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.
HEALTH ODYSSEY - American Academy of Pediatrics Clinical Report on
The Effects of Early Dietary Interventions on the Development of Atopic Diseases: Updated Advice for Health Care Providers
Editorial: Timothy Vander Leek, MD, FRCPC Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta Ten years ago, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) issued recommendations that addressed dietary management for...
RESOURCE LINE - Pediatric Nutrition
Simple Strategies and Solutions for Common Nutritional Deficiencies in Infants and Children
Summer 2010
Optimizing nutrition for very low birth-weight (VLBW) preterm infants on through to children with a variety of feeding difficulties was the focus of a co-developed presentation here at the Canadian Paediatric Society’s (CPS) annual...
PRIORITY PRESS - 5th International Primary Care Respiratory Group World Conference
Pediatric Asthma: Strategies for Improving Adherence to Therapy
Toronto, Ontario / June 2-5, 2010
Toronto - In young children presumed to have asthma due to persistent wheezing and breathlessness, there are two major challenges. The first is ruling out the many causes of the presenting symptoms other than asthma. If asthma is confirmed,...
HEALTH ODYSSEY - Pediatric Nutrition
Identification and Management of Feeding Difficulties in Children
May 2010
Worldwide, between 30% and 60% of parents believe their children are not eating appropriately. The spectrum of feeding difficulties is broad, ranging from picky eating to autism. Organic disease, infantile anorexia, food allergies, food...
RESOURCE LINE - Pediatric Nutrition
From Breast Milk to Weaning and Beyond
May 2010
Mothers’ perception that their infant is not satisfied by breast milk alone is consistently cited as one of the top three reasons why mothers decide to stop breast-feeding, regardless of the age at which the infant is weaned,...
MEDICAL FRONTIERS - 163rd Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association
Treatment of ADHD Across the Lifespan: Effective Therapies in Children Demonstrate Benefits in Adolescents and Adults
New Orleans, Louisiana / May 22-26, 2010
It is now well recognized that attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is not limited to childhood but is a disease that can persist indefinitely. In a new analysis of a large dataset of children, adolescents and adults with ADHD...
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...
PRIORITY PRESS - EUROGIN 2010 9th International Multidisciplinary Congress
Vaccination Against HPV Reduces Burden of Disease in Its Earliest Manifestations
Monte Carlo, Monaco / February 17-20, 2010
Monte Carlo - Many theoretical arguments have been raised in support of vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV). Now, for the first time, compelling evidence that vaccination does reduce the earliest manifestations of infection in...