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Healio Minute Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013 Edition: Insomnia ignores short-term exercise, facial recognition finds new relevance, fish consumption cuts rheumatoid arthritis risk

What just happened in medicine and why do you care?

Insomnia not impressed by short-term relationship with exercise

Healio.com/Psychiatry: Improvement in total sleep time appears to require a long-term exercise commitment. Read more.

Beyond recognition, naming that famous face is clinically relevant

 

Healio.com: Face-naming impairment shows promise for detecting primary progressive aphasia. Read more.

Long-term fish consumption reduces upstream rheumatoid arthritis risk in women

Healio.com/Rheumatology: New data support hypothesis that long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids play a role. Read more.

Patients usually seek hepatitis C test only after onset of liver disease

Healio.com/Hepatology: CDC releases latest data, along with a call for more testing and treatment of asymptomatic individuals. Read more.

Trio of ambitious goals drives push to reform physician Medicare payments

Healio.com: Devilish details and funding uncertainties await lawmakers and stakeholders as decision points arrive. Read more.