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ARTICLE: Reengineering the Physical Examination for the New Millennium? AUTHORS: William G. Nelson, Antony Rosen, Peter J. Pronovost JOURNAL: JAMA. 2016;315(22):2391-2392. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.4470. Most patients hope for more face-to-face time with their… Read More »Reengineering the Physical Examination for the New Millennium?

ARTICLE: A genomic approach to therapeutic target validation identifies a glucose-lowering GLP1R variant protective for coronary heart disease AUTHORS: Robert A. Scott, Daniel F. Freitag,… Read More »A genomic approach to therapeutic target validation identifies a glucose-lowering GLP1R variant protective for coronary heart disease

ARTICLE: Right Ventricular Functional Reserve in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension AUTHORS: Steven Hsu, Brian A. Houston, Emmanouil Tampakakis, Anita C. Bacher, Parker S. Rhodes, Stephen C.… Read More »Right Ventricular Functional Reserve in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

ARTICLE: Low High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Incident Coronary Heart Among Blacks in the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Study AUTHORS: Lisandro… Read More »Low High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Incident Coronary Heart Among Blacks in the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Study

ARTICLE: Understanding the impact of second-hand smoke exposure on clinical outcomes in participants with COPD in the SPIROMICS cohort AUTHORS: Nirupama Putcha, R Graham Barr, Meilan K… Read More »Understanding the impact of second-hand smoke exposure on clinical outcomes in participants with COPD in the SPIROMICS cohort

ARTICLE: Changes in Food-Specific IgE Over Time in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) AUTHORS: Emily C. McGowan, Roger D. Peng, Päivi M.… Read More »Changes in Food-Specific IgE Over Time in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)

ARTICLE: Diabetes Medications as Monotherapy or Metformin-Based Combination Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis AUTHORS: Nisa M. Maruthur, Eva Tseng, Susan… Read More »Diabetes Medications as Monotherapy or Metformin-Based Combination Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

ARTICLE: Association of DNA Methylation Differences With Schizophrenia in an Epigenome-Wide Association Study AUTHORS: Carolina Montano, Margaret A. Taub, Andrew Jaffe, Eirikur Briem, Jason I. Feinberg, Rakel Trygvadottir, Adrian Idrizi, Arni Runarsson, Birna Berndsen,… Read More »Association of DNA Methylation Differences With Schizophrenia in an Epigenome-Wide Association Study

ARTICLE: Evaluation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Recommendations for Hepatitis C Virus Testing in an Urban Emergency Department AUTHORS: Yu-Hsiang Hsieh, Richard E. Rothman,… Read More »Evaluation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Recommendations for Hepatitis C Virus Testing in an Urban Emergency Department

ARTICLE: Association of Variants in Candidate Genes with Lipid Profiles in Women with Early Breast Cancer on Adjuvant Aromatase Inhibitor Therapy AUTHORS: Cesar A. Santa-Maria,… Read More »Association of Variants in Candidate Genes with Lipid Profiles in Women with Early Breast Cancer on Adjuvant Aromatase Inhibitor Therapy