Report courtesy of JAMA Key Points Question Are the health outcomes of White US citizens living in the 1% and 5% richest counties better than the health outcomes of average residents in other …
Weight Gain, Hypertension, and the Emergence of a Maladaptive Cardiovascular Phenotype Among US Football Players
Original article from JAMA KEY POINTS Question Does cardiovascular risk increase and lead to the development of pathologic cardiovascular phenotypes among US football players? Findings In …
Increases in Midlife Mortality a Major Contributor to Decreasing Life Expectancy in U.S.
Original article from JAMA U.S. life expectancy increased from 69.9 years in 1959 to 79.1 years in 2014 — after which it began a slow decline, hitting 78.9 in 2016 — according to an analysis …
The Challenge of Defining Alzheimer Disease Based on Biomarkers in the Absence of Symptoms
Original article from JAMA Network The search for biomarkers in Alzheimer disease (AD) has been driven by the expectation that such markers will facilitate diagnosis in advance of significant …
Vacationing More Often May Reduce Metabolic Syndrome Risk
Original article by Rebecca Volker for JAMA For all the dedicated workers who bypassed taking time off for a summer getaway, a recent Psychology & Health study offers a bit of advice: using …
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Emergence of Hybrid Models of Genetic Testing Beyond Direct-to-Consumer or Traditional Labs
Original article from JAMA, May 30, 2019 Historically, genetic evaluation has been dominated by a clinician-centric traditional model in which a patient’s physician had the central responsibility …
