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Public Release: 16-May-2013
Science
Ethicists provide framework supporting new recommendations on reporting incidental findings in gene sequencing
In a paper published in Science Express, a group of experts led by bioethicists in the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine provide a framework for the new American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics recommendations on reporting incidental findings in clinical exome and genome sequencing.

Contact: Glenna Picton
picton@bcm.edu
713-798-4710
Baylor College of Medicine

Public Release: 16-May-2013
Quality of Care and Outcomes Research 2013 Scientific Sessions
Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes
Massachusetts' health care reform didn't raise hospital use, costs
Health care reform in Massachusetts didn't result in substantially more hospitalizations, longer stays or higher costs. There were no significant differences in post-reform hospital use in Massachusetts versus to three other states without reform. There was also no significant increase in use of safety-net hospitals in Massachusetts.
National Institutes of Health

Contact: Cathy Lewis
cathy.lewis@heart.org
214-706-1324
American Heart Association

Public Release: 16-May-2013
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
LDL cholesterol is a poor marker of heart health in patients with kidney disease
Among patients with chronic kidney disease, those with very low kidney function had a higher risk of having a heart attack than those with higher kidney function over a four-year period. The link between higher LDL cholesterol and heart attack risk was weaker for patients with very low kidney function than for patients with higher kidney function.

Contact: Tracy Hampton
thampton@nasw.org
American Society of Nephrology

Public Release: 16-May-2013
Scientific insurgents say 'Journal Impact Factors' distort science
An ad hoc coalition of unlikely insurgents -- scientists, journal editors and publishers, scholarly societies, and research funders across many scientific disciplines -- today posted an international declaration calling on the world scientific community to eliminate the role of the journal impact factor in evaluating research for funding, hiring, promotion, or institutional effectiveness.

Contact: Mark Leader
mleader@ascb.org
301-347-9317
American Society for Cell Biology

Public Release: 16-May-2013
Current Biology
Fast and painless way to better mental arithmetic? Yes, there might actually be a way
In the future, if you want to improve your ability to manipulate numbers in your head, you might just plug yourself in. So say researchers who report in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on May 16 on studies of a harmless form of brain stimulation applied to an area known to be important for math ability.

Contact: Mary Beth O'Leary
moleary@cell.com
617-397-2802
Cell Press

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