Healio Minute Friday, Dec. 21, 2012 Edition: Adults with autism speak up, FDA seeks ‘smarter’ drug designs, wheezing favors ‘hotspots’

What just happened in medicine and why do you care?

Adults with autism give health care poor grades

Healio.com/Psychiatry: Survey has implications for clinicians, especially in light of upcoming changes to diagnostic criteria. Read more.

New rule: FDA wants to make sure past defects inform future designs

Healio.com: Regulators want drug and biologic manufacturers to consider known medication errors when designing new products. Read more.

Known asthma ‘hotspots’ are also warm to wheezing

Healio.com/Pediatrics: Connection is clear but not the reasons; most symptoms remain preventable. Read more.

“Political chicken,’ ‘inexcusable,’ ‘crippling’ and ‘unsustainable’

Healio.com/Orthopedics: All these phrases and more are contained in a “fiscal cliff’ letter Congress received Thursday from the American Medical Association. Read more.

‘Thanks, dad, may I have another?’ Yes. If it’s cow’s milk

Healio.com/Endocrinology: Two cups hit the mark for healthy vitamin D levels in children without depleting iron. Read more.