Healio Minute Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014 Edition: Satiety linked to childhood obesity, cancer research disparity targeted, new CV imaging standards urged

What just happened in medicine and why do you care?

Satiety sensitivity may explain predisposition to childhood obesity

Healio.com/Endocrinology: Findings show that children with more obesity-risk genetic variants were likely to have larger BMI and waist circumference, but were also more likely to have low satiety responsiveness. Read more.

Organizations collaborate to address cancer disparities research

Healio.com/Hematology-Oncology: Effort seeks to move beyond describing the problems to more quickly addressing the racial and economic-based disparities that affect many cancer patients and families. Read more.

Policy statement urges ‘patient-centric’ approach to cardiovascular imaging

Healio.com/Cardiology: Authors note that a better approach to guiding appropriate imaging should replace payer-driven reimbursement reductions and prior authorization requirements. Read more.

More sleep may help prevent athletic injuries in adolescents

Healio.com/Orthopedics: Findings show that athletes were 1.7 times more likely to incur injury if they had less than 8 hours of sleep on average per evening than athletes who got 8 or more average hours of sleep. Read more.

Adolescent girls with mental illness more likely to become pregnant

Healio.com/Adolescent Medicine: Interventions that target and integrate reproductive and mental health care for young women will also help reduce teenage pregnancy and improve mother and child health outcomes, researchers say. Read more.