Friday, January 22, 2010

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:

Shaving 3 grams off the daily salt intake of Americans could prevent 66,000 strokes and 99,000 heart attacks http://bit.ly/7TTsPm

"The Stanford Mini Med School: A Free Course Now Online" http://bit.ly/63CABZ and direct iTunes link: http://bit.ly/8IFfWO

Dr Wes: Hospitalist services are increasingly finding themselves overwhelmed with admissions and are introducing "caps" http://bit.ly/5qC5bo

Women devastated by their husbands' secret lives - CNN http://bit.ly/5a8biv - Drug-abusing surgeon caught selling infected body parts...

49.6% of Americans exercise regularly vs. 31.3% who don't exercise at all http://bit.ly/5Zj78X    

Study: Men with sexual activity of once per month or less had a 45% increased risk of cardiovascular disease http://bit.ly/5Wnpq5

One in five American teens has unhealthy cholesterol levels http://bit.ly/6aV9uG

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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