Healio Minute Monday, Feb. 3, 2014 Edition: Lyme disease risks isolated, insulin pen preferred, online reviews need attention

What just happened in medicine and why do you care?

Environmental, behavioral factors influence risk for Lyme disease

Healio.com/Infectious Disease: Study population questionnaires focus on contributing factors including previous tick-borne illness, age, home or property factors possibly linked to tick exposure, protective behaviors and outdoor activities. Read more.

Patients with type 2 diabetes prefer pen to vial-and-syringe insulin delivery

Healio.com/Endocrinology: Health care providers also recommended the pen device in favor of vial and syringe. Read more.

Online doctor reviews heavily influence patients, survey shows

Healio.com: If it is inevitable that patients will eventually write online reviews about you and your practice, your best strategy is to embrace that fate and start taking steps towards collecting patient reviews and testimonials, researchers say. Read more.

Tablets plus telemedicine may speed stroke diagnosis and treatment

Healio.com/Cardiology: System creates a secure video link between ambulance and physicians, who can diagnose stroke patients during ambulance transportation and enable early treatment upon arrival at the hospital Read more.

Depression, eating disorders associated with diabetes

Healio.com/Endocrinology: The two eating disorders, binge eating disorder and bulimia nervosa, stand out as having a particularly strong association with diabetes. Read more.