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.

• Complementary and alternative medicines (CAMs) are used in more than 80% of the world's population http://is.gd/j2qN
  
  
• More than 70% of the U.S. population using complementary medicine at least once, annual spending as much as $34 billion
  
  
• Comparison of doctors and nurses performing upper and lower GI endoscopy: no difference in clinical outcomes http://is.gd/j2F9
  
  
• Comparison of doctors and nurses performing upper and lower GI endoscopy: patients were more satisfied with nurses. Nurses were more thorough in examining stomach/esophagus.
  
  
• F.D.A. Finds ‘Natural’ Diet Pills Laced With Drugs http://is.gd/j2Ln
  
  
• Topical alkane vapocoolant spray is effective in reducing pain with peripheral IV cannulation http://is.gd/j7lL
  
  
• People with "anxious" version of serotonin transporter gene 5-HTTLPR invested 28% less money in risky investments http://is.gd/j7mh
  
  
• People with the high risk-taking version of the dopamine gene DRD4 invested about 25 percent more in risky investments http://is.gd/j7mh
  
  
• Taking aspirin daily may cut one's chances of developing the polyps that can lead to colorectal cancer http://is.gd/j7mw
  
  
• Colon and rectal cancer kills about 630,000 people a year worldwide
  
  
• People who took aspirin were 28% less likely to develop advanced colon adenomas and 17% less likely to develop any adenoma http://is.gd/j7mw
  
  
• "Take-home message: if adenoma is found during a colonoscopy, discuss with your doctor taking aspirin daily"
  
  
• Lymphoma patients who continue regular infusions of Rituxan after chemotherapy may live longer than patients who stop http://is.gd/j7nH
  
  
• Botox relieves BPH symptoms, patients were given injections of Botox in the 2 lobes of prostate under ultrasound guidance http://is.gd/j7nO
  
  
• "Thirty minutes a day of exercise? Better think 50" http://is.gd/j7o9

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