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 - 105th Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association
GnRH Antagonists: Advances in Androgen Deprivation Therapy for Prostate Cancer
San Francisco, California / May 29-June 3, 2010
San Francisco - GnRH agonists effectively suppress testosterone in over 90% of patients with advanced prostate cancer but can require as much as 30 days to achieve full suppressive effects, during which time testosterone levels actually...
RESOURCE LINE - Pediatric Nutrition
From Breast Milk to Weaning and Beyond
May 2010
Mothers’ perception that their infant is not satisfied by breast milk alone is consistently cited as one of the top three reasons why mothers decide to stop breast-feeding, regardless of the age at which the infant is weaned,...
HEALTH ODYSSEY - Diabetes Management Circle
Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring in Diabetes: Identifying and Dismantling Barriers to Adherence
May 2010
It is clearly important to demonstrate to patients with diabetes that good adherence to self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) favourably affects diabetes control. Among the more recent efforts documenting the relationship between...
PRIORITY PRESS - 163rd Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association
Update on the Management of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disease
New Orleans, Louisiana / May 22-26, 2010
New Orleans - As reported here this week, the disconnect between the efficacy of antipsychotic therapies for both schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in clinical trials and the long-term control of symptoms has encouraged focus on...
MEDICAL FRONTIERS - 163rd Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association
Treatment of ADHD Across the Lifespan: Effective Therapies in Children Demonstrate Benefits in Adolescents and Adults
New Orleans, Louisiana / May 22-26, 2010
It is now well recognized that attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is not limited to childhood but is a disease that can persist indefinitely. In a new analysis of a large dataset of children, adolescents and adults with ADHD...
RESOURCE LINE
VACCINE
April-June 2010
NACI recommendations for herpes zoster vaccination Canada Communicable Disease Report (CCDR). Online publication January 2010;36(ACS-1):1-19. The National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) has now recommended the herpes zoster...
PHYSICIAN PERSPECTIVE - Based on reviews from literature on Sleep Disorders
Narcolepsy Therapeutics: Targeting Dominant Symptoms
May 2010
INTRODUCTION Narcolepsy is characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) and other symptoms suggesting rapid eye movement sleep dysregulation. EDS is a relatively non-specific symptom with a wide variety of causes, but the presence...
MEDI-NEWS - Based on the following article: Long-term benefit of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol-raising therapy with bezafibrate: 16-year mortality follow-up of the Bezafibrate Infarction Prevention Trial. Arch Intern Med 2009;169(5):508-14.
Patients Benefiting Most with Fibrate Therapy
May 2010
Studies have consistently shown an inverse correlation between HDL-C levels and cardiovascular (CV) risk in patients with normal or elevated LDL-C levels. As such, guidelines indicate that low HDL-C levels should be regarded as a major risk...
PRIORITY PRESS - 19th Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research (CAHR)
Patient-Physician Communication in HIV Care: Opening the Dialogue
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan / May 13-16, 2010
As discussed by investigators under lead author Dr. Anita Rachlis, Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, management of antiretroviral (ARV)-related symptoms is a major challenge in the treatment of HIV infection; uncensored...