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Healio Minute Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012 Edition: Fall fallibility, fructose factors, Medicare misgivings

What just happened in medicine and why do you care?

Have you fallen in the past? A sensitive question, but…

Healio.com/Orthopedics: Fracture risk assessments are more accurate when elderly patients provide their fall history. Read more.

Preventive medicine detectives have low opinion of high fructose corn syrup

Healio.com/Endocrinology: Type 2 diabetes found 20% higher in Western nations that are sweet on the food additive. Read more.

When Medicare policy meets hard reality…

Healio.com/Cardiology: Attempt to funnel more reimbursements to primary care physicians has unintended consequences. Read more.

Massachusetts sets the table for relaxation of dining rules

Healio.com: Ethics code for health care industry revised to allow limited wining and dining of health care professionals. Read more.

Oncologists may have some explaining to do…

Healio.com/Hematology-Oncology: Black patients receive much less information about clinical cancer trials compared to white patients. Read more.