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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.Association Between Superficial Vein Thrombosis and DVT of Lower Extremities: 24% had a concomitant asymptomatic DVT http://bit.ly/10TpyZHelicobacter pylori eradication treatment seems to reduce gastric cancer risk. http://bit.ly/15hvopMen Who Followed 6 Healthy Lifestyle Habits Cut Their Risk of Heart Failure in Half http://bit.ly/89lXz6 healthy lifestyle factors were associated with a lower risk of developing high blood pressure http://bit.ly/fTrQ5Parainfluenza virus efficiently delivers corrected gene to cystic fibrosis cells (25% of cells vs. 0.1% in old studies) ht…

The Food and Drug Administration said July 22 that it had determined that electronic cigarettes marketed by two manufacturers contained carcinogens, varying amounts of nicotine, and impurities such as diethylene glycol.

The new issue of the Plains to Peaks Post, newsletter of the NN/LM MidContinental Region has been published and is available at: http://nnlm.gov/mcr/services/comm/newsletter/PTPP_July_2009.pdf
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Adhering to a low-risk lifestyle dramatically reduces the risk of hypertension and heart failure, according to two separate studies reported in the July 22/29 issue of JAMA.

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The monoclonal antibody belimumab appears to be effective for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus, according to the results of a randomized, placebo-controlled trial involving 865 patients.

The headline Real-World Sunitinib Results Suggest More Indications for Renal Cell Carcinoma on an article published July 15, 2009, was imprecise. The headline should have read Sunitinib Found Safe, Tolerable in Poor Prognosis Patients with Renal Cell Carcinoma.

The cancer drug sunitinib appears to be safe and have manageable toxicity in subgroups of metastatic renal cell carcinoma patients with poor prognosis who are ineligible for most clinical trials, according to an analysis of an expanded-access trial.

The National Library of Medicine is pleased to announce that Shalu Gillum of the University of South Florida and Mark Miller of University of Maryland have been chosen to receive American Library Association (ALA) 2009 Spectrum Scholarships from the Medical Library Association /National Library of Medicine (MLA/NLM) fund. (Source: NLM General Announcements)