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Healio Minute Monday, Oct. 14, 2013 Edition: Trauma surgery checklists advocated, tweets identify suicide risk, thyroid treatment questioned

What just happened in medicine and why do you care?

Speaker: Trauma care suffers from ‘overtriage’ and lack of surgical checklists

Healio.com/Orthopedics: Trauma association surgeons reminded that information sharing and standardized care checklists are keys to improving outcomes. Read more.

Social media can help profile individuals at risk for suicide

 

Healio.com/Psychiatry: Researchers identify link between Twitter data and age-adjusted suicide data by state. Read more.

Routine levothyroxine questioned for many patients with subclinical thyroid disease

Healio.com/Endocrinology: Research points to need for clearer evidence of benefits, given risk for developing TSH suppression after treatment. Read more.

Risk of colorectal cancer decreased as primary care visits increased

Healio.com/Gastroenterology: Evidence points to more exposure to screening and referrals for colonoscopy and polypectomy among Medicare beneficiaries Read more.

Antibiotics suspected in neonatal infection outbreak

Healio.com/Pediatrics: Antimicrobial therapy for late-onset neonatal sepsis identified as risk factor for vancomycin-resistant enterococci outbreaks. Read more.