Did the warm weather get you outside and away from Twitter? Here’s our summary of some of the highlights on health in the past 7 days.
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Fifty things we don’t do anymore due to technology. What would/should the healthcare equivalents be? - The stark reality of A&E and the pressure it can place on clinicians.
- Confessions of a brain surgeon (and why not just patients are scarred when things go wrong).
- A 30,000 year old virus has come back to life.
- Last week was #nhschangeday. Here are two differing perspectives on the movement, its potential and limitations.
- Tracking infectious diseases using Twitter – a new public health tool.
- Charities can use #hashtags associated with ‘political’ campaigns, but they need to be careful, finds the Charity Commission.
- The impact of carers – a good infographic by Carers UK.
- An infographic showing at a glance results from the NHS staff survey.
- Maps of the London in the 1890s – driven by public health needs.
- Searching for clues…will we ever be able to figure out Alzheimer’s?
- The top 10 pharma companies by income.
And from America:
- Moving away from the ‘war’ in cancer. @subatomicdoc argues it is in the interests of patients to find some new analogies.
- The impact of the Affordable Cancer Act on Americans with HIV/AIDS.
- The genomics revolution is starting to pay off for patients and investors.
And finally…
- If ever @MBirty feels busy with twins, this couple had 5 babies (triplets, then twins) in 9 months.
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