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Healio Minute Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013 Edition: Fewer die in hospitals, women smokers play catch-up, skier knees may not need surgery

What just happened in medicine and why do you care?

Where do Medicare patients die? Decade of data analyzed

Healio.com: For an increasing proportion, death occurs outside an acute care hospital. Read more.

Equality for women now extends to lung cancer

Healio.com/Hematology-Oncology: Increased risk from smoking pushes mortality to "male levels". Read more.

Tell it on the mountain: Surgery can be kept waiting

Healio.com/Orthopedics: One-quarter of skiers who tear their ACL may heal just fine without repair. Read more.

Paternal obesity linked to newborn cancer risk

Healio.com/Endocrinology: Research points to potentially “unstable genomic imprinting” of sperm cells. Read more.

Target: Blood glucose levels

Healio.com/Cardiology: New data show elevated levels predicted 30-day all-cause mortality in acute heart failure patients. Read more.