Thursday, September 3, 2009

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:

We're all mutants, say scientists: Each of us has at least 100 new mutations in our DNA http://bit.ly/19zyQy

Social Media Pyramid “Servings” http://bit.ly/1hZOCX and http://bit.ly/3lYyI8

ACP: Patients just as likely to sue after apologies http://bit.ly/GephA

America's Most Stressful City? Chicago. See the Forbes' list: http://bit.ly/GUXX8 - Dr. Wes, a Chicago cardiologist, disagrees.

Brain Scans for Close Talkers? Amygdala damaged linked to impaired concept of personal space http://bit.ly/2Lj7Cd - check the video too.

Injections of an enzyme that breaks up collagen unlocks permanently curled fingers in Dupuytren's contracture http://bit.ly/Y37og

Study: Drinking a lot of alcohol once a month (binging) makes your belly bigger than drinking a little every day http://bit.ly/gTTdg

Study: One in 10 binge-drinkers drive afterward http://bit.ly/3NtPCF

"HealthBase Is The Ultimate Medical Content Search Engine" http://bit.ly/oFpeX - Or may be NOT: http://bit.ly/1LwLav - For example, "Causes of insanity" according to new search engine HealthBase http://bit.ly/H0tdU - Even Google Squared knows better http://bit.ly/U5rQ4

Weight-Loss Surgery Breaks Families' 'Obesity Cycle' http://bit.ly/1Zc4o6

That's a stretch: states seek to regulate yogis http://bit.ly/GUQEy

Bloomberg: "Cardiologists Crying Foul Over Medicare Cuts" http://bit.ly/rle9r and http://bit.ly/12W7wv

Medical news tweets are not research articles - they are 140-character messages - please always go to the original source, links, etc. The inclusion of a Twitter update (tweet) is not an endorsement or agreement of any kind. Tweets and links do not represent endorsement, approval or support. Image source: OpenClipArt.org, public domain.

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