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ARTICLE: Cigarette Smoking, Smoking Cessation, and Long-Term Risk of 3 Major Atherosclerotic Diseases AUTHORS: Ning Ding, Yingying Sang, Jingsha Chen, Shoshana H. Ballew, Corey A. Kalbaugh, Maya J. Salameh, Michael J.… Read More »Cigarette Smoking, Smoking Cessation, and Long-Term Risk of 3 Major Atherosclerotic Diseases

ARTICLE: A multimodality test to guide the management of patients with a pancreatic cyst AUTHORS: Simeon Springer, David L. Masica, Marco Dal Molin, Christopher Douville,… Read More »A multimodality test to guide the management of patients with a pancreatic cyst

ARTICLE: The Right and Left Hands of the State — Two Patients at Risk of Deportation AUTHORS: Anita Berlin, Victoria Koski-Karell, Kathleen R. Page and… Read More »The Right and Left Hands of the State — Two Patients at Risk of Deportation

ARTICLE: Long-acting or extended-release antiretroviral products for HIV treatment and prevention in infants, children, adolescents, and pregnant and breastfeeding women: knowledge gaps and research priorities … Read More »Long-acting or extended-release antiretroviral products for HIV treatment and prevention in infants, children, adolescents, and pregnant and breastfeeding women: knowledge gaps and research priorities 

ARTICLE: Effects of Nutritional Supplements and Dietary Interventions on Cardiovascular Outcomes: An Umbrella Review and Evidence Map AUTHORS: Safi U. Khan, Muhammad U. Khan, Haris… Read More »Effects of Nutritional Supplements and Dietary Interventions on Cardiovascular Outcomes: An Umbrella Review and Evidence Map

ARTICLE: Coronary Artery Calcium Scores of Zero and Establishing the Concept of Negative Risk Factors AUTHORS: Michael J. Blaha, Ron Blankstein and Khurram Nasir JOURNAL: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2019… Read More »Coronary Artery Calcium Scores of Zero and Establishing the Concept of Negative Risk Factors

ARTICLE: Nanoparticle diffusion in spontaneously expectorated sputum as a biophysical tool to probedisease severity in COPD AUTHORS: Jane F. Chisholm, Siddharth K. Shenoy, Julie K. Shade, Victor Kim, Nirupama Putcha, Kathryn A. Carson, Robert Wise, Nadia Hansel, Justin S. Hanes, Jung Soo Suk, Enid Neptune JOURNAL: Eur Respir J. 2019 Jun 4.… Read More »Nanoparticle diffusion in spontaneously expectorated sputum as a biophysical tool to probedisease severity in COPD

ARTICLE: Self-medication as Part of Self-management Plans for Patients with COPD - Reply AUTHORS: Hanan Aboumatar and Robert Wise JOURNAL: JAMA. 2019 May 21;321(19):1937. doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.2076.… Read More »Self-medication as Part of Self-management Plans for Patients with COPD – Reply

ARTICLE: A Public BCR Present in a Unique Dual-Receptor-Expressing Lymphocyte from Type 1 Diabetes Patients Encodes a Potent T Cell Autoantigen AUTHORS: Rizwan Ahmed, Zahra Omidian, Adebola Giwa, Benjamin… Read More »A Public BCR Present in a Unique Dual-Receptor-Expressing Lymphocyte from Type 1 DiabetesPatients Encodes a Potent T Cell Autoantigen

ARTICLE: Global Elimination of Chronic Hepatitis AUTHOR: David L. Thomas JOURNAL: N Engl J Med. 2019 May 23;380(21):2041-2050. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra1810477. Major advances have been made in the… Read More »Global Elimination of Chronic Hepatitis