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ARTICLE: Lifetime Cocaine and Opiate Use and Chronic Kidney Disease AUTHORS: Tessa Novick, Y Liu, Anika Alvanzo, A.B. Zonderman, M.K. Evans, Deidra Crews JOURNAL: Am… Read More »Lifetime Cocaine and Opiate Use and Chronic Kidney Disease

ARTICLE: Prevention Strategies for Contrast-Induced Nephropathy AUTHORS: Eric B. Bass and Rathan M. Subramaniam JOURNAL: Ann Intern Med. 2016 Oct 18;165(8):601. doi: 10.7326/L16-0278. IN RESPONSE to http://annals.org/aim/article/2569399/prevention-strategies-contrast-induced-nephropathy… Read More »Prevention Strategies for Contrast-Induced Nephropathy

ARTICLE: Diastolic Blood Pressure, Subclinical Myocardial Damage, and Cardiac Events: Implications for Blood Pressure Control AUTHORS: John W. McEvoy, Yuan Chen, Andreea Rawlings, Ron C. Hoogeveen, Christie M. Ballantyne, Roger S. Blumenthal, Josef Coresh, Elizabeth Selvin JOURNAL:… Read More »Diastolic Blood Pressure, Subclinical Myocardial Damage, and Cardiac Events: Implications for Blood Pressure Control

ARTICLE: Data Linkage Strategies to Advance Youth Suicide Prevention: A Systematic Review for a National Institutes of Health Pathways to Prevention Workshop. AUTHORS: Holly C.… Read More »Data Linkage Strategies to Advance Youth Suicide Prevention: A Systematic Review for a National Institutes of Health Pathways to Prevention Workshop

ARTICLE: Genome-wide Association Study Identifies African-Specific Susceptibility Loci in African Americans with Inflammatory Bowel Disease AUTHORS: Steven R. Brant, David T. Okou, Claire L. Simpson, David J. Cutler, Talin Haritunians, Jonathan P. Bradfield,… Read More »Genome-wide Association Study Identifies African-Specific Susceptibility Loci in African Americans with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

ARTICLE: Human mini-guts: new insights into intestinal physiology and host-pathogen interactions AUTHORS: Julie G. In, Jennifer Foulke-Abel, Mary K. Estes, Nicholas C. Zachos, Olga Kovbasnjuk, Mark Donowitz JOURNAL: Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2016 Sep 28.… Read More »Human mini-guts: new insights into intestinal physiology and host-pathogen interactions

ARTICLE: Critical Flaws in the Validation of the Instant Blood Pressure Smartphone App—A Letter from the App Developers—Reply AUTHORS: Timothy B. Plante, Lawrence J. Appel, Seth S. Martin… Read More »Critical Flaws in the Validation of the Instant Blood Pressure Smartphone App—A Letter from the App Developers—Reply

ARTICLE: Clinical Inferences of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Analysis at Autopsy AUTHORS: Sunil K. Sinha, Barbara Crain, Katie Flickinger, Hugh Calkins, John Rickard, Alan Cheng, Ronald Berger, Gordon Tomaselli, Joseph E. Marine JOURNAL: J… Read More »Clinical Inferences of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Analysis at Autopsy

ARTICLE: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and progression of coronary artery calcium score: a retrospective cohort study AUTHORS: Dong Hyun Sinn, Danbee Kang, Yoosoo Chang, Seungho Ryu, Seonhye Gu, Hyunkyoung Kim, Donghyeong… Read More »Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and progression of coronary artery calcium score: a retrospective cohort study

ARTICLE: Mortality Risk Stratification by Combining BRAF V600E and TERT Promoter Mutations in Papillary ThyroidCancer: Genetic Duet of BRAF and TERT Promoter Mutations in Thyroid… Read More »Mortality Risk Stratification by Combining BRAF V600E and TERT Promoter Mutations in Papillary Thyroid Cancer: Genetic Duet of BRAF and TERT Promoter Mutations in Thyroid Cancer Mortality