Monday, December 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:

Holiday Spikes - Rates of invasive pneumococcal disease in the U.S. increase dramatically during winter holidays http://bit.ly/8BWuV2

Gene findings support for a causal role of Lp(a) lipoprotein in coronary disease http://bit.ly/7T0t7p

Early-repolarization in the inferior ECG leads asociated with an increased risk of death from cardiac causes http://bit.ly/5sSeUE

People with low education were 31% more likely to suffer a heart attack than those with education beyond high school http://bit.ly/8KtD69

Omega-3 fatty acids decrease risk of progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) by 30% http://bit.ly/5issXx

20 ways to get healthier for free - CNN http://bit.ly/8zC8QU - Not all of them are evidence-based of course but a few can be useful.

5 tips for getting what you need from your doctor - CNN http://bit.ly/pIzq      

“The Checklist Manifesto” - A Hospital How-To Guide That Mother Would Love - NYT http://bit.ly/8ekPqZ

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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