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:

How long does hepatitis B vaccine protection last? More than 2 decades http://bit.ly/4lhMlH

Large trials required to clarify whether sodium bicarbonate has value for prevention of contrast-induced nephropathy http://bit.ly/yOE45

List of Medical Journal Feeds Arranged by Topic - the University of Wisconsin http://bit.ly/4zxxdg

NYT interviews researcher behind Gleevec for CML, "converting a fatal cancer into a manageable chronic condition" http://bit.ly/4cnIzE

The beginning of the end for impact factors and journals - Richard Smith in BMJ http://bit.ly/1KEF7B -- Most popular article ever published in PLoS Medicine: "Why most published research findings are false” http://bit.ly/257PEH

11 instant energy boosters - CNN parenting advice. "40% of your blood sugar is used for brain function, so if you're not eating enough, you can't think clearly..." http://bit.ly/4tPV1P

Study Shows Vaccines in Children With Rare Genetic Disorders Don't Cause Autism or Other Health Problems http://bit.ly/4zybEn

New Scientist: High testosterone linked to miserly behavior. Selfish hormones: testosterone cream caused a 27% reduction in the generosity http://bit.ly/1voHBK

24 million in US have COPD, but only half know it. Follow NHLBI campaign at http://www.learnaboutcopd.org

5th Annual Perioperative Medicine Summit 2010: call for abstracts and registration info http://bit.ly/2baGAm

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