Healio Minute Monday, April 29, 2013 Edition: Psychopaths’ brain empathy visibly lacking, HIV vaccine trial hits dead end, interns prefer keypads over contact
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Psychopaths’ brains show less overall empathic neural activity
Healio.com/Psychiatry: Scans of incarcerated men reveal neural processes while brain reacts to pained facial expressions. Read more.
Clinical trial halted for investigational HIV vaccine
Healio.com/Infectious Disease: NIH reports that HVTN505 regimen failed to reduce viral load. With perspective. Read more.
First-year residents have little time for patients
Healio.com: Close monitoring shows that internal medicine interns spend 3 times as much face time with computers. Read more.
Hepatitis C drug regimen succeeds, minus interferon
Healio.com/Hepatology: Triple DAA approach yields sustained virologic response rates. Read more.
A little smoking goes a long way…
Healio.com/Rheumatology: Even light smokers can’t escape increased risk for developing rheumatoid arthritis. Read more.