Healio Minute Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014 Edition: Second hip fracture hurts survival, smartphone thermometer approved, post-MI heart failure declines

What just happened in medicine and why do you care?

Survival rates significantly lower after second hip fracture

Healio.com/Orthopedics: Researchers suggest that early initiation of treatment and fragility fracture prevention programs following primary hip fractures could help reduce second fracture incidence and related mortality. Read more.

Smartphone thermometer earns FDA approval

Healio.com: With a target market of parents and children, the device also aspires to real-time illness tracking. Read more.

Incidence of heart failure after acute MI declined from 1998 to 2010

Healio.com/Cardiology: One potential explanation is that improvements in myocardial salvage and more complete revascularization after acute MI occurred during the period, which resulted in fewer subsequent HF events, say researchers. Read more.

Childhood cancer survivors have high frailty rates as young adults

Healio.com/Hematology-Oncology: A decade or more after surviving childhood cancer, young adults exhibit frailty rates similar to those of individuals aged 65 years and older who never had cancer. Read more.

Increased insulin lowered risk of natural menopause

Healio.com/Endocrinology: Researchers find that former treatment group, glycemic control, and microvascular disease were not associated with age of natural or surgical menopause. Read more.