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Healio Minute Tuesday, March 25, 2014 Edition: Obesity defies consensus, leadless pacemaker passes early tests, lawmakers question price of HCV drug
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Experts currently lack ability to 'meaningfully' define obesity
Healio.com/Endocrinology Experts at the Consensus Conference on Obesity agree that there is little consensus on a meaningful definition of obesity. Read more.
Leadless pacemaker safe, effective in early testing
Healio.com/Cardiology The implant success rate was 97% and the complication-free rate at 90 days was 94%, although one patient developed right ventricular perforation and cardiac tamponade during the procedure and eventually died from a stroke. Read more.
Congressional panel questions price of company’s hepatitis C drug
Healio.com/Hepatology Committee is concerned that the treatment “will not cure patients if they cannot afford it. Read more.
Genetics, cartilage type may play a role in high-functioning senior athletes with hip abnormalities
Healio.com/Orthopedics Two factors may play a joint preserving role despite presence of pathomorphology in high functioning senior athletes. Read more.
Increased incidence of acute MI persisted 6 years after Hurricane Katrina
Healio.com/Cardiology The percentage of hospital admissions for acute MI increased more than threefold in the 6 years after Hurricane Katrina, from 0.7% to 2.4% of total admissions. Read more.