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 - 45th Annual Congress of the Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation
Headache: New Advances Expand Management Choices but Treatment Gaps Persist
Quebec City, Quebec / June 8-11, 2010
Quebec City - Migraine and other headaches are a relatively common phenomenon, yet experts here at the CNSF congress agreed the migraine “iceberg” persists, with many headaches still going undiagnosed. Meanwhile, there have been important...
JOURNAL CLUB - Transplantation
Immunosuppression for Kidney Transplant Recipients: Evidence-based KDIGO Practice Guidelines
June 2010
Based on The KDIGO Clinical Practice Guideline for the Care of Kidney Transplant Recipients. Am J Transplant 2009;9(suppl 3):S1-S155. IMMUNOSUPPRESSION FOR KIDNEY TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS: EVIDENCE-BASED KDIGO PRACTICE GUIDELINES Editorial...
RESOURCE LINE - Nutrition
Strategies to Improve and Maintain Intestinal Flora Balance: The Role of Prebiotics and Probiotics
June 2010
“Typically, we think of a malnourished patient as someone who is thin and you would think that that would be an obvious diagnosis,” noted Annalynn Skipper, PhD, Annalynn Skipper and Associates, Oak Park, Illinois, in an...
MEDICAL FRONTIERS - 46th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Update on Optimal Long-term Control of GIST with Targeted Therapies
Chicago, Illinois / June 4-8, 2010
Chicago - The efficacy of imatinib, an oral small molecule inhibitor in the long-term control of metastatic or unresectable gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GIST), has provided an impressive demonstration of the potency of targeted...
PRIORITY PRESS - 46th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Enhancing Quality of Life for Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients
Chicago, Illinois / June 4-8, 2010
Chicago - New phase III comparative data have provided evidence for a rational first-line selection of a single-agent cytotoxic drug in the treatment of HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer (MBC). In guidelines such as those issued by the...
PRIORITY PRESS - 5th International Primary Care Respiratory Group World Conference
COPD Inflammation as the New Target for Emerging Therapies
Toronto, Ontario / June 2-5, 2010
Toronto - It is important to diagnose chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) at a stage when early interventions can have the greatest impact, and several novel ways of detecting COPD at earlier stages were discussed by speakers here....
PRIORITY PRESS - 5th International Primary Care Respiratory Group World Conference
Early Intervention in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Toronto, Ontario / June 2-5, 2010
Toronto - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is persistently under-diagnosed and therefore under-treated. By the time it is diagnosed, most patients have irreversible lung damage and interventions including smoking cessation can...
PRIORITY PRESS - 5th International Primary Care Respiratory Group World Conference
Pediatric Asthma: Strategies for Improving Adherence to Therapy
Toronto, Ontario / June 2-5, 2010
Toronto - In young children presumed to have asthma due to persistent wheezing and breathlessness, there are two major challenges. The first is ruling out the many causes of the presenting symptoms other than asthma. If asthma is confirmed,...
HEALTH ODYSSEY - Pediatric Nutrition
Identification and Management of Feeding Difficulties in Children
May 2010
Worldwide, between 30% and 60% of parents believe their children are not eating appropriately. The spectrum of feeding difficulties is broad, ranging from picky eating to autism. Organic disease, infantile anorexia, food allergies, food...