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 - XVIII International AIDS Conference (IAS)
Relative Strengths and Clinical Use of CCR5 Entry Inhibitors
Vienna, Austria / July 18-23, 2010
In patients with a failing immune system due to HIV infection, combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) must be maintained more or less continuously to control disease. The combination of two nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors...
PRIORITY PRESS - 26th International Papillomavirus Conference and Clinical and Public Health Workshops
Enhanced Treatment Strategies for External Genital Warts
Montreal, Quebec / July 3-8, 2010
It is estimated that approximately 75% to 80% of sexually active men and women have been exposed to genital human papillomavirus (HPV). Types 6 and 11 are the cause of most cases of genital warts (GW) worldwide (J Am Osteopath Assoc...
PRIORITY PRESS - 26th International Papillomavirus Conference
Reducing the Burden of HPV-related Disease in Men and Women
Montreal, Quebec / July 3-8, 2010
According to Dr. Suzanne Garland, Director, Microbiological Research, Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, genital warts (GWs) are the most common condition seen in sexual health services in the country. Multiple visits are...
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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...
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...
NEW FRONTIERS - 19th Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research (CAHR 2010)
Close-Up on NRTI Backbones: Current Evidence with Preferred Regimens
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan / May 13-16, 2010
New data from the Canadian Cohort Collaboration (CANOC) has further reinforced previous evidence that the combination of abacavir and lamivudine (ABC/3TC) offers similar efficacy and safety when compared to the nucleoside reverse...
PRIORITY PRESS - Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease (AMMI) Canada/ Canadian Association for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (CACMID) Annual Conference
Gram-positive Infections: Putting Research into Clinical Practice
Edmonton, Alberta / May 6-8, 2010
Edmonton - Information gathered by laboratory research is often seen as lacking in clinical relevance. But in vitro clarification of the actions of bactericidal and bacteriostatic agents can actually inform drug choice when taken into...
PRIORITY PRESS - 28th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID)
Countering Increased Vulnerability to Meningococcal Disease
Nice, France / May 4-8, 2010
Nice - The incidence of invasive meningococcal disease has dropped dramatically in Canada and most Western countries as a result of mass immunization campaigns in the 1990s. However, declining immunological protection is occurring as...
PRIORITY PRESS - 28th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID)
Broadening Protection Against Pneumococcal Disease with Multivalent Vaccines
Nice, France / May 4-8, 2010
Nice - Streptococcus pneumoniae remains the leading cause of vaccine-preventable death worldwide, with an annual mortality of up to 1 million in young children and up to 1.6 million including the elderly. Children under 5 years of age are...