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Healio Minute Tuesday, March 12, 2013 Edition: PTSD impacts expand, rheumatoid arthritis defies expense, jury rules in artificial hip case

What just happened in medicine and why do you care?

The ‘post’ in PTSD may include new downsides

Healio.com/Endocrinology: Patients with PTSD face greater risk of insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome. Read more.

The price is right … and so are the rheumatoid arthritis results

Healio.com/Rheumatology: Expensive and inexpensive medications shown to be equally effective in Nordic population. Read more.

Jury agrees DePuy ASR XL hip was defective but…

Healio.com/Orthopedics: Plaintiff granted $8.3 million in compensatory damages; more punative penalty rejected. Read more.

Glaucoma surgery ‘progress’ put in perspective

Healio.com/Ophthalmology: Half of blindness from glaucoma attributable to medication noncompliance, according to speaker at Wills Eye Institute Annual Conference. Read more.

Obesity named culprit in half of osteoarthritis cases

Healio.com/Orthopedics: Medical detectives report both biomechanical and systemic factors are clearly implicated. Read more.