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.

• Sales of “energy shots” are soaring in the middle of a recession - concentrated caffeine, B vitamins and amino acids. Students (ab)use energy drinks to cram for exams, take them in combination with Adderall http://bit.ly/15w7Qi
  
  
• Dual peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-alpha/gamma agonist aleglitazar in DM2 - early results are encouraging http://bit.ly/XDWZM
  
  
• Study: Famotidine prevents gastric and duodenal ulcers, and erosive oesophagitis in patients taking low-dose aspirin http://bit.ly/hrKle
  
  
• Stressful jobs: "strain on immigration judges similar to that on prison wardens and hospital physicians" - study http://bit.ly/I0dGP
  
  
• Cut-Prone Professional Fighters Turn to Plastic Surgery to Limit Bleeding http://bit.ly/18Lqzs

• More cash-strapped Americans resort to paying medical bills on credit cards http://bit.ly/13XJkF
  
  
• Health Bill in House Relies on Wealth Tax with a package of surtaxes on families making $350,000 or more. Health bill to cost $1 trillion - half the cost will come from budget savings from payments to health care providers http://bit.ly/LHMwh
  
  
• Simple Strategies to De-Stress a Recession-Riddled Life - Forbes.com http://bit.ly/4uRq56
  
  
• U.S. National Library of Medicine tips on managing stress - interactive step-by-step tutorial http://bit.ly/EyZI9
  
  
• Comprehensive List of Interactive Health Tutorials by the U.S. National Library of Medicine http://bit.ly/12A47s

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