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.

• Vinegar May Aid in Fat Loss: acetic acid may turn on genes that produce proteins that help the body break down fats. http://bit.ly/AYxVp
  
  
• 80% of U.S. HIV cases are clustered in 20% of counties -- comprised heavily of minority populations http://bit.ly/UIsKF
  
  
• Keep Getting MRSA? Check the Family Pet http://bit.ly/8qvxL and http://bit.ly/4BbiFl
  
  
• Top 5 medical journals impact factor: 1) NEJM 50; 2) JAMA 31.718; 3) LANCET 28.409; 4) ANN INTERN MED 17.457; 5) BMJ 12.827
  
  
• Everywhere you look, there is a medical social networking service - how many are you going to join my dear friends? http://bit.ly/15TfbH -- There is no clear winner in the medical social network space - no Twitter/Facebook/YouTube-type success. Let's see what happens....
  
  
• Heat In Parked Car Turns Deadly In Minutes - 106.2 degrees in 10 minutes http://bit.ly/1uolo
  
  
• "What's wrong with Steve Jobs?" The regular speculation post by Orac http://bit.ly/QnNyR
  
  
• 25 ways to teach with Twitter: http://bit.ly/VEOdM - Alternative title: 25 ways to spend your academic time producing nonacademic work.
  
  
• New Ph.D.s Look Abroad for Jobs - WSJ http://bit.ly/UYWPH

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