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:3 popular sanitizers killed 46-60% of microbes on the students' hands, far short of the advertised 99.99% http://bit.ly/8Iem77
15% of 12- to 17-year-olds have received sexually suggestive or nude images via text message, called "sexting" http://bit.ly/6Q9yOV -- 20% of teens age 13 to 19 said they had texted or posted online sexy photos or videos of themselves in a 2008 survey http://bit.ly/4F23cW
CT scans may cause 29,000 new cancers per year in the U.S. http://bit.ly/4E7bL3
The business of "liquid energy" has grown exponentially, 31% of 12-17 year olds regularly consume energy drinks. Most energy drinks contain 80 mg of caffeine per 250 ml can (some as much as 300 mg), tea contains 30 mg, coffee 90 mg http://bit.ly/4Owz2y
H-index has quickly become the standard measure by which medical schools judge the value of academic staff. The h-index is determined by the highest number of papers a researcher has published to receive at least that many citations http://bit.ly/5jl72Y
People who have higher levels of appetite-suppressing hormone leptin may be less likely to develop Alzheimer's http://bit.ly/7LKLQC
"The challenge of Web 2.0-based virtual ICU" review cites ClinicalCases.org as an example http://bit.ly/6pqGcR and http://bit.ly/7ylY7c
2009 in review: Two hospitalists examine the latest evidence that has changed how they practice http://bit.ly/92k0XD
Very low-calorie diets (VLCD): Life on 800 calories a day http://bit.ly/5tedaM
Auto-appendectomy in the Antarctic http://bit.ly/6ZEzJT
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