Wednesday, October 28, 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:

Fewer than half of patients with fatigue get explanation for their symptoms within a year http://bit.ly/ZrtG1

"Smoking's Damage Swift, Irreversible" - inflicting damage on the arteries with the very first puffs http://bit.ly/7zqXG

Migraine is associated with a twofold increased risk of ischaemic stroke among people who have migraine with aura http://bit.ly/Qltjn

Many Tout Curative Properties of Titanium, Copper, Silver and Gold, but the Science Isn't There http://bit.ly/iapgg

Toxins Make Halloween Face Paints Scary: all products tested contained lead, 60% had nickel, cobalt or chromium http://bit.ly/21tmea

Arzerra (ofatumumab) has been approved by the U.S. FDA to treat chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) http://bit.ly/4wsGsE

ESPN: "Andre Agassi used crystal meth while he was playing professional tennis, according to a new autobiography" http://bit.ly/ZEBe7

Tackling 5 factors could increase global life expectancy by 5 years: nutrition, unsafe sex, alcohol, sanitation, HTN http://bit.ly/1VsRrh

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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