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Healio Minute Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013 Edition: Boomer longevity meets reality, hip implants show ‘gender bias,’ biomarker measures infection resistance

What just happened in medicine and why do you care?

Boomers ‘reelin’ in the years’ … gathering up some ailments

Healio.com/Cardiology: Generation living longer but with more disabilities and higher rates of chronic disease. Read more.

Hip implants fail more often in women

Healio.com/Orthopedics: Short-term risk of implant failure 29% higher than for men; evidence about role of gender remains limited. Read more.

Biomarker may gauge individual’s infection-fighting ‘fitness’

Healio.com/Infectious Disease: Telomere length in certain cells thought to predict disease susceptibility. Read more and see related video.

Were you told obesity-mortality risk goes down with age?

Healio.com/Endocrinology: Newest research claims otherwise, suggesting earlier surveys didn’t “capture the population.” Read more.

More women get the cardiovascular message

Healio.com/Cardiology: But awareness skips a beat with younger women and minorities. Read more.