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ARTICLE: Patient Age–Associated Mortality Risk Is Differentiated by BRAF V600E Status in Papillary Thyroid Cancer AUTHORS: Xiaopei Shen, Guangwu Zhu, Rengyun Liu, David Viola, Rossella Elisei, Efisio Puxeddu, Laura Fugazzola, Carla Colombo, Barbara Jarzab, Agnieszka Czarniecka, Alfred… Read More »Patient Age–Associated Mortality Risk Is Differentiated by BRAF V600E Status in Papillary Thyroid Cancer

ARTICLE: Single-board hematology fellowship track: a 10-year institutional experience AUTHORS: Rakhi P. Naik, Kristen Marrone, Samuel Merrill, Ross Donehower and Robert Brodsky JOURNAL: Blood. 2018 Jan 25;131(4):462-464. doi: 10.1182/blood-2017-11-816207. Epub 2017 Dec 11. TO THE EDITOR: In the United States, internal medicine… Read More »Single-board hematology fellowship track: a 10-year institutional experience

ARTICLE: An Implementation Guide to Reducing Overtreatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria AUTHORS: Michael Daniel, Sara Keller, Mohammad Mozafarihashjin, Amit Pahwa, Christine Soong JOURNAL: JAMA Intern Med. 2018 Feb 1;178(2):271-276. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.7290. Abstract Treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) frequently lacks… Read More »An Implementation Guide to Reducing Overtreatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria

ARTICLE: Impact of Novel LDL-C Assessment on the Utility of Secondary Non-HDL-C and ApoB Targets in Selected Worldwide Dyslipidemia Guidelines AUTHORS: Vasanth Sathiyakumar, Jihwan Park, Renato Quispe, Mohamed… Read More »Impact of Novel LDL-C Assessment on the Utility of Secondary Non-HDL-C and ApoB Targets in Selected Worldwide Dyslipidemia Guidelines

ARTICLE: Eliminating Creatine Kinase-Myocardial Band Testing in Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Value-Based Quality Improvement AUTHORS: Matthew D. Alvin, Allan S. Jaffe, Roy C. Ziegelstein, Jeffrey C. Trost JOURNAL: JAMA Intern Med. 2017 Oct 1;177(10):1508-1512. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.3597. Abstract Cardiac biomarker testing is estimated to… Read More »Eliminating Creatine Kinase-Myocardial Band Testing in Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Value-Based Quality Improvement

ARTICLE: Regulation of mutant TERT by BRAF V600E/MAP kinase pathway through FOS/GABP in human cancer AUTHORS: Rengyun Liu, Tao Zhang, Guangwu Zhu, Mingzhao Xing JOURNAL: Nat Commun. 2018 Feb 8;9(1):579. doi:… Read More »Regulation of mutant TERT by BRAF V600E/MAP kinase pathway through FOS/GABP in human cancer

ARTICLE: The Colonic Mucosa of Patients with Familial Adenomatous Polyposis Harbor Biofilms Containing Tumorigenic Bacteria AUTHORS: Christine M. Dejea, Payam Fathi, John M. Craig, Annemarie… Read More »The Colonic Mucosa of Patients with Familial Adenomatous Polyposis Harbor Biofilms Containing Tumorigenic Bacteria

ARTICLE: Fasting vs Non-Fasting and Low-Density Lipoprotein-Cholesterol Accuracy AUTHORS: Vasanth Sathiyakumar, Jihwan Park, Asieh Golozar, Mariana Lazo, Renato Quispe, Eliseo Guallar, Roger S. Blumenthal, Steven R. Jones, Seth S. Martin JOURNAL: Circulation. 2017 Oct… Read More »Fasting vs Non-Fasting and Low-Density Lipoprotein-Cholesterol Accuracy

ARTICLE: Research Priorities in Pathophysiology for Sleep-disordered Breathing in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. An Official American Thoracic Society Research Statement AUTHORS: Atul Malhotra, Alan… Read More »Research Priorities in Pathophysiology for Sleep-disordered Breathing in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. An Official American Thoracic Society Research Statement

ARTICLE: Six-year changes in physical activity and the risk of incident heart failure: the atherosclerosis risk in communities (ARIC) study AUTHORS: Roberta Florido, Lucia Kwak, Mariana Lazo, Vijay Nambi, Haitham M.… Read More »Six-year changes in physical activity and the risk of incident heart failure: the atherosclerosis risk in communities (ARIC) study