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Healio Minute Friday, June 14, 2013 Edition: Gene patents overruled, secondhand smoke lengthens hospital stays, early child neglect requires quick response

What just happened in medicine and why do you care?

Supreme Court rules gene patents ‘unnatural’ under law

Healio.com: Decision offers breathing room; allows patents for synthetic versions of genetic material. With perspective. Read more.

Secondhand smoke exposure keeps some infants hospitalized

 

Healio.com/Pediatrics: Those with history of respiratory tract infections see 23% longer stays. Read more.

Best solution for early child neglect remains early intervention

Healio.com/Psychiatry: Otherwise, research say, a wide spectrum of lifelong consequences remains likely. Read more.

Future pandemic responders told to plan for uncertainty

Healio.com/Infectious Disease: Analysis of 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic response highlights better strategies for next one. Read more.

No added risk found in partial liver transplants for young children.

Healio.com/Hepatology: Researchers believe results point to need for changes to national liver allocation policy. With Hepatitis C Resource Center. Read more.