Healio Minute Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012 Edition: Depression and admission, technology aids weight loss, the cost of HIV
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Older men with depression at increased hospitalization risk
Healio.com/Psychiatry: Depressive symptoms linked with higher admission rates, longer stay. Read more.
“Great! Does it play videos, too?”
Healio.com/Endocrinology: Use of a mobile device to document physical activity, dietary habits improved short-term weight loss in overweight patients. Read more.
HIV: Physicians concerned over high treatment costs
Healio.com/Infectious-Disease: American Academy of HIV Medicine, HIV Medicine Association call for affordably priced medications. Read more.
“You’ll likely have an easier time taking it than you will spelling it.”
Healio.com/Hepatology: Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate safe, effective in a cohort of adolescents with chronic hepatitis B. Read more.
AAP issues statement on emergency contraception
Healio.com/Pediatrics: Committee recommends adolescents be taught about this birth control method, calls for increased access. Read more.