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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-11

Sunday, October 11th, 2009

Smoke-free legislation reduces rate of heart attack, and these benefits grow with time http://bit.ly/RRUNI #
Can air pollution cause appendicitis? http://bit.ly/3oUp4P Possibly!! #
There is insufficient evidence to support evaluating risk of heart disease based on non-traditional risk factors http://bit.ly/kvasD #
Non traditional risk factors for heart disease – CRP, homocysteine, lipoprotein(a), ABI, cardiac CT, CIMT http://bit.ly/kvasD #
Hand hygiene and face masks may prevent household transmission of influenza virus http://bit.ly/CtO1K #
The New Yorker: Swine Flu rumors and fears http://bit.ly/3vmil #
Is cystatin C the next creatinine? http://bit.ly/17q2bm #
13 million songs were for sale online last year, 10 million never got a single buyer http://bit.ly/4FiwEk #
Last year 80% of all revenue came from about 52,000 songs (less than 1% of all songs) http://bit.ly/4FiwEk #
Convertibles Hazardous to Your Hearing: When driven at 70 mph, the noise averaged 89 decibels http://bit.ly/9KjmF (via @DrVes) #
Hypoxic pulmonary hypertension may be attenuated by iron supplementation and exacerbated by iron depletion http://bit.ly/cfKUi #
Can driving a convertible cause hearing loss http://bit.ly/21TFTg Possible #
NY Times: 20 Food rules to live by! http://bit.ly/19AXe9 #
Michael Jordan: "I’ve missed 9000 shots. I’ve lost 399 games. I’ve failed over and over again. And that’s why I succeed" via @SteveCase #
Hormone replacement therapy increases risk of death in women who ALREADY have lung cancer http://bit.ly/9yHpb #
Swine Flu: Who Is Most Vulnerable? http://bit.ly/vkmR8 #
8 Ways Physicians Can Use Evernote http://bit.ly/x2iDd (via @DrVes) #
Exercise improves life expectancy in patients with chronic kidney disease http://bit.ly/nf9ii #
Google flu trends now analyzes data from 16 countries to try and predict influenza epidemic before health officials http://bit.ly/T9U6k #
Proton pump inhibitors attenuate the effect of anti-platelets but the interaction is not clinically significant http://bit.ly/14zSyu #

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Teen pregnancy rates and religion

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

I am not drawing any conclusions but interesting data nevertheless:

Sources:

The Examiner: High teen pregnancy rates/conservative religious states: New study results indicate correlation

Links to Data on Swivel:

Importance of Religion in One’s Life by State

Teen Birth Rates by State

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-04

Sunday, October 4th, 2009

BNP is a reliable test to diagnose significant structural or functional heart disease in children http://bit.ly/3GiMF8 #
Want to Lose Weight? Avoid Skinny Overeaters http://bit.ly/zq7qb #
There is more rapid decline in cognitive function in people with chronic kidney disease http://bit.ly/1EwLeF #
Michelle Obama to appear on Sesame Street to spread message about planting gardens and eating veggies http://bit.ly/195BA6 #
Donepezil (used to treat dementia) may double the risk of hospitalization for bradycardia http://bit.ly/fyatU #
Preview the new redesigned PubMed http://preview.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/pubmed #
High-risk patients taking 3 drugs-statin, lisinopril, aspirin – cut risk of heart attack or stroke by 80% http://bit.ly/1711xO (via @DrVes) #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-27

Sunday, September 27th, 2009

How Scientists Are Using Xbox (and Other Game Consoles) for Serious Research http://bit.ly/3IjVaK #
Medical games for iPhone and iPod Touch http://bit.ly/4qqBec #
Unprofessional content posted by medical students on social networking sites poses new challenge for medical educators http://bit.ly/ZTUgN #
Influenza infection may trigger heart heart attack in people at very high risk for cardiac disease http://bit.ly/XUFLY #
Influenza Quotient (IQ) – Take the H1N1 quiz http://bit.ly/4FHm40 #
Cutting daily average salt intake from 3.4g (US average) to 2.3g could save $18 billion in health costs http://bit.ly/121JT6 #