Healio Minute Friday, July 19, 2013 Edition: Dieting lowers diabetes risk, men’s oral HPV rare, needles and HCV

What just happened in medicine and why do you care?

Early weight reduction improved 3-year diabetes risk

Healio.com/Endocrinology: Patients with pre-diabetes who lost 10% of body weight within 6 months of diagnosis reduced risk for diabetes by 85%. Read more.

For men, oral HPV infections are rare

Healio.com/Infectious Disease: Newly acquired oral HPV infections in healthy men are rare compared with genital infection. Read more.

Syringe programs associated with HCV decline

Healio.com/Infectious Disease: Injection drug users who attended needle and syringe programs had a significant reduction in hepatitis C incidence. Read more.

Developmental issues linked to antiepileptic drugs in utero

Healio.com/Psychiatry: Children were at increased risk for development issues when mothers took antiepileptic drugs during pregnancy in a recent study. Read more.

Vitamin D deficiency led to mobility issues

Healio.com/Orthotics/Prosthetics: Older individuals with low vitamin D levels struggled more with everyday tasks. Read more.