Daily Headlines: Obesity Less Common in 'Walkable' Neighborhoods

Daily Headlines May 28, 2016 [Obesity Less Common in 'Walkable' Neighborhoods] [But big questions remain over causality, reproducibility] [Gaps Seen in Pediatric Palliative Care] CME/CE [Communication with providers key to fulfilling parent wishes] [Superbug Gene Isolated in U.S.] CME/CE [Confers resistance to last-ditch antibiotic colistin] [Zika Linked to Eye Abnormalities in Babies] CME/CE [Risk factors include Zika infection in the first trimester] [Biogen's Monthly MS Injection Wins FDA Approval] [Zinbryta (daclizumab) approved for relapsing MS] New from DoctorDirectory MARKET RESEARCH [$10.00 → 1 Minute or Less / Do you think access to healthcare of undocumented individuals would positively or negatively affect U.S. healthcare?] [RESPOND WITHIN 24 hours] This Week's Survey [Has Anything Really Changed at the VA?] [VA Secretary McDonald recently appeared to][minimize the problem of delays] in care; his remarks followed a report that veterans are still facing [long waits even at non-VA practices] CME Spotlights [Managing Difficult Communication: The Importance of Non-Verbal Communication] [Source: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center] [Managing the Patient with Metastatic Melanoma: A Comprehensive, Evidence-Based Approach] [Source: Robert Michael Educational Institute LLC (RMEI)] [Clinical Convergenceu2120: Patient and Provider Perspectives in NSCLC: Initial Visits] [rnSource: Robert Michael Educational Institute LLC (RMEI)] [Clinical Convergenceu2120: Patient and Provider Perspectives in NSCLC: Follow-up Visits] [rnSource: Robert Michael Educational Institute LLC (RMEI)] More of Today's Stories [What Will Your References Really Say About You?] [Must reads about the latest news and trends in healthcare careers] [World's Greatest Health Plan; Super Bug; and User Friendly Colonoscopy: What We Heard] [A collection of quotable quotes from this week's news coverage by MedPage Today] [Walgreens Offers Useful Med Management App] [Includes refill function, pill reminder, and more] [Retinopathy Linked to Vitamin D Deficiency] CME/CE [Meta-analysis finds connection between eye disease and low levels of the vitamin] [Friday Feedback: Should Nation Be Sweet on a Soda Tax?] [It worked for cigarettes -- why not for sugary drinks?] [Man With Micropenis Responds to Testosterone] [Therapy helps Kallmann syndrome patient] [Lung Ca Screening: The Radiology Perspective] [Ten 'pillars' to ensure organization, collaboration, and quality of care] [Consider RF Needle for Trans-septal Procedures] [Faster crossings with no risk to clinical outcomes] [First Case of Lyme Arthritis Documented in Prosthetic Knee] [Symptoms started 10 months after joint arthroplasty] [Obesity Is a Chronic Disease, Say New Guidelines] [AACE's evidence-based guidelines aims to help physicians] [CD38 May Vanish in Relapsed Refractory Myeloma] CME/CE [Case study considers two rare events] [Pre-Ablation Cardiac MRI Finds Thrombi, Too] CME/CE [Combining anatomical mapping and thrombus detection feasible] [Prostate Scan Agent Approved by FDA] [Fluciclovine indicated for suspected PSA recurrence] [Cath Lab Recap: CPR Devices Reclassified; Milestone for Amplatzer] [Interventional cardiology news to note] [Patients With Stable COPD Overuse SABAs] CME/CE [Poor underlying symptom control a probable reason] [The American Heart Association's Stance Against Science] [Group insists dietary sodium question is settled when it plainly isn't] [Guidelines Galore, Exercise in HF, PFO Closure at FDA] [Cardiovascular Daily wraps up the top cardiology news of the week] [CardioBrief: Novel Xa Drug May Cut VTE in Medically Ill] [Generally positive results, despite missed key primary, with betrixaban] [How Necessary Is Trust?] [Trust may be the tie that binds patients to physicians] More news from MedPage Today® Meeting Coverage Can't get away? MedPage Today brings you extensive coverage of more than 80 meetings in a wide range of specialties. © 2016 Medpage Today, LLC. All rights reserved. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of the [MedPageToday.com] [terms of use] and [privacy policy]. The material on this site is for informational purposes only, and is not a substitute for medical advice, diagnosis or treatment provided by a qualified health care provider. Medpage Today is located at 345 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014 [Remove me from this list] [Manage my e-mail settings]