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.
PRIORITY PRESS - McGill Faculty of Medicine 62nd Annual Refresher Course for Family Physicians
Update on Paediatrics: Immunization, Progress and Recommendations
Montréal, Quebec / December 5-7, 2011
Montréal - During this year’s widely attended McGill Refresher Course, delegates learned of recent National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) updates for immunization against 3 paediatric diseases. NACI recommends that...
PRIORITY PRESS - 2011 Advances in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation (CCF) Clinical & Research Conference
Remission with Complete Mucosal Healing: The Emerging Goal of Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease
Hollywood, Florida / December 1-3, 2011
Hollywood, Florida. Outcome is superior in patients with an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), whether ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease, when remission includes mucosal healing. The data are so persuasive that there is...
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VACCINE
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Malaria vaccine halves clinical, severe disease in African childrenThe RTS,S Clinical Trial Partnership. First results of phase 3 trial of RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine in African children. N Engl J Med 2011 Oct 18. Acandidate vaccine against...
PRIORITY PRESS - The XIX World Congress on Parkinson’s Disease and Related Disorders
Recognizing and Treating the Signs and Symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease: Update
Shanghai, China / December 11-14, 2011
Shanghai - Here at the World Congress on Parkinson’s Disease and Related Disorders, experts in the field discussed the progress being made in identifying the earliest signs and symptoms of Parkinson’s disease before the onset of...
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Pediatric Nutrition
December 2011
Prebiotic-supplemented formula to promote beneficial gut flora in nonbreast-fed infants Supplementing full-term infant formula with a prebiotic increases beneficial bacteria in the gut and results in stools similar to those of breast-fed...
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The Canadian Malnutrition Task Force: Guiding Strategies to Reduce In-hospital Malnutrition Morbidity
December 2011
Guest Editors: Heather Keller, RD, PhD, FDCCo-chair, Canadian Malnutrition Task Force Professor, Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition, University of Guelph , Toronto, Ontario Johane P
PRIORITY PRESS - 53rd Annual Meeting & Exposition of the American Society of Hematology
Enduring Survival Advantages of Novel Therapies for Transplant-ineligible Multiple Myeloma Patients
San Diego, California / December 10-13, 2011
San Diego - Prior to the introduction of proteasome inhibitors and immunomodulating agents for multiple myeloma (MM), the median survival for patients older than age 65 was <3 years. Five years after randomization, a 3-drug regimen with...
PRIORITY PRESS - 53rd Annual Meeting & Exposition of the American Society of Hematology
Simplifying Monitoring with Oral Anticoagulants
San Diego, California / December 10-13, 2011
San Diego - The choice of oral anticoagulants has expanded with the introduction of agents that do not require therapeutic drug monitoring. In new comparative data with warfarin, these agents are continuing to demonstrate advantages in a...
MEDICAL FRONTIERS - 53rd Annual Meeting & Exposition of the American Society of Hematology
Iron Chelation Associated with Improved Survival in Diverse Hematologic Disorders
San Diego, California / December 10-13, 2011
San Diego - New data presented during the 2011 ASH meeting have strengthened the evidence that iron chelation improves survival in patients with diseases involving dysfunctional red blood cells (RBCs). The data are particularly strong for...