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.
49th Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American Society of Hematology
Less Toxic Broad-Spectrum Antifungals: Facilitating Infection Control in Hematological Malignancies
Atlanta, Georgia / December 8-11, 2007
Atlanta - The substantial morbidity and mortality imposed by invasive fungal infections in patients with hematological malignancies can be largely contained by a high index of suspicion and early use of broad-spectrum antifungal drugs....
58th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
Hepatitis Viral Undetectability and Suppression Through Vigilance and Action
Boston, Massachusetts / November 2-6, 2007
Boston - Worldwide, hepatitis B infects 2 billion people, 350 million of them on a chronic basis, and only about half of all patients are treated successfully. It is the tenth leading cause of death worldwide, via chronic infection,...
58th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
New Insights in Chronic Hepatitis C: Refining Treatment Protocols, Clarifying Genotype Differences
Boston, Massachusetts / November 2-6, 2007
Boston - Chronic hepatitis C is the most common chronic blood-borne viral infection in North America. Around half of all patients fail to respond to treatment; a substantial fraction of them develop cirrhosis of the liver, and a smaller but...
11th European AIDS Conference
Pharmacogenetics: Treating the Individual AIDS Patient
Madrid, Spain / October 24-27, 2007
Currently, the goal of HIV therapy is to achieve sustained viral suppression and the extent to which this is achieved depends on both viral and host factors. Viral factors include viral sensitivity, viral load and viral subtype. In the case...
45th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Reducing the Disease Burden from Herpes Zoster
San Diego, California / October 4-7, 2007
San Diego - Herpes zoster (HZ) and its major complication, post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN), are highly prevalent in older adults and their occurrence will only increase as the population ages. With current treatment options largely...
13th Congress of the European Society for Organ Transplantation
Simplifying Immunosuppression in Post-transplant Patient Management
Prague, Czech Republic / September 29-October 3, 2007
“In our literature review, we found that 40% to 60% of all late acute rejections are due to non-adherence,” stated Dr. Fabienne Dobbels, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. “The incidence of late acute rejection in the...
47th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Effective Management of Escherichia coli and Other Resistant Strains
Chicago, Illinois / September 17-20, 2007
Chicago - Escherichia coli that produce novel lactamases have been increasingly identified as causes of community-acquired urinary tract and bloodstream infections since the late 1990s. In vitro studies evaluating antimicrobial activity...
47th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Preserving Potent Antifungal Activity in High-risk Settings
Chicago, Illinois / September 17-20, 2007
Chicago - Invasive fungal infections remain an important cause of morbidity and mortality across many vulnerable patient groups. Because transplantation and novel anti-cancer agents are prolonging lives for many cancer patients today, more...
47th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Results from Follow-up Studies of the Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus Vaccine: Continued Protection
Chicago, Illinois / September 17-20, 2007
The lifetime risk of sexually active men and women being infected with human papillomavirus (HPV) is at least 50% and in some settings, that risk is as high as 70%. Screening has dramatically reduced the incidence of cervical cancer, but it...