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.

• Stroke risk increases with the number of fast-food restaurants in a given area http://is.gd/k9vO
  
  
• For every fast food restaurant in a designated neighborhood, the relative stroke risk increased 1% http://is.gd/k9vO
  
  
• Psoriasis Drug Raptiva (Efalizumab) Linked to progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) in 3 Cases http://is.gd/k9dX
  
  
• Raptiva (Efalizumab) already has a black box warning about the risk of life-threatening infections, including PML http://is.gd/k9dX
  
  
• Efalizumab (Raptiva) is a recombinant humanized monoclonal antibody that binds to CD11a, a component of LFA-1 (integrin) http://is.gd/k9fK

• Most Americans infected with the AIDS live in cities, with 10 states accounting for 71 percent of cases http://is.gd/k9U2
  
  
• 56,300 people became newly infected with HIV in the U.S. in 2006, 48% were men who have sex with other men http://is.gd/k9U2

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