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.

• Low Vitamin D Levels Linked to Colds and Flu http://is.gd/kCgA
  
  
• People with the lowest vit. D (less than 10 ng/mL) 36% more likely to have an URTI than those with levels higher than 30
  
  
• Higher Calcium Intake May Reduce Risk of Colorectal and GI Cancers http://is.gd/kChC
  
  
• Older people who got most calcium from food/suppl. had a 16% lower risk of colorectal and other cancers of the GI tract
  
  
• MicroRNAs in blood may lead to new tests for liver toxicity http://is.gd/kCiy
  
  
• Anger really can kill you by triggering potentially deadly heart rhythms (VT/VF) http://is.gd/kCiW
  
  
• Earthquakes, war or even the loss of a World Cup Soccer match can increase rates of death from sudden cardiac arrest
  
  
• Urine test for lipocalin 2 (Lcn2) may tell of breast cancer's spread http://is.gd/kCjz
  
  
• Lipocalin 2 (Lcn2) gene associated with estrogen receptor (ER)-negative breast cancers
  
  
• Only 60 percent of the lifeguards reported using sunscreen http://www.nytimes.com/2009...

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