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:

"Bacteria Key to Healthy Skin" http://bit.ly/8ylDMF

Study: 1 in 4 teen girls has a sexually transmitted infection (STI) http://bit.ly/6027wa

Stifled Anger at Work May Double Men's Risk for Heart Attack http://bit.ly/6AIBk9

Studies of mice show that only 4% of lean animals infected with the flu virus die compared to 40-60% for obese mice. The Flu Fighters - in Your Food: Contradictory Advice http://bit.ly/7ZMVor -- What is tougher - diet or exercise? Lolcats version: http://bit.ly/7FdGYs

David Beckham has had asthma since he was a child http://bit.ly/61Vfwd and http://bit.ly/7kDm96. This information is important to prove that asthma does not prevent one to excel in sports. http://is.gd/52zq7

CNN: A car crash victim who was misdiagnosed as being in a coma for 23 years was conscious the whole time http://j.mp/5mL71A

9% of Surgeons Have Made ‘Major’ Errors Recently - WSJ. Surgeons' survey: 40% of responders were “burned out” and 30% showed symptoms of depression http://bit.ly/6qhyC8

Genetic Testing Reveals Devastating Illness: Huntington's disease - NPR http://bit.ly/4uaVw1

Comparison of Caffeine Content of Coffee, Tea, Coca Cola/Pepsi, and Dark Chocolate http://bit.ly/07NBx3X

"Flying with the flu? Some may be tempted" - CNN http://bit.ly/4LtNQD

Road deaths are 3 times higher in poorer European countries - BMJ http://bit.ly/5s0K2l

Medical news tweets are not research articles - they are 140-character messages - please always go to the original source, links, etc. Tweets and links do not represent endorsement, approval or support. Image source: OpenClipArt.org, public domain.

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