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50 years of Pitt’s Genetic Counseling Program…and counting
Air pollution raises mortality risk, worsens lung function in fibrotic ILD
Healio- In patients with fibrotic interstitial lung disease, exposure to small particulate matter was linked to increased mortality, poor lung function and faster disease progression.
Polynesian Study Yields New Clues to Genetic Causes of High Cholesterol
UPMC- The discovery of a genetic variant that is relatively common among people of Polynesian ancestry, but incredibly rare in most other populations, is giving clues to the genetic underpinnings of high cholesterol in all people.