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 - 5th International Primary Care Respiratory Group World Conference
COPD Inflammation as the New Target for Emerging Therapies
Toronto, Ontario / June 2-5, 2010
Toronto - It is important to diagnose chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) at a stage when early interventions can have the greatest impact, and several novel ways of detecting COPD at earlier stages were discussed by speakers here....
PRIORITY PRESS - 5th International Primary Care Respiratory Group World Conference
Early Intervention in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Toronto, Ontario / June 2-5, 2010
Toronto - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is persistently under-diagnosed and therefore under-treated. By the time it is diagnosed, most patients have irreversible lung damage and interventions including smoking cessation can...
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,...
PRIORITY PRESS - 30th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Vasodilation to Reverse Complications Pre- and Post-heart Transplantation
Chicago, Illinois / April 21-24, 2010
Chicago - Phosphodiesterase type-5 (PDE-5) is abundantly expressed in the lungs. By selectively inhibiting the PDE-5 enzyme, PDE-5 inhibitors promote the accumulation of intracellular cyclic guanosine monophosphate, thereby enhancing nitric...
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MRSA
Winter 2009
Distinct increase in MRSA over the past 20 years in eastern Ontario Audcent et al. Clinical and subtype trends of methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) surveillance 1990 to 2009. IDSA 2009, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A distinct...
MEDICAL FRONTIERS - 19th Annual Congress of the European Respiratory Society
Improving the Present Lives and Future Prospects of Patients with COPD
Vienna, Austria / September 12-16, 2009
Vienna - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is associated with a high disease burden. Therapy for this condition has two main goals: to improve symptoms (that is, act as a reliever) and to prevent long-term decline in lung function. In...
PRIORITY PRESS - 31st Annual Congress of the European Society of Cardiology
STRIDE-3: Selective Endothelin in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Management
Barcelona, Spain / August 29-September 2, 2009
Barcelona - Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is characterized by increases in pulmonary artery pressure and vascular resistance leading to right ventricular failure and death. Endothelin (ET)-1 is a potent endogenous vasoconstrictor...
PRIORITY PRESS - 86th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Paediatric Society
Monitoring for HPA Suppression in Children with Asthma: Treatment Considerations
Ottawa, Ontario / June 23-27, 2009
New Canadian Paediatric Asthma Consensus Guidelines which were recently accepted for publication in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) have reaffirmed that inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) is the cornerstone and the first-line...
PRIORITY PRESS - American Thoracic Society International Conference
UPLIFT: New Data Reinforces a Maintenance Algorithm
San Diego, California / May 15-20, 2009
San Diego - Late last year, a large multinational study found that a maintenance pharmacologic therapy with improved outcomes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) over four years. It was the first study to substantiate the...