New article, How to use an article about genetic association: B. Are the results of the study valid?,  published in the January 14, 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Authors: Attia J, Ioannidis J, Thakkinstian A, McEvoy M, Scott RJ, Minelli C, et al.
	Presentations and other materials from the NIH and CDC Personal Genomics Workshop in December 2008 are now available online
	U.S. Department of Health and Human Services releases an updated and improved version of the Surgeon General’s Internet-based family health history tool. Read the news release.
	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, 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.

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How to use an article about genetic association: A: Background concepts Attia J, et al. JAMA 2009 Jan;301(1):74-81

Toward a genetics of cancer resistance
Klein G
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009 Jan

Commentary: Trailblazing a Research Agenda at the Interface of Pediatrics and Genomic Discovery--a Commentary on the Psychological Aspects of Genomics and Child Health
McBride CM & Guttmacher AE
J Pediatr Psychol 2009 Jan

Convergent genome wide association results for bipolar disorder and substance dependence
Johnson C, et al.
Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2009 Jan

Accuracy of the BRCAPRO model among women with bilateral breast cancer
Ready KJ, et al.
Cancer 2009 Jan

Olfaction, psychiatric disorders and autoimmunity: is there a common genetic association?
Ortega-Hernandez OD, et al.
Autoimmunity 2009 Jan;42(1):80-8

Identifying rarer genetic variants for common complex diseases: diseased versus neutral discovery panels
Curtin K, et al.
Ann Hum Genet 2009 Jan;73(Pt 1):54-60

Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium Testing of Biological Ascertainment for Mendelian Randomization Studies
Rodriguez S, et al.
Am J Epidemiol 2009 Jan

Genetic Counseling: A Medical Approach
Cavalli P
Genet Test 2009 Jan

Quantifying and correcting for the winner's curse in genetic association studies
Xiao R & Boehnke M
Genet Epidemiol 2009 Jan

Plasma lipoproteins: genetic influences and clinical implications
Hegele RA
Nat Rev Genet 2009 Jan

Pharmacogenomics of warfarin: uncovering a piece of the warfarin mystery
Gulseth MP, et al.
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2009 Jan;66(2):123-33

MegaSNPHunter: a learning approach to detect disease predisposition SNPs and high level interactions in genome wide association study
Wan X, et al.
BMC Bioinformatics 2009 Jan;10(1):13

Impact of communicating familial risk of diabetes on illness perceptions and self-reported behavioural outcomes: A randomized controlled trial
Pijl M, et al.
Diabetes Care 2009 Jan

Obesity in post menopausal women with a family history of breast cancer: prevalence and risk awareness
Begum P, et al.
Int Semin Surg Oncol 2009 Jan;6(1):1

 

DNA testing for live kidney donors at risk for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
Huang E, et al.
Transplantation 2009 Jan;87(1):133-7

Motivating factors for physician ordering of factor V Leiden genetic tests
Hindorff LA, et al.
Arch Intern Med 2009 Jan;169(1):68-74

Multiple genetic tests for susceptibility to smoking do not outperform simple family history
Gartner CE, et al.
Addiction 2009 Jan;104(1):118-26

Psychosocial Aspects of DNA Testing for Hereditary Hemochromatosis in At-Risk Individuals: A Systematic Review
Picot J, et al.
Genet Test 2009 Jan

Potential Consumers' Attitudes Toward Psychiatric Genetic Research and Testing and Factors Influencing Their Intentions to Test
Laegsgaard MM, et al.
Genet Test 2009 Jan

TPMT testing before azathioprine therapy?
Drug Ther Bull 2009 Jan;47(1):9-12

A genome-wide association study identifies novel and functionally related susceptibility Loci for Kawasaki disease
Burgner D, et al.
PLoS Genet 2009 Jan;5(1):e1000319

 

Variants of the Arachidonate 5-Lipoxygenase-Activating Protein (ALOX5AP) Gene and Risk of Stroke: A HuGE Gene-Disease Association Review and Meta-Analysis
Zintzaras E, et al.
Am J Epidemiol 2009 Jan

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