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Healio Minute Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013 Edition: Post-disaster screening questioned, ‘calculator’ rates surgery risk, diet beats genetics

What just happened in medicine and why do you care?

Analysis finds gaps in post-disaster mental health care and triage

Healio.com/Psychiatry: Intervention plans typically fail to require an initial assessment of victims that includes psychiatric diagnosis. With perspective. Read more.

Web-based surgical risk calculator makes informed consent more … personal

 

Healio.com/Orthopedics: Software tool holds promise of a customized, personal risk factor for any patient contemplating surgery. Read more.

Genetic stroke susceptibility meets its match with Mediterranean diet

Healio.com/Cardiology: Although mechanism isn’t clear, results hold promise for counteracting the risks in genetically susceptible individuals. Read more.

Severe sting reactions effectively prevented by venom immunotherapy

Healio.com/Pediatrics: Like allergy shots, treatment may not cure insect sting sensitivity, but can limit severity of reaction. Read more.

Extra testing reveals undetected legionnaires’ disease

Healio.com/Infectious Disease: Routine PCR tests of pneumonia patients indicate a higher burden of the disease. Read more.