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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

ARTICLE: Shedding New Light on the Magnitude of Thrombosis Risk in Patients With Myeloproliferative Neoplasms AUTHORS: Alison R. Moliterno and Elizabeth V. Ratchford JOURNAL: Ann… Read More »Shedding New Light on the Magnitude of Thrombosis Risk in Patients With Myeloproliferative Neoplasms

ARTICLE: BRAF V600E Mutation-Assisted Risk Stratification of Solitary Intrathyroidal Papillary Thyroid Cancer for Precision Treatment AUTHORS: Yueye Huang, Shen Qu, Guangwu Zhu, Fei Wang, Rengyun… Read More »BRAF V600E Mutation-Assisted Risk Stratification of Solitary Intrathyroidal Papillary Thyroid Cancer for Precision Treatment