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:Supplemental vitamin D in a dose of 700-1000 IU a day reduced the risk of falling among older individuals by 19% http://bit.ly/LeaR2
Whistle-sized inhaler will deliver insulin, awaits FDA approval http://bit.ly/kZjVV
Contemporary sweat lodge/sweat box borrows from long tradition that's difficult to emulate - CNN http://bit.ly/u0VHR -- Sweat Lodge Deaths; survivors admitted with burns, dehydration, respiratory arrest, kidney failure, hyperthermia http://bit.ly/47DKKW
Texas is most uninsured state, with 32% of residents having no health coverage http://bit.ly/rXbOn
Mandatory MRSA screening for all patients admitted to English hospitals began in April 2009 http://bit.ly/hzq1P
Among the Top 50 jobs in America: PA, NP, PT/OT Therapist, Anesthesiologist, Pharmacist, Nurse Anesthetist... http://bit.ly/9ceEJ
NYT: Are patients swimming in a sea of health information? Or are they drowning in it? http://bit.ly/aa3GB
10 Common Food Poisoning Risks http://bit.ly/hXaeW
An hour explaining the American health care system: why it is that costs keep rising - This American Life http://bit.ly/Ut9z5
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