American Society of Human Genetics and Genetic Alliance are sponsoring a Family Health History Public Service Announcement Campaign  in the Washington, DC area this month. Learn more about the campaign.  (590KB)
	New article, Comparison of risk perceptions and beliefs across common chronic diseases, published online (ahead of print) on November 25, 2008 in Preventive Medicine. Authors: Wang C, O’Neill SM, Rothrock N, Gramling R, Sen A, Acheson LS, et al.
	New article, Prevalence in the United States of Selected Candidate Gene Variants, published in the January 1, 2009 issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology. Authors: Chang M, Lindegren ML, Butler MA, Chanock SJ, Dowling NJ, Gallagher M, et al.
	New article, Public Awareness and Use of Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Tests: Results From 3 State Population-Based Surveys, 2006, published online (ahead of print) on December 23, 2008 in American Journal of Public Health. Authors: Goddard KA, Duquette D, Zlot A, Johnson J, Annis-Emeott A, Lee PW, et al.
	The American Public Health Association (APHA) Genomics Forum makes a call for genomics-related abstracts (576KB) for the 137th APHA Annual Meeting & Expo to be held November 7-11, 2009, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Deadline: February 10, 2009. For more information, contact Dean Hosgood hosgoodd@mail.nih.gov.
	The University of Michigan Center for Public Health and Community Genomics releases study findings on Genomics and Public Health Practice: Lessons from State Pilot Projects. (176KB)

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Cohort studies and the genetics of complex disease Manolio TA Nat Genet 2009 Jan;41(1):5-6

Colorectal Cancer Risk Prediction Tool for White Men and Women Without Known Susceptibility
Freedman AN, et al.
J Clin Oncol 2008 Dec

Familial disease, the HLA-DRB1 shared epitope and anti-CCP antibodies influence time at appearance of substantial joint damage in rheumatoid arthritis
Rojas-Villarraga A, et al.
J Autoimmun 2008 Dec

Male offspring of both diabetic parents have higher insulin resistance and serum  leptin levels compared to those with one diabetic parent
Shahid A, et al.
Hormones (Athens) 2008 Oct-2008 Dec;7(4):313-9

Smoking and family history and risk of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage
Woo D, et al.
Neurology 2009 Jan;72(1):69-72

Family History, Genetic Testing, and Clinical Risk Prediction: Pooled Analysis of CHEK2*1100delC in 1,828 Bilateral Breast Cancers and 7,030 Controls
Fletcher O, et al.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2009 Jan;18(1):230-4

Consideration of hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer in BRCA mutation-negative familial ovarian cancers
South SA, et al.
Cancer 2008 Dec

HLA-B57/B*5801 HIV-1 ELITE CONTROLLERS SELECT FOR RARE GAG VARIANTS ASSOCIATED WITH REDUCED VIRAL REPLICATION CAPACITY AND STRONG CTL RECOGNITION
Miura T, et al.
J Virol 2008 Dec

Opinion about reproductive decision making among individuals undergoing BRCA1/2 genetic testing in a multicentre Spanish cohort
Fortuny D, et al.
Hum Reprod 2008 Dec

Can UGT1A1 genotyping reduce morbidity and mortality in patients with metastatic  colorectal cancer treated with irinotecan? An evidence-based review
Palomaki GE, et al.
Genet Med 2008 Dec

Can UGT1A1 genotyping reduce morbidity and mortality in patients with metastatic  colorectal cancer treated with irinotecan?
Genet Med 2008 Dec

Recommendations from the EGAPP Working Group: genetic testing strategies in newly diagnosed individuals with colorectal cancer aimed at reducing morbidity and mortality from Lynch syndrome in relatives
Genet Med 2008 Dec

Coping With Genetic Testing for Breast Cancer Susceptibility
Dougall AL, et al.
Psychosom Med 2009 Jan

 

Building a Knowledge Base on Genetic Variation and Cancer Risk Through Field Synopses
Yesupriya A, et al.
J Natl Cancer Inst 2008 Dec

Clinical Implications of CYP2D6 Genotyping in Tamoxifen Treatment for Breast Cancer
Dezentje VO, et al.
Clin Cancer Res 2009 Jan;15(1):15-21

OpenADAM: an open source genome-wide association data management system for Affymetrix SNP arrays
Yeung JM, et al.
BMC Genomics 2008 Dec;9(1):636

Genetic studies of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Controversies and perspectives
Beleza-Meireles A & Al-Chalabi A
Amyotroph Lateral Scler 2008 Dec:1-14

Psychosocial Consequences of Genetic Counseling: A Population-Based Follow-up Study
Mikkelsen EM, et al.
Breast J 2008 Dec

An integrated database-pipeline system for studying single nucleotide polymorphisms and diseases
Yang JO, et al.
BMC Bioinformatics 2008;9 Suppl 12:S19

Singleton deletions throughout the genome increase risk of bipolar disorder
Zhang D, et al.
Mol Psychiatry 2008 Dec

Genomewide Association Study of an AIDS-Nonprogression Cohort Emphasizes the Role Played by HLA Genes (ANRS Genomewide Association Study 02)
Limou S, et al.
J Infect Dis 2008 Dec

Whole-genome association study identifies STK39 as a hypertension susceptibility  gene
Wang Y, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008 Dec

Examination of the current top candidate genes for AD in a genome-wide association study
Feulner TM, et al.
Mol Psychiatry 2009 Jan

Genome-wide association study of plasma Lp(a)levels Identifies multiple genes on  chromosome 6q
Ober C, et al.
J Lipid Res 2009 Jan

Identification of a novel susceptibility locus for juvenile idiopathic arthritis  by genome-wide association analysis
Hinks A, et al.
Arthritis Rheum 2008 Dec;60(1):258-63

 

A Field Synopsis on Low-Penetrance Variants in DNA Repair Genes and Cancer Susceptibility
Vineis P, et al.
J Natl Cancer Inst 2008 Dec

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