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.

• Endoscopic sinus surgery improved nasal obstruction, facial pain, headache, smell and postnasal discharge by 61-47% http://bit.ly/9BMpm
  
  
• Oral rivaroxaban 10 mg qd x 14 d superior to enoxaparin SC 30 mg q 12 he for prevention of VTE after TKR http://bit.ly/13v22b
  
  
• USA has the highest health care expenditure (20% of GDP), yet it ranks 29th in infant mortality and 45th in life expectancy http://is.gd/AeFO
  
  
• CMV affects 60-99% of and appears to increase inflammation in blood vessels, causing high blood pressure http://bit.ly/KMYvU

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