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 - EUROGIN 2011 European Research Organization on Genital Infection and Neoplasia Congress
Reducing the Burden of HPV Disease Through Successful Vaccine Uptake
Lisbon, Portugal / May 8-11, 2011
Three years into the most successful adolescent vaccination program ever launched in Australia, a marked decline in genital warts (GWs) continues to be observed among vaccine-eligible Australian women, researchers reported during the...
PRIORITY PRESS - 21st European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)
Update on the Management of Pneumococcal Disease: Epidemiology and the Role of Conjugated Vaccine in Adults
Milan, Italy / May 7-10, 2011
Milan - The management of pneumococcal disease in adults remains a challenge, as the public health burden of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) and community-acquired pneumonia is substantial, researchers reported here this week. Diagnosis...
PRIORITY PRESS - 112th Annual Digestive Disease Week
Colon Cancer Prevention: From Prophylaxis in UC Patients to Adequate Bowel Preparation for Colonoscopy
Chicago, Illinois / May 7-10, 2011
Chicago - New data are providing guidance for further improving already important strategies for the prevention of colorectal cancer. As demonstrated here at DDW, in one series of studies, the effort to isolate a therapeutic mechanism which...
MEDICAL FRONTIERS - 21st European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases/ 27th International Congress of Chemotherapy
Improving the Probability of Successful Outcomes in Complicated Infections
Milan, Italy / May 7-10, 2011
Rationale for Early Discharge One approach to improving methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) outcomes is adoption of early outpatient therapy. Most patients do not require intravenous (i.v.) antibiotics, and those who do...
MEDICAL FRONTIERS - 21st European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases/ 27th International Congress of Chemotherapy
Strategies to Treat, Prevent Invasive Fungal Infections
Milan, Italy / May 7-10, 2011
Candida and Aspergillus spp. are the most common causes of invasive fungal infection (IFI) in the intensive care unit (ICU). Invasive aspergillosis (IA) is a significant cause of complications and mortality among hospitalized patients,...
PRIORITY PRESS - 21st European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases/ 27th International Congress of Chemotherapy
Optimal Antimicrobial Therapy in MRSA: Validation Through Experience and Guidelines
Milan, Italy / May 7-10, 2011
In methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), vancomycin continues to be the most frequently used agent, although its pharmacodynamic properties suggest it is a less than an optimal choice for MRSA as many MRSA strains show...
PRIORITY PRESS - Primary Care Today
Update on Serogroup B Meningococcal Disease: Advances in Optimal Immunization
Toronto, Ontario / May 5-7, 2011
Toronto - Invasive meningococcal disease is devastating and often fatal even with the best medical care. Many different serotypes of Neisseria meningitidis have been identified but the 5 most important serotypes are A, B, C, W-135 and Y. In...
PRIORITY PRESS - 13th International Myeloma Workshop
Increasing Response and Reducing Adverse Events: An Exploration of Dosing Schedules and Combination Therapies for Multiple Myeloma
Paris, France / May 3-6, 2011
Paris - Proteasome inhibitor-containing regimens have improved response rates and response duration across all disease stages of multiple myeloma (MM) in transplant-eligible and -ineligible patients. New data presented here at the Myeloma...
MEDICAL FRONTIERS - American Transplant Congress
Simplifying Immunosuppression Regimens Post-Transplantation
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / April 30-May 4, 2011
Incremental Gains in Renal Transplantation Organ transplantation, made possible by effective strategies to prevent rejection, has been one of the major success stories in medicine over the past several decades. Due to incremental...