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Healio Minute Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013 Edition: Rookie surgeons exonerated, gout sick days predicted, breast-feeding HIV moms warned

What just happened in medicine and why do you care?

Surgical residents arrive in July, but not risky surgeries

Healio.com/Orthopedics: “July effect” found to be negligible in spinal surgery outcomes. Read more.

Gout assessment is healthy predictor of patients’ sick leave

Healio.com/Rheumatology: ‘Work Instability Scale’ analyzes factors and points to future work absenteeism. Read more.

Rule book issued for Alzheimer’s brain imaging

Healio.com/Psychiatry: Task force recommends clinical guidelines for amyloid PET imaging. Read more.

Risk of HIV vs. benefits of breast-feeding

Healio.com/Pediatrics: American Academy of Pediatrics advises moms with HIV to choose infant formula over breast milk. Read more.

Matters of head and heart combine to raise dementia risk

Healio.com/Psychiatry: Mechanism unclear, but cardiac disease linked to risk of non-Alzheimer’s dementia in women. Read more.