Reports

6th World Congress on the Aging Male

The Role of 5-Alpha Reductase Inhibition in Prostate Cancer and BPH: Lessons From Clinical Trials

Tampa, Florida / February 21-24, 2008

Tampa - In the 1990s, widespread acceptance of the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) assay led to a sharp increase in the detection and subsequent treatment of prostate cancer. The advent of PSA testing coincided with the introduction of the...

MEDICAL OPTIONS Cardiovascular Risk Factors

The Kidney-Heart-Brain Axis: Update on RAS Inhibition

February 2008

The Essence of RAS Inhibition in Hypertension Dr. Lyall Higginson, Royal Jubilee Hospital The Renin-angiotensin System in Diabetes Dr. Sheldon Tobe, University of Toronto Maximizing Nephroprotection: The Role of RAS Inhibition Dr. Paul René...

15th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections

Cardiovascular Disease and HIV/AIDS: More Findings from D:A:D

Boston, Massachusetts / February 3-6, 2008

In an unexpected outcome from an analysis conducted to explore the hypothesis that thymidine analogue nucleoside/nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) increase cardiovascular (CV) risk, recent use of didanosine (ddI) or...

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VACCINE

January/February 2008

Updated NACI recommendations:infants and families likely to benefit from the pentavalent rotavirus vaccine Canada Communicable Disease Report (CDDR). Online publication 22 January 2008;34(ACS-1):1-33. The National Advisory Committee on...

JOURNAL CLUB - CARDIOLOGY

From Prehypertension to End-stage Disease: Effectively Controlling Blood Pressure and Preventing Target Organ Damage

January 2008

EDITORIAL OVERVIEW Jonathan Howlett, MD Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia PANEL Pierre Nantel, MD Centre hospitalier Sorel-Tracy Sorel-Tracy, Quebec Michel White, MD Université de Montréal Montreal, Quebec Norman...

15th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections

Emerging Evidence on the Growing Risk of Renal Dysfunction in Patients with HIV/AIDS

Boston, Massachusetts / February 3-6, 2008

Several recently completed studies, many of which evaluated relatively large patient populations, have confirmed that HIV and its treatments increase the risk of renal disease. Although there is concern that the complications generated by...

15th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections

Maintaining Undetectable Viral Loads: New Agents Demonstrate Long-term Efficacy

Boston, Massachusetts / February 3-6, 2008

In the recent past, there was concern that control of multidrug-resistant HIV would soon be lost. While this remains possible, it has been pushed further into the distance not only due to promising results with novel compounds but also with...

15th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections

Revisiting Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor Backbone Combinations

Boston, Massachusetts / February 3-6, 2008

Based on objective studies, several treatment guidelines, including the latest from the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), have identified abacavir/lamivudine (ABC/3TC) and tenofovir/emtricitabine (TDF/FTC) to be preferred...

Based on an article in Pediatrics 2006;118:e704-10.

Improving Driving Performance in Patients with ADHD

February 2008

With: Timothy S. Bilkey, MD, FRCPC Director, Bilkey ADHD Clinics Barrie, Ontario Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry University of Western Ontario London, Ontario Derryck H