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.
18th Annual Congress of the European Respiratory Society
Approaches to Management of Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Berlin, Germany / October 4-8, 2008
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is already a major health concern and current trends suggest that its importance will increase. Thus, while the death rate from heart disease has decreased, the death rates from COPD have...
10th Annual Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) Europe Conference
Update on Safety Profiles in Smoking Cessation Strategies
Rome, Italy / September 23-26, 2008
Rome - Medication-assisted smoking cessation programs have, at times, been linked with psychiatric adverse effects, including symptoms of depression. However, smoking cessation without medication use has also been linked to these symptoms,...
Based on the following articles: Kuna et al. Int J Clin Pract 2007;61(5):725-36. Bousquet et al. Respir Med 2007; 101:2437-46. Vogelmeier et al. Eur Respir J 2005;26:819-28.
Single Inhaler as Maintenance and Reliever Therapy: SMART Strategy Gains Acceptance as a Valid Option in Asthma Control
Reviewed by: Louis-Philippe Boulet, MD, FRCPC Institut de cardiologie et de pneumologie Hôpital Laval Quebec City, Quebec Professor of Medicine Université Laval Quebec City, Quebec The prevalence of asthma is increasing in...
JOURNAL CLUB - Respirology
New Canadian Thoracic Society's guidelines aim for improved prevention and control in COPD
June 2008
Editorial Overview: Denis E. O’Donnell, MB ChB, FRCPI, FRCPC Professor of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario Many patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are not diagnosed until the disease has...
18th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)
Emerging Treatment Options for Hospital-acquired and Ventilator-associated Pneumonias
Barcelona, Spain / April 19-22, 2008
INTRODUCTION Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP)—defined as pneumonia that develops 48 hours or more after hospital admission and not incubating on admission—represents a major problem for healthcare authorities. According to a study of...
17th Annual Congress of the European Respiratory Society
Revised Global Initiative for Asthma Guidelines: Applying Theory to Practice
Stockholm, Sweden / September 15-19, 2007
As stated by Dr. Eric Bateman, Director of Respiratory Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa, and Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) executive member, “Although the GINA guidelines for asthma management strategies shifted...
American Thoracic Society 2007 International Conference
New Options for Effective Medical Management of COPD Exacerbations
San Francisco, California / May 18-23, 2007
Asthma and respiratory disease continue to be of increasing concern to healthcare experts the world over. One class of drugs being investigated as helpful in the fight against chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is that of...
13th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
Existing and Novel Smoking Cessation Strategies
Austin, Texas / February 21-24, 2007
Austin - Newer pharmacologic options have been combined with more sophisticated addiction behaviour modification to substantially increase quit rates in cigarette smokers. Due to the improvements in effective methods of smoking cessation,...