Health News of the Day

Health News of the Day is a daily summary made from the selected links I post on Twitter. It is in a bullet points format with links to the original sources which include 350 RSS feeds that produce about 2,500 items per day.

• Adult Americans (aged 50 to 74) are not as healthy as Europeans, at almost all wealth levels http://is.gd/jYb5
  
  
• Health in US adults (aged 50-74): a comparison of the health of rich and poor Americans with that of Europeans http://is.gd/jYLe
  
  
• Children with eczema are 54 percent more likely to have ADHD http://is.gd/k3eN
  
  
• 20 percent of children in Western nations have atopic eczema by age 6 http://is.gd/k3eN
  
  
• Sorbitan Sesquioleate (SSO), a Common Emulsifier in Topical Corticosteroids, May be an Important Contact Allergen http://is.gd/k3gE
  
  
• MMR-vaccinated children are less often hospitalized with asthma and use less asthma medication than unvaccinated children http://is.gd/k3gX

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