Healio Minute Monday, April 8, 2013 Edition: Walking ties running, new devices model nature, PTSD follows diagnosis

What just happened in medicine and why do you care?

Walking or running? Only distance matters

Healio.com/Cardiology: Health risk reductions are similar, but runners tend to exercise move overall. Read more.

Squid’s beak: New model for medical device designers

Healio.com/Orthotics-Prosthetics: “Water-enhanced properties” offer hope for safer, stronger and more comfortable materials. Read more.

PTSD often follows breast cancer diagnosis

Healio.com/Hematology-Oncology: One in four women experience symptoms; Asian and black women somewhat more at risk. Read more.

Decision opens access to morning-after pill

Healio.com/Adolescent Medicine: Federal judge chides government agencies for acting in “bad faith” during legal saga of Plan B One-Step pill. Read more.

Subfertility linked to health outcomes in children

Healio.com/Psychiatry: Researchers in the Netherlands conclude that increased time to pregnancy may be linked to adverse birth outcomes. Read more.