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ARTICLE: Is There Merit in Merit Aid? AUTHORS: Roy C. Ziegelstein, Charles G. Prober, Lloyd B. Minor, George Q. Daley, Paul B. Rothman, and Edward… Read More »Is There Merit in Merit Aid?

ARTICLE: Association of Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number With Cardiovascular Disease AUTHORS: Foram N. Ashar, Yiyi Zhang, Ryan J. Longchamps, John Lane, Anna Moes, Megan L. Grove, Josyf C. Mychaleckyj, Kent D. Taylor, Josef Coresh, Jerome I. Rotter, Eric Boerwinkle, Nathan Pankratz, Eliseo Guallar, Dan E. Arking JOURNAL: JAMA Cardiol. 2017 Oct 11. doi:… Read More »Association of Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number With Cardiovascular Disease

ARTICLE: Association of History of Dizziness and Long-term Adverse Outcomes With Early vs Later Orthostatic Hypotension Assessment Times in Middle-aged Adults AUTHORS: Stephen P. Juraschek, Natalie Daya, Andreea M. Rawlings, Lawrence… Read More »Association of History of Dizziness and Long-term Adverse Outcomes With Early vs Later Orthostatic Hypotension Assessment Times in Middle-aged Adults

ARTICLE: Delirium in Older Persons: Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment. AUTHORS: Esther S. Oh, Tamara G. Fong, Tammy T. Hshieh, Sharon K. Inouye JOURNAL: JAMA. 2017 Sep 26;318(12):1161-1174. doi: 10.1001/jama.2017.12067. Abstract IMPORTANCE: Delirium is defined as an acute disorder of attention and… Read More »Delirium in Older Persons: Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment

ARTICLE: A Research Agenda for Communication Between Health Care Professionals and Patients Living With Serious Illness. AUTHORS: James A. Tulsky, Mary Catherine Beach, Phyllis N. Butow, Susan E. Hickman,… Read More »A Research Agenda for Communication Between Health Care Professionals and Patients Living With Serious Illness

ARTICLE: Distortion of the Actin A-Triad Results in Contractile Disinhibition and Cardiomyopathy AUTHORS: Meera C. Viswanathan, William Schmidt, Michael J. Rynkiewicz, Karuna Agarwal, Jian Gao,… Read More »Distortion of the Actin A-Triad Results in Contractile Disinhibition and Cardiomyopathy

ARTICLE: The Association of Sleep Duration and Quality with CKD Progression AUTHORS: Ana C. Ricardo, Kristen Knutson, Jinsong Chen, Lawrence J. Appel, Lydia Bazzano, Eunice Carmona-Powell, Janet Cohan,Manjula Kurella Tamura, Susan… Read More »The Association of Sleep Duration and Quality with CKD Progression

ARTICLE: Plasma galectin-3 levels are associated with the risk of incident chronic kidney disease. AUTHORS: Casey M. Rebholz, Elizabeth Selvin, Menglu Liang, Christie M. Ballantyne,… Read More »Plasma galectin-3 levels are associated with the risk of incident chronic kidney disease

ARTICLE: Distortion of the Actin A-Triad Results in Contractile Disinhibition and Cardiomyopathy AUTHORS: Meera C. Viswanathan, William Schmidt, Michael J. Rynkiewicz, Karuna Agarwal, Jian Gao,… Read More »Distortion of the Actin A-Triad Results in Contractile Disinhibition and Cardiomyopathy

ARTICLE: Response to Comments on Young-Hyman et al. Psychosocial Care for People With Diabetes: A Position Statement of the American Diabetes Association AUTHORS: Deborah Young-Hyman,… Read More »Response to Comments on Young-Hyman et al. Psychosocial Care for People With Diabetes: A Position Statement of the American Diabetes Association