Monday, January 18, 2010

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:

Initial concerns over Spiriva (tiotropium) effect on cardiovascular death may be unfounded http://bit.ly/8RcJpU

Paclitaxel-eluting stents should no longer be used in everyday clinical practice. The Lancet, 2010 http://bit.ly/6OUgnH

Identification of bacteria with DNA microarray was sensitive, specific, faster than gold-standard culture-based method. DNA-based microarray assay could enable faster and earlier evidence-based management for clinical sepsis http://bit.ly/5K1PEd

Driveways could spread toxins into the home - carcinogens found in coal tar–sealed pavements http://bit.ly/8m1K6f

55 Million Americans Already Had H1N1 Swine Flu According to CDC http://bit.ly/88t9RD  

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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