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10/25/2019

Hot Topics of the Day are picked by experts to capture the latest information and publications on public health genomics and precision health for various diseases and health topics. Sources include published scientific literature, reviews, blogs and popular press articles.

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Improving Molecular Oncology by Making Results Available to Patients
JR Oxnard et al, JAMA Oncology, October 24, 2019

Are delivering on the promise of molecular oncology? Too small a proportion of appropriate patients are receiving standard-of-care biomarker evaluation.1 Furthermore, real-world evidence now reveals that even when testing is performed, the results are not appropriately informing therapy selection

Angelina Jolie: Medical Advances in Women's Health Are Important. But They're Only Part of the Picture
A Jolie, Time, October 24, 2019

I lost my grandmother and my mother to breast cancer. I remember once holding my mother’s hand, as she was receiving chemotherapy, when she started to turn purple and I had to race to get the nurse. Now there are new ways to identify which chemotherapy medication is best for each patient, resulting in fewer of the horrible side effects

How the weather affects the pain of citizen scientists using a smartphone app
WG Dixon et al, NPJ digital Medicine, October 24, 2019

Our study Cloudy with a Chance of Pain analysed daily data from 2658 patients collected over a 15-month period. The analysis demonstrated significant yet modest relationships between pain and relative humidity, pressure and wind speed.


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