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.

• NPR: "A patient of mine asks: 'Now Dr. Smith, are you a doctor doctor, or are you a doctor nurse?'" http://tinyurl.com/bcw43u
  
  
• Child abuse leaves lasting 'scars' on DNA http://tinyurl.com/bg6ztc
  
  
• Universal 'Antibody Cocktail' Would Stop All Flu Types http://is.gd/kt5o
  
  
• Monoclonal antibodies could lead to the development of a flu vaccine that would not have to be changed yearly http://is.gd/kt7e
  
  
• Antibodies against H5N1 are broadly neutralizing because many influenza strains share the same stem structure http://is.gd/kt7U
  
  
• "Investigational ragweed vaccine Pollinex Quattro would require only a six-week, six-injection regimen" http://is.gd/kvia
  
  
• White House budget director: Reducing healthcare costs is crucial for restoring the health of the United States' economy http://is.gd/kzXG
  
  
• Understanding the epigenome: chromatin does a lot more than hold chromosomes together http://is.gd/kCcg
  
  
• Play and down time may be as important to a child’s academic experience as reading, science and math http://is.gd/kCcv

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