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ARTICLE: Trans-ethnic Meta Analysis and Functional Annotation Illuminates the Genetic Architecture of Fasting Glucoseand Insulin AUTHORS: Ching-Ti Liu, Sridharan Raghavan, Nisa Maruthur, Edmond Kato Kabagambe, Jaeyoung Hong, Maggie C.Y. Ng, Marie-France Hivert, Yingchang Lu, Ping An, Amy R. Bentley, Anne M. Drolet,… Read More »Trans-ethnic Meta Analysis and Functional Annotation Illuminates the Genetic Architecture of Fasting Glucoseand Insulin

ARTICLE: Inflammatory arthritis and sicca syndrome induced by nivolumab and ipilimumab AUTHORS: Laura C. Cappelli, Ana Kristina Gutierrez, Alan N. Baer, Jemima Albayda, Rebecca L.… Read More »Inflammatory arthritis and sicca syndrome induced by nivolumab and ipilimumab

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