Wednesday, April 8, 2009

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.

  • Research: Women are better than men at detecting body odor. "It is quite difficult to block a woman's awareness of body odor. In contrast, it seems rather easy to do so in men” http://is.gd/rfv2

  • During 2005-2007, 913,000 "patient safety events" occurred, 2.3% of 38 million Medicare hospital admissions. Patients at award-winning hospitals were 43% less likely to experience medical errors compared to bottom-ranking hospitals http://is.gd/rh0K

  • Morbidly obese adults are sedentary for more than 99 percent of the day http://is.gd/rfvP

  • Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome: Chronic marijuana abuse linked to severe vomiting http://is.gd/rgZD
  • Marijuana - The Big Picture - Boston.com http://goo.gl/MKbR

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