Was your timeline dominated by foreign affairs? Here is our summary of what you might have missed on health.
- Important reflections by Partha Kar on how we need to confront, admit and learn from errors (however uncomfortable it is to do so) #Joshuasstory.
- What brainless slime mold can teach us about making better decisions.
- Interesting history of prescribing opiate-type medicines to treat opiate addicts.
- Male and female brains are not fundamentally different, according to a new study.
- 42 of the best tweets in 2015 – featuring a certain David Williams from the HSJ at 19.
- Espresso machines brew a microbiome of their own.
- A map of political party funding in the UK.
- From alpacas to daffodils – the lifesciences industry is using all sorts to develop new drugs.
- A very funning take on collaborative care planning.
- London is the capital of requests for consultancy support.
- A remarkable collection of scientists at the Solvay conference.
From America:
- Analysisof health insurance industry consolidation in the USA.
- When it comes to R&D funded by the USA, health is the new space.
- New diabetes cases have dropped in America for the first time in 25 years.
- Higher cigarette taxes lead to fewer infant deaths.
And finally…
- Causes of death in Shakespeare plays.
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