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Daily Rounds: Health Care Waste; Sleepless Children Risk Obesity; Doctor-Patient Failure to Communicate; Social Media in Medicine

Health Care Wastefulness Is Detailed in Studies - NYTimes.com More than a quarter of acute-care medical visits are to the ER, not primary care, study finds. Also, an estimate of the cost of "defensive medicine:" $45 billion.  (The New York Times)

In Young Kids, Lack Of Sleep Linked To Obesity Later - NPR Those who sleep less than 10 hours a night are almost twice as likely to gain too much weight, and naps don't help, researcher says. (NPR)

Patients overestimate benefit of heart stents, study says - Boston.com What Bay State Medical Center doctors thought they told patients — "This will ease your chest pain" — and what patients thought they heard — "This will prevent heart attacks." (Boston Globe)

amednews: Social media pose ethical unknowns for doctors - American Medical News What if your patient wants to friend you on Facebook? What if you want to report your whereabouts on FourSquare? The AMA suggests some guidelines. (ama-assn.org)

This program aired on September 7, 2010. The audio for this program is not available.

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