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Healio Minute Thursday, March 21, 2013 Edition: Dementia toll on rise, soft shoes found out of step, fibromyalgia pain shows pattern

What just happened in medicine and why do you care?

Dementia now second in race to be deadliest disease

Healio.com/Geriatric Medicine: Alzheimer’s Association releases annual report; presses NIH to “reset its priorities.” Read more.

Are heavily cushioned running shoes right for adolescents?

Healio.com/Orthotics-Prosthetics: Motion capture analysis reveals biomechanics may be out of step. Read more.

Moderate fibromyalgia pain parallels ... moderate alcohol consumption

Healio.com/Rheumatology: Patients who reported low-to-moderate alcohol consumption also reported fewer overall symptoms. Read more.

Human metabolism meets mathematical modeling

Healio.com/Endocrinology: It sounds like a video game, but “Recon 2” may help “quick kill” potential drugs before expensive testing. With perspective. Read more.

Heroin ‘high’ also includes risk of hepatitis C

Healio.com/Hepatology: At-risk youths less likely to acquire HCV from prescription opioid injection. Read more.