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.

• NEJM: The Proposed Government Health Insurance Company — No Substitute for Real Reform, would be more successful in forcing lower reimbursement rates on physicians and hospitals http://bit.ly/loR6D
  
  
• NEJM: Handguns, Health, and the 27 words of the Second Amendment http://bit.ly/rubSm
  
  
• Somehow, the NEJM's use of the terms "younger old persons" and "older old persons" doesn't sound quite right... http://bit.ly/k8yW0
  
  
• Use of acid-reducing drugs was associated with a 30% increased risk for developing pneumonia http://bit.ly/YZYPl
  
  
• Increase in incidence of type 1 diabetes is 3.9% per year. http://is.gd/I7pK
  
  
• Radiofrequency Ablation Treats Barrett’s Esophagus, Reduces Cancer Risk http://is.gd/I7rc
  
  
• Cleveland Clinic Wellness Grand Rounds - video and slides http://www.cchs.net/wellnes...
  
  
• Dr. Gupta started posting XR/CT/MRIs of his cases weekly - good educational value, he needs a separate blog than CNN's http://is.gd/HKxc
  
  
• UpToDate quote: "approximately 15% of the 1,200 patients whom I have seen..." without a reference - is this EBM ?! http://bit.ly/VFXiK

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