Sunday, November 1, 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:

Fructose May Raise Blood Pressure: Drinking more than 2 sweetened sodas a day increases risk of hypertension http://bit.ly/1waTqx

Pertussis (Whooping Cough) Immunity May Last 30 Years or More http://bit.ly/18M8m1

Risk of second primary cancers is 2·8-fold greater in survivors of childhood cancer http://bit.ly/2x5nfA

"The Latest File-Sharing Piracy: Academic Journal Articles" http://bit.ly/3S4hIJ and http://bit.ly/1Oh9Ff

Hands Symphony = Hands-Only CPR http://bit.ly/iYblH

Anabolic steroids - the kind used by some athletes to build muscle mass - can cause lasting kidney damage http://bit.ly/2Pbfdf -- Bodybuilding with steroids damages kidneys. http://ping.fm/cgLJs

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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