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.

• People who suffer chronic sleep problems are more likely to think about suicide or actually try to kill themselves http://is.gd/pYwy
  
  
• 7% of patients treated at a large U.S. hospital received enough radiation from CT scans to increase cancer risk by 1% http://is.gd/pV8n
  
  
• Simple test: Alzheimer's patients with an abnormal one-leg balance test experience greater decline in brain function http://is.gd/pV01
  
  
• Insomnia may alter "hunger hormone" ghrelin which is involved in appetite control http://is.gd/pV3N
  
  
• JAMA Questioning Industry Funding of Medical Specialty Societies: Ads in journals are OK http://is.gd/pYtU

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