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.

• People With Diabetes Are More Than Twice as Likely to Develop Dementia http://is.gd/hQKx
  
  
• Hospital disinfectants raise nurses' asthma risk http://is.gd/hQLm
  
  
• Nurses regularly exposed to cleaning chemicals and disinfectants were 72% more likely to be newly-diagnosed with asthma http://is.gd/hQLm
  
  
• FDA Urges Ban of Pain Drug propoxyphene, sold in U.S. for more than 50 years http://is.gd/hSe5

• Propoxyphene is used in dozens of generic pain medications, Darvon and Darvocet used by millions of patients each year http://is.gd/hSe5
  
  
• Propoxyphene increases risk of suicides and accidental deaths, little 'b', big 'R' -- little benefit and lots of risk http://is.gd/hSe5
  
  
• FDA pulls propoxyphene-containing pain medications Darvon and Darvocet off the market http://goo.gl/poApS

• Sports Injuries May Cause Lasting Brain Damage http://tinyurl.com/buf4x8

• 20 percent of boxers who suffer repeated brain trauma go on to develop degenerative brain disease http://is.gd/hSiZ

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