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:Procalcitonin (PCT) algorithm reduced antibiotic use in patients with lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) http://bit.ly/GdDZcMedical 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. Image source: OpenClipArt.org, public domain.
Catching a cold or the flu could speed memory loss in people with Alzheimer's disease. People with high levels of TNF (sign of chronic, ongoing inflammation) had 4 times greater rate of memory loss http://bit.ly/162ksH
Exhausted doctors in Australia's northeastern state of Queensland advised by the government to drink more coffee http://bit.ly/11cYuf
3 Lifestyle Risks for Second Breast Cancer: being obese, drinking 7 or more alcoholic beverages per week, and smoking http://bit.ly/N0vld
Metozolv (metoclopramide) has been approved by the FDA to treat diabetic gastroparesis and GERD for 4-12 weeks http://bit.ly/GTcKo
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