New article, Genes and Health published in the Fall 2008 issue of the CDC Foundation newsletter FrontLine. Read about genomics activities and achievements of CDC's National Office of Public Health Genomics.
	The Utah Department of Health releases success stories, (1.0 MB) about the integration of genomics tools into their state chronic disease programs over the past five years.
	Second meeting of the EGAPP Stakeholders Group held in Seattle, Washington.
	New CDC MMWR article, The Impact of Expanded Newborn Screening – United States 2006, published in the September 19th issue.

• The following are headlines from on-line news articles published during the past week.
• The headlines and lead sentence are exactly as they appear in the popular press & do not necessarily reflect the opinions or recommendations of CDC.
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Genomics, public health and developing countries: the case of the Mexican National Institute of Genomic Medicine (INMEGEN) Seguin B, et al. Nat Rev Genet 2008 Oct;9 Suppl 1:S5-9

The Evaluation of Genomic Applications in Practice and Prevention (EGAPP) initiative: methods of the EGAPP Working Group
Teutsch SM, et al.
Genet Med 2008 Sep

Correlations between risk gene variants for schizophrenia and brain structure anomalies
Nickl-Jockschat T, et al.
Nervenarzt 2008 Sep

The genetics of cardiovascular disease
Delles C, et al.
Trends Endocrinol Metab 2008 Sep

Japanese Population Structure, Based on SNP Genotypes from 7003 Individuals Compared to Other Ethnic Groups: Effects on Population-Based Association Studies
Yamaguchi-Kabata Y, et al.
Am J Hum Genet 2008 Sep

Power comparisons between similarity-based multilocus association methods, logistic regression, and score tests for haplotypes
Lin WY & Schaid DJ
Genet Epidemiol 2008 Sep

Update on gene modifiers in cystic fibrosis
Collaco JM & Cutting GR
Curr Opin Pulm Med 2008 Nov;14(6):559-66

PharmGKB: an integrated resource of pharmacogenomic data and knowledge
Gong L, et al.
Curr Protoc Bioinformatics 2008 Sep;Chapter 14:Unit14.7

Molecular genetics of human intracranial aneurysms
Zhang J & Claterbuck RE
Int J Stroke 2008 Nov;3(4):272-87

Modeling gene-by-environment interaction in comorbid depression with alcohol use  disorders via an integrated bioinformatics approach
McEachin RC, et al.
BioData Min 2008;1(1):2

South Africa: from species cradle to genomic applications
Hardy BJ, et al.
Nat Rev Genet 2008 Oct;9 Suppl 1:S19-23

Adaptation to living with a genetic condition or risk: a mini-review
Biesecker B & Erby L
Clin Genet 2008 Sep

Neural networks for genetic epidemiology: past, present, and future
Motsinger-Reif AA & Ritchie MD
BioData Min 2008;1(1):3

Family history of cancer: Pooled analysis in the International Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology consortium
Negri E, et al.
Int J Cancer 2008 Sep

Family history and breast cancer tumour characteristics in screened women
Couto E, et al.
Int J Cancer 2008 Sep

Family history and age at onset of breast cancer in Hispanic and non-Hispanic white women
Risendal B, et al.
Cancer Causes Control 2008 Sep

Sibling history of asthma is a risk factor for pain in children with sickle cell  anemia
Field JJ, et al.
Am J Hematol 2008 Aug

Substantial family history of prostate cancer in black men recruited for prostate cancer screening: results from the Prostate Cancer Risk Assessment Program
Mastalski K, et al.
Cancer 2008 Sep

International Registries of Families at High Risk of Pancreatic Cancer
Greenhalf W, et al.
Pancreatology 2008 Sep;8(6):558-65

 

Patient preferences and National Health Service costs: a cost-consequences analysis of cancer genetic services
Griffith GL, et al.
Fam Cancer 2008 Sep

 

A genome-wide association study for late-onset Alzheimer's disease using DNA pooling
Abraham R, et al.
BMC Med Genomics 2008 Sep;1(1):44

Genome-wide association study of response to methylphenidate in 187 children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
Mick E, et al.
Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2008 Sep

Genome-wide association scan of quantitative traits for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder identifies novel associations and confirms candidate gene  associations
Lasky-Su J, et al.
Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2008 Sep

Genetic variation in PNPLA3 confers susceptibility to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Romeo S, et al.
Nat Genet 2008 Sep

Articles that report on population prevalence of genotypes, gene-disease associations, gene-environment and gene-gene interactions and evaluation of genetic tests. For more information on HuGE, please visit the HuGENet™ home page

For the week ending October 1, 2008, there are HuGE articles in the following areas:

Gene Variant Frequency
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases
Neoplasms
Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases
Mental Disorders
Diseases of the Nervous System and Sense Organs
Diseases of the Circulatory System
Diseases of the Respiratory System
Diseases of the Digestive System
Diseases of the Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue
Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue

For more information on HuGE, please visit the HuGENet™ home page