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:

Exercise remodels the brain, making it more stress-resistant (in rats, at least) http://bit.ly/QHkMU

Another study: Regular consumption of alcohol reduces the risk of heart disease by 30-50% http://bit.ly/FZQl3

Young athletes should be screened for heart disease with 2 tests rather than 1: ECG and echocardiogram http://bit.ly/176Nuu

55% of adult Americans don't want to get the H1N1 flu vaccine according to a poll http://bit.ly/4qWyFj

Morphine can increase tumor cell proliferation, inhibit immune system, and promote growth of new blood vessels http://bit.ly/n1uxL

Australian hospital staff set up anonymous blog to voice concerns about hospital cutbacks - BMJ http://bit.ly/Ru9jh

Tiny chip could be used to diagnose dozens of diseases - BBC http://bit.ly/1CjTIu - Chips don't diagnose diseases, doctors do.

A Scientist's Guide to Academic Etiquette http://bit.ly/1c6fnk

Social network sites 'need help buttons' for children to report concerns about bullying - BBC http://bit.ly/1SwEx9

"How should hospitalists be cultivated?" - Dr. RW discusses 2 competing models: http://bit.ly/1astsi

Medical news tweets are not research articles - they are 140-character messages - please always go to the original source, links, etc. Tweets and links do not represent endorsement, approval or support. Image source: OpenClipArt.org, public domain.

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