRIORITY PRESS - 53rd Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC)
Staying Ahead of the Resistance Curve: Current and Future Strategies for More Effective Infection Control
Denver, Colorado / September 10-13, 2013
Denver - Staying ahead of the resistance curve has never been more challenging in the management of acute and chronic infections. In the past few decades, there has been a remarkable increase in resistance to current antibiotics. As new...
PRIORITY PRESS - European Respiratory Society (ERS) Annual Congress 2013
Emerging Bronchodilation Strategies for Improved COPD Control and Progression
Barcelona, Spain / September 7-11, 2013
Barcelona - In the treatment algorithm for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the early combination of bronchodilators is expected to be moved forward in guideline-based treatment. In the GOLD (Global Initiative for Chronic...
