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.

• Insomniacs who sleep less than five hours a night are five times more likely to develop high blood pressure. 8% to 10% of the U.S. population may be at risk for high blood pressure related to chronic insomnia http://bit.ly/1hXDBk
  
  
• Alcohol use may raise risk of second breast cancer http://bit.ly/xOf2Y
  
  
• Association Between Hospital-Reported Leapfrog Safe Practices Scores and Inpatient Mortality: None. JAMA: http://bit.ly/GNpR
  
  
• High levels of enzyme phospholipid transferprotein may reduce benefit of statins http://is.gd/qboa
  
  
• 20% of Medicare patients are readmitted within a month of being discharged, 30% are rehospitalized within 90 days http://bit.ly/IORJT
  
  
• A scientist like no other: first Nobel prizewinner set to reach her hundredth birthday, senator for life in Italy http://bit.ly/6teot
  
  
• Which medical students pass out in the OR and why? BMC Medical Education: http://bit.ly/kg8o6
  
  
• Creatures with curative powers http://blogs.consumerreport...
  
  
• CNN: "My son's struggle against deadly food allergies" http://bit.ly/Otcqh
  
  
• Bad headline of the day: 'People are shaking and killing their babies' http://bit.ly/1ajgKm
  
  
• Journal Chest: Medical Writing Tip of the Month http://www.chestjournal.org...

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