Healio Minute Thursday, March 20, 2014 Edition: ICU treatment linked to later psychiatric risk, women may miss stroke signs, thyroid disease may trigger earlier need for insulin

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ICU visits linked with increased psychiatric diagnoses, psychoactive prescriptions

Healio.com/Psychiatry Findings indicate that patients with no former history of psychiatric illness who received mechanical ventilation as part of intensive care treatment were more likely to be newly diagnosed with psychiatric illness in the first few months following intensive care. Read more.

Knowledge of stroke warning signs low among US women

Healio.com/Cardiology Eighty-four percent of women surveyed knew to call 911 if they were experiencing signs of stroke, but knowledge of other stroke warning signs such as severe headache and dizziness was low. Read more.

Thyroid disease triggered earlier use of insulin in type 2 diabetes

Healio.com/Endocrinology Patients with compensated as well as newly diagnosed thyroid disorders required significantly earlier insulin therapy compared to patients without thyroid diseases at the time of diabetes onset, confirming that diabetes patients with thyroid comorbidity need more endocrine attention. Read more.

Physical activity, occasional drinking found to decrease vision impairment risk

Healio.com/Optometry Sedentary people and those who had not consumed alcohol over the past year had higher odds of incident visual impairment than those who drank occasionally or were physically active. Read more.

Motion capture technology could help prevent patient falls

Healio.com Infrared motion capture technology, commonly used in video games, can help detect falls and improve care after a fall, according to a University of Missouri study. Read more.