Top stories in health and medicine, June 24, 2014

From MedPage Today: Mrs. Obama’s Lunch Plan: Not So Fast. In the guest blog post, Steven Horvitz, DO, a primary care physician in Moorestown, N.J., responds to MedPage Today’s coverage of the Michelle Obama-led White House roundtable criticizing Congressional efforts to reverse nutrition requirements in public schools. More Than 750 Hospitals Face Patient Injury Crackdown. During a hernia operation, Dorothea Handron’s surgeon unknowingly pierced her bowel. It took 5 days for doctors to determine she had an infection. By the time they operated on her again, she was so weakened that she was placed in a medically induced coma at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville, N.C. Diabetes: Group Sessions Aid HbA1c Control. A one-time, 2-hour group counseling session appeared to help African-American type 2 diabetes patients achieve reductions in hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels that were significantly better than one-on-one counseling with a doctor. Longer Survival in Myeloma with Early Therapy. Survival in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma improved significantly in patients who underwent early autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT). Your patients are rating you online: How to respond. Manage your online reputation: A social media guide. Find out how.
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