Drs. Mei-Hwan Wu and Hsin-Hui Chiu professors of medicine in pediatrics from the National Taiwan University Hospital in Taipei, Taiwan, discuss their prospective study appearing in the March 2013 issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings which shows a more effective treatment for Marfan’s syndrome when combining Losartan with beta blocker therapy. Available at: http://tinyurl.com/au9odun

Dr. Antoni Bayes-Genis, a cardiologist from Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, in Barcelona, Spain, discusses his article appearing in the March 2013 issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, where he reports of a more accurate biomarker combination for predicting heart failure. Available at: http://tiny.cc/p4pcqw

Background: In many cultures, simple herbal infusions, thin gruels or sweetened water (‘agüitas’ in Guatemalan parlance) are given to infants and toddlers. Formative research shows the use of agüitas in early child feeding to be deeply embedded in Guatemalan culture. Objective: To examine the prevalence and timing of introduction of agüitas during early life in a low-income population of metropolitan Quetzaltenango in relation to child stunting. Design: Responses from 456 mothers of...

Identifying clinical/translational research cohorts: ascertainment via querying an integrated multi-source database

Clinical Decision Support for Genetically Guided Personalized Medicine: a Systematic Review

Documentation of the UPLB Centennial Professorial Lecture on "Defining UPLB’s Role in Philippine Plant Natural Products’ Research and Development in the Early 21st Century" by Dr. Lourdes B. Cardenas, Professor, Institute of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, UP Los Baños on February 26, 2013 at the SEARCA Drilon Hall, UPLB, College, Laguna, Philippines.