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.
MEDICAL FRONTIERS - American Thoracic Society International Conference
Emerging Treatment Algorithms for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
San Diego, California / May 15-20, 2009
San Diego - A series of large, well controlled trials have generated data appropriate for evidence-based guidelines in the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The most recent data confirm benefit from a combination of...
MEDICAL FRONTIERS - American Thoracic Society International Conference
Evolving Concepts of COPD Pathogenesis: Importance of Systemic Inflammation
San Diego, California / May 15-20, 2009
San Diego - A significant evolution in the concept of the pathophysiology of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) predicts important changes in the way this disease is treated. The evolution is based on a growing appreciation of the...
ABSTRACTS IN PERSPECTIVE based on presentations from the International Conference of the American Thoracic Society
An Evidence Base for Slowing COPD Progression
San Diego, California / May 15-20, 2009
EDITORIAL OVERVIEW: Meyer Balter, MD, FRCPC, Director, Asthma and COPD Education Clinic, UHN-Mount Sinai Hospital, Professor of Medicine, Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario Conducted over four years,...
PRIORITY PRESS - American Thoracic Society International Conference
Rethinking COPD
San Diego, California / May 15-20, 2009
San Diego - Historically, chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) has always been seen as a disorder that affects the lungs and that is triggered primarily by smoking. Now, researchers are rethinking COPD as a systemic inflammatory...
PRIORITY PRESS - 48th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy/Infectious Diseases Society of America 46th Annual Meeting
Combatting the Increasing Prevalence of Hospital-acquired and Community-acquired Pneumonias
Washington, DC / October 25-28, 2008
In recent years, rates of infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) have grown substantially. In addition, MRSA is no longer confined to the hospital or institutional setting, and community-acquired (CA)-MRSA...
18th Annual Congress of the European Respiratory Society
Improvements in Patients with Early-stage Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Berlin, Germany / October 4-8, 2008
Berlin - Until recently, treatments for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) were studied mainly in patients with advanced disease, i.e. World Health Organisation functional class (WHO FC) III and IV. The results of the first clinical...
18th Annual Congress of the European Respiratory Society
COPD Landmark Trial UPLIFT: Meeting Important End Points
Berlin, Germany / October 4-8, 2008
The landmark UPLIFT (Understanding Potential Long-term Impacts on Function with Tiotropium) trial showed for the first time that appropriate treatment in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) produced benefits including improvements...
18th Annual Congress of the European Respiratory Society
Changing Practices in Asthma Management
Berlin, Germany / October 4-8, 2008
Asthma is thought to affect approximately 300 million individuals worldwide. Although asthma-related mortality has declined in developed countries in recent years, asthma is still associated with significant morbidity and the burden on...
ABSTRACTS in PERSPECTIVE based on presentations from the 18th Annual Congress of the European Society of Respiratory
Addressing Future Risk and Exacerbations in Asthma Management Today
Berlin, Germany / October 4-8, 2008
EDITORIAL OVERVIEW: J. Mark FitzGerald, MB, MD, FRCPC, FRCPI, FACCP Professor of Medicine, Head, UBC Respiratory Medicine Program, Vancouver, British Columbia A couple of decades ago, asthma management was mainly focused on the episodic...