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In what could be a significant advance for personalized medicine

Obama to Launch Personalized Medicine Research Initiative

Asking Congress for $215 million to compile genetic data of one million Americans for study
For liver transplantation recipients with model for end-stage liver disease scores above 11

Decreasing Serum Sodium Ups Liver Transplant Survival

Survival benefit for patients with MELD >11; no benefit seen for patients with MELD scores of ≤11
From 2002 to 2011 there was a decrease in the rate of hospitalizations for hepatitis A

Hepatitis A Hospitalizations Down From 2002 to 2011

Increase in age of those hospitalized, and in percent of hospitalizations covered by Medicare
For women with gestational diabetes mellitus

Triglycerides Significantly Elevated in Women With GDM

High triglyceride levels in women with gestational diabetes mellitus persist across trimesters
For older adults

Anxiety Moderates Amyloid-β Association With Cognition

Correlation moderated by elevated anxiety symptoms; greater decline in high-anxiety group
Teledermoscopy is feasible and effective for short-term monitoring of clinically atypical nevi

Teledermoscopy Feasible, Effective for Monitoring Nevi

Diagnostic concordance 0.87 between conventional office-based visits, teledermoscopy encounters
Researchers have found that menopause typically begins two to four years earlier in women with high levels of certain chemicals found in household items

PCBs, Phthalates Linked to Earlier Menopause

Association with higher exposures to organic pollutants in household items, environment
Early results suggest an experimental Ebola vaccine triggers an immune response and is safe to use. The findings were published online Jan. 28 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Results Appear Promising for Experimental Ebola Vaccine

Vaccine works against Zaire strain of Ebola currently circulating in West Africa
The inflammatory adipokine leptin may have a mediating effect on the relationship between body weight and knee osteoarthritis in older adults

Leptin May Mediate Knee-Related Osteoarthritis

The inflammatory adipokine may account for about half of the effect of BMI on knee osteoarthritis
For women undergoing screening mammography

Increase in Biopsies With DCIS, Invasive CA After Mammogram

Biopsy frequency up after diagnostic, but not screening, mammography