The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) seeks public comment on proposed regulations implementing Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act (GINA). Deadline: May 1, 2009. Read the press release.
	The Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society (SACGHS) requests public comment on draft report on gene patents and licensing practices and their impact on patient access to genetic tests. Deadline: May 15, 2009. Read more.
	University of Washington Center for Genomics and Public Health hosts the 2009 Summer Institute in Public Health Genomics: Translating Genomics into Policy and Practice,   June 22- 26, 2009 in Seattle Washington. Early bird registration deadline: May 18, 2009.
	New article, EGAPP, A Current Web Site for Credible Genetic Information, (1MB) published in the February 28, 2009 issue of AAPA News for physician assistants.
	CDC’s Global Health Odyssey Museum features a new exhibit, Your Genes and Your Choices, from February 26 - May 29, 2009. This exhibit is open to the public. For more information, please contact Judy Gantt.

• The following are headlines from on-line news articles published during the past week.
• The headlines and lead sentence are exactly as they appear in the popular press & do not necessarily reflect the opinions or recommendations of CDC.
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Personal genomics services: whose genomes? Gurwitz D & Bregman-Eschet Y Eur J Hum Genet 2009 Mar

Pharmacogenetics and future strategies in treating hyperglycaemia in diabetes
Pearson ER
Front Biosci 2009;14:4348-62

Candidate genes and neuropsychological phenotypes in children with ADHD: review of association studies
Kebir O, et al.
J Psychiatry Neurosci 2009 Mar;34(2):88-101

Update on genetic and molecular markers associated with myelodysplastic syndromes
Valent P & Wieser R
Leuk Lymphoma 2009 Mar:1-8

Childhood obesity: are genetic differences involved?
Bouchard C
Am J Clin Nutr 2009 Mar

A web-server for inferring the human N-acetyltransferase-2 (NAT2) enzymatic phenotype from NAT2 genotype
Kuznetsov IB, et al.
Bioinformatics 2009 Mar

Hereditary colorectal cancer: MYH-associated polyposis and other newly identified disorders
Lindor NM
Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol 2009;23(1):75-87

Factors influencing parental decision about genetics evaluation for their deaf or hard-of-hearing child
Palmer CG, et al.
Genet Med 2009 Mar

Physicians' attitudes toward race, genetics, and clinical medicine
Bonham VL, et al.
Genet Med 2009 Mar

Family and genetic association studies of bipolar disorder in children
Mick E & Faraone SV
Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am 2009 Apr;18(2):441-53, x

Genetic basis for idiosyncratic reactions to antiepileptic drugs
Franciotta D, et al.
Curr Opin Neurol 2009 Mar

 

Family history: useful or futile?
Bochud M, et al.
Rev Med Suisse 2009 Jan;5(188):263-7

Risk of ovarian cancer in women with first-degree relatives with cancer
Soegaard M, et al.
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 2009 Mar:1-8

Familial pancreatic cancer
Shi C, et al.
Arch Pathol Lab Med 2009 Mar;133(3):365-74

The Association of Tumor Microsatellite Instability Phenotype with Family History of Colorectal Cancer
Bapat B, et al.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2009 Mar

Is having a family history of type 2 diabetes or cardiovascular disease a predictive factor for metabolic syndrome?
Dunkley AJ, et al.
Prim Care Diabetes 2009 Mar

 

Genetics of pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma in Spanish patients
Cascon A, et al.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2009 Mar

Genetic testing for melanoma risk: a prospective cohort study of uptake and outcomes among Australian families
Kasparian NA, et al.
Genet Med 2009 Mar

Cancer surveillance behaviors in women presenting for clinical BRCA genetic susceptibility testing
Loescher LJ, et al.
Oncol Nurs Forum 2009 Mar;36(2):E57-67

Should We Test for CYP2C9 Before Initiating Anticoagulant Therapy in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation?
Eckman MH, et al.
J Gen Intern Med 2009 Mar

Assessing the Reproducibility of Asthma Candidate Gene Associations Using Genome-wide Data
Rogers AJ, et al.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2009 Mar

Key susceptibility locus for nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate  on chromosome 8q24
Birnbaum S, et al.
Nat Genet 2009 Mar

Genome-wide Association and Replication Studies Identified TRHR as an Important Gene for Lean Body Mass
Liu XG, et al.
Am J Hum Genet 2009 Mar

Genome-wide association scan yields new insights into the immunopathogenesis of psoriasis
Elder JT
Genes Immun 2009 Mar

Genome-wide Association Study of Biochemical Traits in Korcula Island, Croatia
Zemunik T, et al.
Croat Med J 2009 Feb;50(1):23-33

Genome-wide Association Study of Anthropometric Traits in Korcula Island, Croatia
Polasek O, et al.
Croat Med J 2009 Feb;50(1):7-16

Preliminary genome-wide association study of bipolar disorder in the Japanese population
Hattori E, et al.
Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2009 Mar

Genome-wide Association Study of Smoking Initiation and Current Smoking
Vink JM, et al.
Am J Hum Genet 2009 Mar

 

VEGF genetic variability is associated with increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease
Del Bo R, et al.
J Neurol Sci 2009 Mar

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