Friday, November 13, 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:

5 Pathogens Linked to Risk for Stroke: Chlamydia pneumoniae, Helicobacter pylori, CMV, herpes simplex viruses 1 and 2 http://bit.ly/3UUisR

FDA looks for ways to regulate drug promotion on Twitter, Wikipedia, blogs and other social media http://bit.ly/1fJ1X8

5% of winter deaths are caused by influenza http://bit.ly/3tU1oR

How to avoid falling victim to a hospital mistake - CNN http://bit.ly/1dUL1T

Video: Top 10 Tips for Residency Interviews http://bit.ly/41lkLG

Doctors and Social Media: Benefits and Dangers - Medscape review http://bit.ly/23HTBP

A high-fat, high-sugar diet can quickly and dramatically change the population of microbes living in the GI tract http://bit.ly/45aiDi

"Try an organic, locally grown, all vegetable diet with Vit B12 and D and no caffeine. Your body will thank you for it" http://bit.ly/3xBoCd

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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