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.

• Study: Overweight People (BMI 25-29.9) Live Longer - Obesity (BMI greater than 30) Linked to Earlier Death http://bit.ly/GdkdH
  
  
• Mayo Clinic Grand Rounds Webcasts http://bit.ly/17R8VJ
  
  
• Systemic and intrathecal chemotherapy obviates need for prophylactic CNS irradiation in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia http://bit.ly/T0bEe
  
  
• CMS's Landmark Decision on CT Colonography — NEJM Examining the Relevant Data http://bit.ly/95TP2
  
  
• 50 doctors, health care executives indicted, dozens arrested by FBI in a $50 million Medicare fraud case in Michigan http://bit.ly/71xXO
  
  
• "The Texas Paradox: What Really Goes On In McAllen" http://bit.ly/Lsynl
  
  
• "In health care, depending on your payer source, many doctors see 10%, 20%, 30% or more of their patients for free" http://bit.ly/8qjgh
  
  
• Paulo Coelho knows the doctor who tried to save Neda. Here's his story: http://bit.ly/Rrqva
  
  
• How much access should patients have to their med record? http://bit.ly/qux3V See the comments too - My answer: pts should have full access

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