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.- Nature Editorial: "Stop blogging during scientific meetings" http://bit.ly/DdjPH -- "Most researchers, if they're aware of social-networking applications, are likely to regard them as distractions at best." Conference organizers need to talk to their kids more often :)
- Severe COPD Linked to Cognitive Impairment, COPD affects nearly 14% of adults over age 75 in the U.S. http://bit.ly/11CaeD
- Study: Rising unemployment rates seem to trigger more suicides and murders. For every 1% increase in unemployment, there was a 0.8% rise in suicide and murder rates in people younger than age 65 http://bit.ly/Qfdk6
- More Americans than ever are obese: 26 percent of the population http://bit.ly/DUSwL
- Reduced sleep duration predicted higher BP levels http://bit.ly/xyAmy
- Monoclonal antibody Raxibacumab against anthrax toxin useful for Treatment of Inhalational Anthrax in animal trials http://bit.ly/Ig30N
- Anti-VEGF monoclonal antibody Bevacizumab improved hearing in Patients with Neurofibromatosis Type 2 http://bit.ly/6NgBp
- "Physician adopters say Twitter can help you promote your practice and communicate with colleagues" http://bit.ly/vxwTb
- Social networking etiquette for doctors: Making virtual acquaintances http://bit.ly/3eIXFS -
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