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.

• Life expectancy is best in Japan (83 years) and worst in Sierra Leone (41 years), notes the WHO. In the U.S., life expectancy for a baby born in 2007 is 78 years. It's the same in Chile, Cuba, Denmark, Slovenia... http://bit.ly/1TpmX
  
  
• NPR: Decoding The Mystery Of Near-Death Experiences http://bit.ly/wRRJB
  
  
• 17% and 15% reductions in non-fatal myocardial infarction and CAD, respectively, with better control of blood sugar in DM2 http://bit.ly/MO8U5
  
  
• CNN: Survey showed 1 in 5 adults admitted urinating in public pools http://bit.ly/x9yNp
  
  
• "Has Google killed the medical riddle?" http://bit.ly/csWO
  
  
• TIME: "Red Bull's New Cola: A Kick from Cocaine?" Banned in Germany. http://bit.ly/REhIi
  
  
• More Evidence That Recession Is Bad for Patients and Doctors http://is.gd/Cp5R
  
  
• Analysis of illness blogs: Reading and incorporating illness blogs into care will enhance patient-provider relationships? http://is.gd/CoZP
  
  
• Journal of Cell Science: "The importance of stupidity in scientific research" http://is.gd/eJuz
  
  
• CNN: South Carolina authorities have located a 555-pound teenager and his mother... http://bit.ly/fe37s

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