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.
41st National Immunization Conference
Strategies to Improve Adult Immunization Coverage and Reduce Disease Burden
Kansas City, Missouri / March 5-8, 2007
Kansas City - Almost all deaths attributable to vaccine-preventable diseases are in adults. They also claim considerably more adult lives than the most common forms of cancer and innovative strategies are clearly called for to improve...
14th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections
Fixed-dose Combinations: New Information Relevant to HAART Compatibility and Risk of Resistance
Los Angeles, California / February 25-28, 2007
There may be no single optimal combination in the control of HIV, but a variety of data presented here at CROI has provided new guidance for evaluating the relative strengths and weaknesses of currently available antiretroviral drugs in...
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VACCINE
January/February 2007
Proposing compulsory HPV vaccination in preadolescent girls
Based on the Canada Communicable Disease Report (CCDR) Online publication 15 February 2007;33(ACS-2):1-32
National Advisory Committee on Immunization Statement on the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine: New Recommendations for Females 9 to 26 Years of Age
February 15, 2007
February - The recently approved human papillomavirus (HPV) quadrivalent vaccine protects against infection from HPV types 6, 11, 16 and 18. Its approval and recent recommendation for use in females 9 to 26 years of age was based on...
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VACCINE
Winter 2006
Hambidge et al. Safety of trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine in children 6 to 23 months old. JAMA 2006;296(16):1990-7. Very few medically attended events, none of them serious, were observed following administration of the trivalent...
7th Canadian Immunization Conference
Update on Vaccines: Reducing Morbidity and Mortality Across the Spectrum of Diseases
Winnipeg, Manitoba / December 3-6, 2006
Winnipeg - The new 2006 guidelines from the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) are in the final stages of preparation and are expected to be available early in 2007. NACI is also preparing statements on the newest of...
Eighth International Congress on Drug Therapy in HIV Infection
Longer Life, Increased Toxicities: Resolving the Paradox of Survival in HIV
Glasgow, UK / November 12-16, 2006
As confirmed by Dr. Frank Post, King’s College Hospital, London, UK, “There is no doubt that antiretroviral therapy [ART] given for decades contributes to a wide and complex range of metabolic disturbances, distressing...
Eighth International Congress on Drug Therapy in HIV Infection
Updating HIV/AIDS Treatment Guidelines: Improving Prospects for Treatment-experienced Patients
Glasgow, UK / November 12-16, 2006
Management of highly treatment-experienced patients was once characterized as salvage therapy, a term implying a low expectation of long-term treatment success. With development of several new agents effective in treatment-resistant HIV,...
Eighth International Congress on Drug Therapy and HIV Infection
The ALERT Study: 24-week Ongoing Analysis
Glasgow, UK / November 12-16, 2006
Reported by: Sharon L. Walmsley, MD, FRCPC Division of Infectious Diseases UHN-Toronto General Hospital Associate Professor of Medicine University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario The safety and efficacy of protease inhibitor (PI) boosting...