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.

• New Target for Tumor Tx: Blocking O2 sensor in vessels of tumors may increase tumor oxygenation and decrease metastasis http://bit.ly/2twa4
  
  
• Asbestos cleanup 'emergency' declared in Montana town, death rate from asbestosis much higher than national average http://bit.ly/HQ2OY
  
  
• Video: Cleveland Clinic Arts & Medicine Institute http://bit.ly/aofGL
  
  
• WSJ: 2008 MGMA survey of physician salaries http://bit.ly/15cCxb
  
  
• Biotech drugs to account for 50% of top 100 drugs by 2014 http://bit.ly/9ep9O
  
  
• Scary clinical image of the month: Spontaneous corneal melting during pregnancy http://bit.ly/7VOoQ
  
  
• NEJM image of the week: Spontaneous Evisceration http://bit.ly/dplsr
  
  
• Parenting advice: "Vaccinate Your Baby" website with actress Amanda Peet. http://bit.ly/NpLtS

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Visual notes: Social media search (Facebook/Twitter) catching Google?

Visual notes: Will social media search (Facebook/Twitter) surpass Google?

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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.

• Nearly 40% of our endocrinology clinic patients over the age of 50 have inadequate vitamin D levels. American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists: "Recommended vitamin D dose is 1500 to 2600 IU daily. Vit. D is a very safe vitamin. One would need daily doses of 40,000 IU before seeing negative side effects." http://bit.ly/14SZ7A
  
  
• The Atlantic focuses on the wrong question: "Do Doctors Deserve to Be Paid Less?" http://bit.ly/3j2PNh and uses data from 13 yrs ago...
  
  
• Cutting physician pay by 20% would only reduce spending by 2%. http://bit.ly/3zJvn8
  
  
• McAllen Redux by Peter R. Orszag, Director of the WH Office of Management and Budget http://bit.ly/g9eW3
  
  
• WHO recommends global use of rotavirus vaccine http://bit.ly/Whi9d
  
  
• Budesonide is effective in treating collagenous and lymphocytic colitis http://bit.ly/PvoUJ
  
  
• Comprehensive review: Resveratrol addiction: To die or not to die http://bit.ly/P6ly5 (PDF)
  
  
• Dr. Mintz: The Avandia Scare: Why it Matters, Who's Responsible, and What to Do http://bit.ly/E6wSL

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Death by mosquito - BMJ history video

"For this installment of our series we travel to the tropics to look at the beginning of our understanding of malaria. In 1900 Patrick Manson wrote a seminal paper in the BMJ Experimental Proof of the Mosquito malaria Theory he worked closely with Ronald Ross, who went on to win the Nobel Prize for medicine for his work on malaria."

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.

• "Chemotherapy drug fluorouracil, used in a skin cream, may have potential for fading wrinkles" http://bit.ly/11Wbgy
  
  
• Sleep foundation offers tips on staying alert behind the wheel http://bit.ly/12wPD3
  
  
• President Obama's speech to AMA: which version do you prefer - WSJ transcript or Twitter? http://bit.ly/es8mF or http://bit.ly/V6AuT
  
  
• 17 years is the average number of years it takes for medical research to go from research to practice. http://bit.ly/sgoXz
  
  
• The Economist: Cities in Canada and Australia are the most liveable in the world http://bit.ly/3rywpl
  
  
• USMLE Score Estimator: http://bit.ly/NeIq5
  
  
• Hunch.com tries to be your doctor: check this question "Which OTC allergy remedy should I use?" http://bit.ly/WLXBS

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