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Apolipoproteins, lipids and risk of cancer.

Authors: Borgquist S, Butt T, Almgren P, Shiffman D, Stocks T, Orho-Melander M, Manjer J, Melander O.
Int J Cancer. 2016;138:2648-2656

Specialties: Cardiology, General Health and Wellness, Oncology

A high-throughput mass spectrometry assay to simultaneously measure intact insulin and C-peptide.

Authors: Taylor SW, Clarke NJ, Chen Z, McPhaul MJ.
Clin Chim Acta. 2016;455:202-208

Specialties: Cardiology, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Pathology, Laboratory Medicine

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Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status in Relation to Serum Biomarkers in the Black Women's Health Study.

Authors: Cozier YC, Albert MA, Castro-Webb N, Coogan PF, Ridker P, Kaufman HW, Palmer JR, Rosenberg L.
J Urban Health. 2016;93:279-291

Specialties: Cardiology, General Health and Wellness, Women's Health/OB/GYN

Risk prediction by genetic risk scores for coronary heart disease is independent of self-reported family history.

Authors: Tada H, Melander O, Louie JZ, Catanese JJ, Rowland CM, Devlin JJ, Kathiresan S, Shiffman D.
Eur Heart J. 2016;37:561-567

Specialties: Cardiology, General Health and Wellness, Genetics

Plasma Renin Activity: The Importance of Correct Sample Type.

Authors: Haymond S, Clarke NJ, Reitz RE, McPhaul MJ, Wu Z.
Clin Chem. 2016;62:408-409

Specialties: Cardiology, Pathology, Laboratory Medicine

Mutational Analysis in Pediatric Thyroid Cancer and Correlations with Age, Ethnicity, and Clinical Presentation.

Authors: Nikita ME, Jiang W, Cheng SM, Hantash FM, McPhaul MJ, Newbury RO, Phillips SA, Reitz RE, Waldman FM, Newfield RS.
Thyroid 2016;26:227-234

Specialties: Cardiology, Genetics, Pediatrics

Atherogenic Lipoprotein Subfractions Determined by Ion Mobility and First Cardiovascular Events After Random Allocation to High-Intensity Statin or Placebo: The Justification for the Use of Statins in Prevention: An Intervention Trial Evaluating Rosuvastatin (JUPITER) Trial.

Authors: Mora S, Caulfield MP, Wohlgemuth J, Chen Z, Superko HR, Rowland CM, Glynn RJ, Ridker PM, Krauss RM
Circulation. 2015;132:2220-9

Specialties: Cardiology, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism

Assessing the Impact of Analytical Error on Perceived Disease Severity.

Authors: Kroll MH1, Garber CC, Bi C, Suffin SC.
Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2015;139:1295-301

Specialties: Cardiology

Genetic risk for atrial fibrillation could motivate patient adherence to warfarin therapy: a cost effectiveness analysis.

Authors: Shiffman D, Perez MV, Bare LA, Louie JZ, Arellano AR, Devlin JJ
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2015;15:104

Specialties: Cardiology, Genetics

Low circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations are associated with defects in insulin action and insulin secretion in persons with prediabetes.

Quest Diagnostics Authors: Caulfield, MP, Hantash, FM
Authors: Abbasi F, Blasey C, Feldman D, Reaven GM
J Nutr 2015;145:714-719

Specialties: Cardiology, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Pathology, Laboratory Medicine