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Healio Minute Monday, Aug. 5, 2013 Edition: Knowledge not power for users, no CVD risk in fertility therapy, new weapons sought for hospital-acquired infections

What just happened in medicine and why do you care?

Knowing the dangers not enough to curb enthusiasm of substance users

Healio.com/Psychiatry: Young male users are more informed about downside of addictive substances, compared to abstainers. Read more.

Fertility treatments carry no added risk of cardiovascular disease

 

Healio.com/Cardiology: Potential linkage not supported by data, but full impact of fertility therapy on women still an unknown. Read more.

New weapons of bacterial destruction needed to combat hospital infections

Healio.com/Pediatrics: Current strategies too inefficient to keep up with growth of resistant bacteria. Read more.

Statins increase infection resistance among cirrhotic patients

Healio.com/Hepatology: Analysis points to anti-inflammatory properties. Read more.

Institute of Medicine seeks new blueprint to reverse obesity in US

Healio.com/Endocrinology: Lack of progress cited, plus a need for renewed consensus on what really works against the declared “epidemic.” Read more.