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:Preoperative cardiac stress testing associated with improved one year survival and length of hospital stay if RCRI higher than 1 http://bit.ly/9WTjxQ
Among Internet users, 5% participated in online support group, 7% reported blogging, 23% used a social networking site http://bit.ly/c1rsRt
Stillbirth Linked To Gum Disease In Pregnant Mothers http://bit.ly/bPGsdW
Higher Ambulatory Care Co-payments Decrease Outpatient Visits but Increase Hospitalizations among the Elderly http://bit.ly/aaFLSU
Study: Doctors Reduce Working Hours As Medical Malpractice Risk Rises http://bit.ly/bFBpMG
What You Eat After Exercise Matters: Eating a low-carbohydrate meal may maximize the health benefits of exercise. http://bit.ly/bJmuWq
The Lancet: Commercially sponsored supplements are now firmly off this journal's agenda. http://bit.ly/d7xDlm
Combination lithium plus valproate or lithium alone more likely to prevent bipolar relapse than valproate monotherapy http://bit.ly/caONyx
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ReplyDeleteI thought the article pertaining to the connection between gum disease and still birth was interesting. The article did not specify how the bacteria entered the placenta, I am assuming bloodstream through gum bleeding. Great article and something to consider when getting pregnant.
Rachel
"The article did not specify how the bacteria entered the placenta"
ReplyDeleteThey did not enter the placenta.