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Healio Minute Friday, Jan. 11, 2013 Edition: Influenza indifference, colonic bubbles, Parkinson’s and impulse control

What just happened in medicine and why do you care?

Do flu shots ‘profit’ everyone? One physician’s perspective

Healio.com/Pediatrics: Indifference to influenza rooted in seasonality, not common sense. Read more.

Clearer colonoscopies through ‘bursting bubbles’

Healio.com/Gastroenterology: Adding simethicone to bowel prep may reduce colonic bubbles, improve polyp detection. Read more.

Parkinson’s vs. impulse control: It’s all about the medications

Healio.com/Psychiatry: Wide range of compulsive behaviors appears unrelated to the disease itself. Read more.

Childhood food allergies may sound drum roll for allergic march

Healio.com/Dermatology: Key window of opportunity to stem progression may stretch to adolescence. Read more.

High maternal thyroid levels linked to lower birth rates

Healio.com/Endocrinology: Evidence mounts but questions remain about treatment of subclinical hypothyroidism. Read more.