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Healio Minute Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013 Edition: Hockey hard on young hips, digestive ills feel the heat, medium matters to medical students

What just happened in medicine and why do you care?

Some elite youth hockey players score poorly in hip health

Healio.com/Sports Medicine: Analysis finds 1 in 5 at greater risk for cam-type deformity and hip pain. Read more.

Digestive symptoms flare more frequently when heat is on

 

Healio.com/Gastroenterology: IBD relapse and infectious gastroenteritis are influenced by climate changes. Read more.

Multimedia beats text-based approach to learning skin flap procedure

Healio.com/Dermatology: Medical students perform better after instruction using animation, audio and text. Read more.

New model could streamline personalized care for busy physicians

Healio.com: Researchers calculate magnitude and rank order of benefits based on patient-specific variables for a more dependable recommendation. Read more.

Mindfulness or ‘falling awake’ helps women, vets curb diabetes stress

Healio.com/Endocrinology: Controlled relaxation appears to reduce allostatic load and lessen stress response. Read more.