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.

• Understanding Medical Tests with Wolfram|Alpha http://bit.ly/hqwQj
  
  
• Lab Tests Online Australasia explains laboratory tests to healthcare consumers http://labtestsonline.org.au
  
  
• NYTimes: "Are Patients in Part to Blame When Doctors Miss the Diagnosis?" http://bit.ly/3y3LWC
  
  
• CNN: Nurses offer tips for surviving a hospital stay http://bit.ly/QDRP5
  
  
• 10 tips how to save on prescription drugs http://bit.ly/zLdXK
  
  
• Prescriptions info bought and sold in a murky marketplace, without the patients’ knowledge or permission http://bit.ly/13ceCI
  
  
• CNN: Autopsy: Cocaine a factor in Billy Mays' death http://bit.ly/itrZn
  
  
• Most dogs have the intelligence of a 2-year-old human, capable of learning 165 words and counting to four or five. Top 20% of the smartest canine breeds, led by border collies and poodles, can learn 250 words, perform basic arithmetic http://bit.ly/ZKRNI

Medical news tweets are not research articles - they are 140-character messages - please always go to the original source, links, etc. The inclusion of a Twitter update (tweet) is not an endorsement or agreement of any kind. Tweets and links do not represent endorsement, approval or support.

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