National Coalition for Health Professional Education in Genetics (NCHPEG) makes a call for abstracts for its 12th Annual meeting, Genetics Education for Health Professional: What Are the Key Messages? How Do We Deliver Them? to be held September 23 – 24, 2009 in Bethesda, Maryland. Deadline: June 30, 2009. For more information, contact Dolores Astroth (dastroth@nchpeg.org).
	The Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society (SACGHS) requests public comment on draft report on gene patents and licensing practices and their impact on patient access to genetic tests. Deadline: May 15, 2009. Read more.

• 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.
• Free registration required for some articles.

Diagnostic strategies using DNA testing for hereditary haemochromatosis in at-risk populations: a systematic review and economic evaluation Bryant J, et al. Health Technol Assess 2009 Apr;13(23):1-148

The relation of ADHD and violent aggression: What can we learn from epidemiological and genetic studies?
Retz W & Rosler M
Int J Law Psychiatry 2009 May

Mitochondrial DNA Mutations and Ageing
Greaves LC & Turnbull DM
Biochim Biophys Acta 2009 Apr

Multilocus Bayesian Meta-Analysis of Gene-Disease Associations
Newcombe PJ, et al.
Am J Hum Genet 2009 Apr

Genotype-based therapeutic approach for colorectal cancer: state of the art and future perspectives
Fogli S & Caraglia M
Expert Opin Pharmacother 2009 May;10(7):1095-108

Recall of and Reactions to a Surgeon Referral Letter for BRCA Genetic Counseling Among High-Risk Breast Cancer Patients
Vadaparampil ST, et al.
Ann Surg Oncol 2009 Apr

Strategies and issues in the detection of pathway enrichment in genome-wide association studies
Hong MG, et al.
Hum Genet 2009 May

Unraveling a Multifactorial Late-Onset Disease: From Genetic Susceptibility to Disease Mechanisms for Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Swaroop A, et al.
Annu Rev Genomics Hum Genet 2009 Apr

The Pakistan Risk of Myocardial Infarction Study: a resource for the study of genetic, lifestyle and other determinants of myocardial infarction in South Asia
Saleheen D, et al.
Eur J Epidemiol 2009 Apr

Vitamin D Gene Pathway Polymorphisms and Risk of Colorectal, Breast, and Prostate Cancer
McCullough ML, et al.
Annu Rev Nutr 2009 Apr

Unfavourable risk factors for type 2 diabetes mellitus are already apparent more than a decade before onset in a population-based study of older persons: from the Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility-Reykjavik Study (AGES-Reykjavik)
Olafsdottir E, et al.
Eur J Epidemiol 2009 May

Childhood predictive genetic testing for Li-Fraumeni syndrome
Evans DG, et al.
Fam Cancer 2009 Apr

Identification of Patients at High Risk of Psychological Distress after BRCA1 Genetic Testing
Ertmanski S, et al.
Genet Test Mol Biomarkers 2009 Apr

Issues concerning feedback about genetic testing and risk of depression
Wilhelm K, et al.
Br J Psychiatry 2009 May;194(5):404-10

Psychological and Behavioral Responses to Genetic Test Results Indicating Increased Risk of Obesity: Does the Causal Pathway from Gene to Obesity Matter?
Sanderson SC, et al.
Public Health Genomics 2009 May

Genetic screening of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy--a new diagnostic strategy for risk stratification?
Hudecova K, et al.
Bratisl Lek Listy 2009;110(2):85-92

Identification of CELSR1 as a susceptibility gene for ischemic stroke in Japanese individuals by a genome-wide association study
Yamada Y, et al.
Atherosclerosis 2009 Apr

For this week's human genome epidemiology articles, please visit the HuGE Navigator.