Healio Minute Friday, Jan. 31, 2014 Edition: CDC cites overseas victories, osteoporosis alerts tested, postmenopausal estrogen cuts glaucoma risk

What just happened in medicine and why do you care?

CDC collaborations stem overseas infectious disease threats

Healio.com/Infectious Disease: Test projects in Uganda and Vietnam make rapid progress, but agency cites threats from new and re-emerging pathogens. Read more.

Automated system may help identify patients at high risk for osteoporosis

Healio.com/Orthopedics: Hospitals treat fragility fractures, but they have no formal notification system in place to evaluate patients for osteoporosis to prevent the next fracture, researchers say. Read more.

Postmenopausal hormone therapy could lessen risk for primary open-angle glaucoma

Healio.com/Endocrinology: Previous studies have shown that postmenopausal HT is associated with a modestly reduced intraocular pressure. Read more.

Pediatric anxiety disorder remission more likely for initial responders to acute treatment

Healio.com/Pediatrics: Youths who experienced a positive response to acute treatment for their anxiety disorder, regardless of treatment type, had better outcomes after a mean of 6 years. Read more.

Acute upper respiratory tract infection may raise risk for excessive anticoagulation

Healio.com/Cardiology: The risk for individual antibiotics varied according to the interaction mechanism, with the greatest risk presented by antibiotics interfering with warfarin metabolism. Read more.