Healio Minute Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014 Edition: Reactions linked to chemical in wipes, hepatitis C varies widely among Hispanic groups, water-related infections traced

What just happened in medicine and why do you care?

Children experienced allergic contact dermatitis to chemical in wipes

Healio.com/Dermatology: Dermatitis of the perianal, buttock, facial and hand areas with a history of wet wipe use should raise suspicion of allergic contact dermatitis to methylisothiazolinone and prompt appropriate patch testing, say researchers. Read more.

Fewer vascular complications found in patients with hyperglycemia, gene mutation

Healio.com/Endocrinology: New data contributes to the ongoing debate about glycemic targets within the diabetes population. Read more.

Prevalence of hepatitis C varies widely among Hispanic/Latino groups in US

Healio.com/Hepatology: Results suggest that it’s not appropriate to lump all US Hispanics into a single, broad at-risk group, say researchers. Read more.

Nearly one-third of recreational water-related disease outbreaks linked to pools

Healio.com/Infectious Disease: More than half of outbreaks in treated water were linked to hotel or water park environments and 30% were caused by Cryptosporidium. Read more.

Affordable Care Act / What are patients asking you?

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