The US health secretary will acknowledge that genetic data from the study could help lead to a new level of personalization and effectiveness in medical care. Heartwire
An international group of distinguished researchers says newly examined, unpublished genetic data provide final proof that homocysteine does not cause coronary heart disease and therefore reducing levels of this amino acid with folate would have no effect. But another expert disagrees. Heartwire
Robert Morrow, MD, wants you to consider the idea that, in many cases, overcoming therapeutic inertia might be playing into the hands of the sales rep. Medscape Family Medicine
Short-term exposure to environmental ozone "contributes to premature death," a risk that should be considered in government pollution standards, according to a National Research Council analysis. Heartwire