Search results for "Genomics"
Don't look now, but you are surrounded
It is somewhat unsettling to consider that we are outnumbered by microbes in our own skin by a factor of about ten cells to one.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/08/genomics.htm
15 Aug 2011
Cancer's cure is all about the trees
Should we classify cancers by their tissue of origin, or their mutation of origin?.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/10/genomics.htm
15 Oct 2011
Microscopic genes affected by macroeconomic events
Genes express themselves differently depending on environment, and how people access health care could determine how genes affect their health.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/03/genomics.htm
15 Mar 2012
Determining actionability of genetic findings
How to handle inadvertent findings is a major subject of discussion in the genomics community.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/08/genomics.htm
15 Aug 2012
Patients grapple with knowing their genetic screening results
Not everyone wants information about their genetic health, or all of it at once.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/03/genetics.htm
15 Mar 2013
Oncologist optimistic about latest cancer treatments
Oncologist Geoffrey R. Oxnard, MD, is excited about the current state of targeted cancer therapies, the topic of his Internal Medicine Meeting 2015 session, and he wants internists to share his enthusiasm.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/05/06/4.htm
6 May 2015
C. diff-related bloodstream infection seen less often with FMT vs. antibiotics
While fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) was associated with fewer bloodstream infections than antibiotics in one study, a brief report described two cases of drug-resistant bacteremia transmitted by FMT.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/11/06/1.htm
6 Nov 2019
Understanding heart failure in African Americans
Disparities may result from biological and environmental factors.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/11/understanding-heart-failure-in-african-americans.htm
15 Nov 2019
Fecal transplants, contrast, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/06/recent-research.htm
15 Jun 2020
A transfusion threshold for everyone
Evidence indicates restrictive thresholds are better for most inpatients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/06/a-transfusion-threshold-for-everyone.htm
15 Jun 2020