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.
48th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC)/46th Infectious Disease Society of America Annual Meeting (IDSA)
Update on Zoster Vaccination Efficacy in Older Adults
Washington, DC / October 25-28, 2008
After primary infection and resolution, the varicella-zoster virus (VZV) remains latent in the sensory ganglia of cranial nerves and the spinal dorsal root ganglia. Reactivation of VZV and virus replication can occur after many decades of...
PRIORITY PRESS - 48th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy/The Infectious Diseases Society of America 46th Annual Meeting
A Novel Echinocandin Shows Safety and Efficacy Against Candida Pathogens Worldwide
Washington, DC / October 25-28, 2008
Candida isolates are the third most commonly identified bloodstream pathogens (Wisplinghoff et al; Clin Infect Dis 2004;39:309-17). Antifungal resistance is becoming a major problem, as reflected in the literature of the past 10 to 15...
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September/October 2008
Cost-effectiveness of HPV vaccination optimized by universal coverage of young adolescent girls and targeted catch-up Kim JJ, Goldie SJ. Health and economic implications of HPV vaccination in the United States. N Engl J Med...
21st Annual Congress of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine
Circumventing Multi-drug Resistance: Relieving the Pressure on Current Antibiotic Therapy
Lisbon, Portugal / September 21-24, 2008
Lisbon - Infections caused by multi-drug-resistant (MDR) pathogens are a significant source of excess morbidity and mortality among critically ill patients in intensive care units (ICUs). Moreover, therapeutic options for the treatment of...
XVII International AIDS Conference
Reaffirming the Role of Nucleoside Analogues in Antiretroviral Therapy
Mexico City, Mexico / August 3-8, 2008
Suspicion about potential adverse cardiovascular (CV) effects of nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors NRTIs initially centred on those agents that alter patient lipid profiles. However, the focus shifted following an analysis of...
13th International Congress on Infectious Diseases
Key Vaccinations for Disease Prevention in Adults
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia / June 19-22, 2008
Immunization to prevent vaccine-preventable illnesses in adults is increasingly vital because the population is aging and is thus more vulnerable to infection. The increasing prevalence of comorbidities in the elderly, including diabetes...
Update on data presented during the 15th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections
Developments in Tropism Analysis and Their Impact on Antiretroviral Therapy
Boston, Massachusetts / February 3-6, 2008
Successful treatment of HIV infection requires long-term suppression of viral replication and the restoration and preservation of immunologic function, which in turn improve patients’ survival and quality of life. The established...
Primary Care Today 2008
Adult Vaccination and Primary Prevention of Post-herpetic Neuralgia
Toronto, Ontario / May 8-10, 2008
Toronto - An estimated 130,000 episodes of shingles occur in Canada every year, resulting in approximately 20,000 annual cases of post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN). Pharmacological strategies to treat acute herpes zoster (HZ) have modest...
17th Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research
D:A:D Revisited: An Exploration of Cardiovascular Risk Findings in HIV/AIDS
Montreal, Quebec / April 24-27, 2008
As the HIV population matures, more attention is being paid to health risks that may not be directly related to the effects of infection. Of these, the cardiovascular (CV) system attracts a substantial proportion of attention for many...