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.

• Statins cut stroke risk by 21% for each one mmol/L decrease in the level of LDL (not mg/dL) http://is.gd/sxZN
  
  
• CNN video: How much, exactly, does a person have to drink to be considered an alcoholic? http://is.gd/szgb
  
  
• 22% of snoring children had mood disorder severe enough to warrant evaluation, compared to 11% of controls. Snoring: a sign of trouble in preschoolers - linked to depression, anxiety, attention and language problems http://bit.ly/10o72r
  
  
• Alcohol type linked to Barrett's esophagus: Wine seems to be protective. Patients with Barrett's esophagus have a 30- to 125-fold increased risk of developing esophageal cancer http://bit.ly/4m0GB
  
  
• Children born to women who took the epilepsy drug valproate while pregnant had lower IQ by 6-9 points http://bit.ly/BSJf
  
  
• Study: Men who eat lots of processed meat and full-fat dairy may have poorer quality sperm http://bit.ly/GfQZL
  
  
• 30% of patients with severe dementia are tube fed, no evidence that this prolongs survival or improves quality of life http://bit.ly/ZDw6G
  
  
• Abstract: Inside the health blogosphere: quality, governance and the new innovation leaders http://bit.ly/17bMBl -"new innovation" is redundant.
  
  
• Cochrane Library: "Stimulation of Pericardium 6 (P6) point on the wrist reduces postoperative nausea and vomiting" http://bit.ly/xiOi
  
  
• A must read for all health twitters: "Twitter: an introduction to microblogging for health librarians" (PDF) http://bit.ly/3Ac93s

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