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.

• High blood levels of uric acid are a strong predictor of death from cardiovascular disease, stroke and all causes http://is.gd/jj8Q
  
  
• High uric acid (greater than 7 mg/dL) was documented at the first exam in 40% of men and 11% of women
  
  
• Less than 7% of men with prostate cancer who have radiation therapy experience major complications in the first 30 days http://is.gd/jl2a
  
  
• CCR5-delta32 mutation reduces risk of nonatopic asthma http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov...
  
  
• Onset of action of ciclesonide in the treatment of seasonal allergic rhinitis: 6 hours http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov...
  
  
• Comparison of SLIT vs budesonide in mild persistent asthma due to grass pollen: equally effective http://is.gd/jidB
  
  
• Blowing Your Nose May Be Bad for You: propels mucus into the sinus cavity every time http://www.nytimes.com/2009...

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