Healio Minute Tuesday, Jan. 28: Temperament can steer treatment, blue-collar jobs hard on rotator cuff repairs, vitamin D urged for some fibromyalgia patients

What just happened in medicine and why do you care?

Temperament, personality of pediatric cancer patients affect quality of life

Healio.com/Pediatrics: Early assessment of a child’s effortful control and ego-resilience can provide the basis for intervention designed to increase adaptive responses to treatment. Read more.

Labor-intensive occupation linked to poor results after failed rotator cuff repair

Healio.com/Orthopedics: Successful outcomes were achieved in 54% of patients with failed rotator cuff repair, but those with labor-intensive jobs were at high risk for a poor outcome. Read more.

Vitamin D supplements helped reduce pain in fibromyalgia patients

Healio.com/Rheumatology: Patients with a proven vitamin D deficiency in the serum should be supplemented, and the blood level of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D should be brought to an upper normal level, researchers advise. Read more.

Hospitals with more sepsis cases report fewer severe sepsis deaths

Healio.com/Infectious Disease: Researchers theorize that hospitals with more severe sepsis cases — and therefore more experience — may become more skilled in the care of these patients. Read more.

PCV7 increased bacterial diversity in healthy children

Healio.com/Pediatrics: Findings indicate that vaccination against a common colonizer affects microbiota composition and structure. Read more.