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.
PHYSICIAN PERSPECTIVE - Viewpoint based on presentations from the Family Medicine Forum 2011 (College of Family Physicians of Canada)
Asthma Control: Taking the Long-term View
Montréal, Quebec / November 3-5, 2011
Guest Editor: Charles K.N. Chan, MD, FRCPC, FCCP, FACPVice-President, Medical Affairs & QualityUniversity Health NetworkProfessor and Vice-Chair of MedicineUniversity of TorontoToronto, Ontario IntroductionThe concept that...
PRIORITY PRESS - Family Medicine Forum 2011
Asthma Management: The Goal Is Control
Montréal, Quebec / November 3-5, 2011
Chief Medical Editor: Dr. Léna Coïc, Montréal, Quebec Despite great advances in therapy, asthma produces considerable morbidity and economic and social costs. Although mortality has been substantially reduced, about 80%...
JOURNAL CLUB - Gastroenterology
Proton Pump Inhibitor Use in Patients on Antiplatelet Therapies: A Consensus Approach to Risk Management
October 2011
Editorial Review: Alan Barkun, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FACG Director, Division of Gastroenterology, MUHC-Montreal General Hospital, Professor of Medicine and Surgery, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec The concern that proton pump...
PRIORITY PRESS - Canadian Cardiovascular Congress
HDL-C Mechanisms for CV Risk Management: Quality over Quantity
Vancouver, British Columbia / October 22-26, 2011
Vancouver - Presentations here at the 2011 CCC demonstrated that the HDL-C hypothesis is set to be retested. The new-generation agents for raising HDL-C are not only capable of proving that it is a targetable risk factor but will also help...
PRIORITY PRESS - Canadian Cardiovascular Congress 2011
Canadian Interventional Cardiology Guidelines Recognizing Outcome Benefits of Newer Antiplatelet Strategies
Vancouver, British Columbia / October 22-26, 2011
Vancouver - New guidelines in Canada and Europe have been issued to identify where the new P2Y12 inhibitors can be employed in the management of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) to improve outcomes. In the phase III trials that brought these...
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VACCINE
Autumn-Winter 2011
Decreased incidence of high-grade cervical abnormalities 3 years after Australian HPV program launch Brotherton et al. Early effect of the HPV vaccination programme on cervical abnormalities in Victoria, Australia: an ecological...
MEDI-NEWS - Based on J Clin Oncol 2011 Oct 24. [Epub ahead of print]
An Important Therapeutic Advance for Locally Advanced/ Metastatic Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma: The ZETA Trial
Despite advances in thyroid cancer treatment, neither chemotherapy nor radiation therapy has been able to improve outcomes for patients with locally advanced or metastatic medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC). Although MTC accounts for less...
PRIORITY PRESS - 19th United European Gastroenterology Week (UEGW)
Progress in Achieving Therapeutic Goals in the Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Stockholm, Sweden / October 22-26, 2011
Stockholm - At UEGW, discussions of treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) with anti-tumour necrosis factor α (TNF-α) agents focused both on long-term experience in clinical trials and on the real-life experiences of...
PRIORITY PRESS - 49th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)
Progress in Pneumococcal Vaccine Development
Boston, Massachusetts / October 20-23, 2011
Boston - Current immunization guidelines support administration of the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23) to adults older than 65 and to selected at-risk populations in the age range of 18-65. Revaccination with PPSV23...