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 -49th Annual Meeting of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP)
Optimizing Antipsychotic Drug Treatment
Miami, Florida / December 5-9, 2010
Miami - The ability to measure degree and duration of central nervous system (CNS) receptor occupancy appears to provide substantial new insight into the relative activities of second-generation (atypical) antipsychotic therapies. While it...
PRIORITY PRESS - 9th Canadian Immunization Conference (CIC)
Update on Clinical Findings from Meningococcal Vaccine Trials
Quebec City, Quebec / December 5-8, 2010
IMPACT (Immunization Monitoring Program, ACTive) surveillance data presented here at the CIC by Dr. Julie Bettinger, Assistant Professor, Vaccine Evaluation Centre, and Child and Family Research Institute, University of British Columbia...
PRIORITY PRESS - 9th Canadian Immunization Conference (CIC)
Enhancing Awareness and Uptake of Adult Vaccination
Quebec City, Quebec / December 5-8, 2010
Health care professionals (HCPs) with an interest in adult immunization should take advantage of every opportunity to discuss vaccination needs with their patients in order to enhance the likelihood that adults will be both interested in...
PRIORITY PRESS - 9th Canadian Immunization Conference (CIC)
Public Health Programs: Burden of Disease, Cost-Effectiveness Key Factors in Funding Decisions
Quebec City, Quebec / December 5-8, 2010
Funding a public health program requires economic assessment of that program and attempts must be made to quantify both the burden of illness and the impact that illness has on quality of life. In the case of rotavirus (RV) infection, it is...
PRIORITY PRESS - 9th Canadian Immunization Conference (CIC)
Global Experience with Publicly-funded Rotavirus Vaccination Programs
Quebec City, Quebec / December 5-8, 2010
Rotavirus (RV) infection is associated with a substantial disease burden in Canadian children, as demonstrated by Dr. Nicole Le Saux, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, London. In a Toronto-based study carried out by Ford-Jones...
PRIORITY PRESS - 52nd Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American Society of Hematology
A First-line Option for Second-generation TKIs in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
Orlando, Florida / December 4-7, 2010
Orlando - Second-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) are replacing imatinib as first-line therapy for Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), according to practice-changing data presented at the ASH...
PRIORITY PRESS - 52nd Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American Society of Hematology
Evaluating Anticancer Effects of Bisphosphonates in Myeloma
Orlando, Florida / December 4-7, 2010
Orlando - Bisphosphonates have demonstrated efficacy for preventing skeletal-related events in multiple myeloma and other cancers. Beyond the beneficial bone effects, evidence had emerged to suggest that nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates...
PRIORITY PRESS - 52nd Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American Society of Hematology
Expanding Iron Chelation Applications: New Data on Organ Protection
Orlando, Florida / December 4-7, 2010
Orlando - The role of iron chelators, long employed in thalassemia, was supported in an expanding list of both malignant and non-malignant hematological diseases in a series of studies presented at ASH. The ability of iron chelators to...
MEDICAL FRONTIERS - 52nd Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American Society of Hematology
Greater Prophylaxis from Venous Thromboembolism for Cancer Patients
Orlando, Florida / December 4-7, 2010
Orlando - The more than twofold increase in rates of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in cancer patients over a recent 5-year period has identified a growing crisis in comprehensive care of patients with malignancy. The causes of the rising...