Did the marathon distract you from Twitter? Coming up, we’ll tweet the health highlights from our own Twitter marathon.
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Nearly two thirds of people with a preferred GP report they can see them ‘always’ or ‘a lot of the time.’ - Was Stonehenge a placebo hospital? Fascinating video on the placebo paradox.
- The squeeze on public spending – the percentage of GDP spent on health is now going down.
- Great Pinterest board from the Nuffield Trust on the four countries report.
- NHS England’s organisation is moving on apace. A year in and non-executive director Ciaran Devane finally has a security pass (complete with a typo).
- The London Marathon brings plenty of cheers, tears and blisters. But what does it deliver for medical research? Read this blog by Simon Denegri.
- Nearly half of GPs surveyed are undecided about how they will vote at the next election.
- 17 out of 40 NHS trusts in London have no BME representation on their boards, shows this research.
- What’s in a P value? Less than you might think suggests this Nature article.
- Congratulations to Claire Marx – the first female president to be elected in the history of the Royal College of Surgeons.
- The top 50 medicines by global sales.
- An interesting animation by The King’s Fund on the issues behind pressures on urgent care.
- An amazing article on the development of artificial vaginas, engineered from the recipient’s own cells.
- The health impact of bullying.
- Congratulations to @Davewwest on making the top 10 UK reporters on Twitter.
- Mapping social progress and GDP.
And from America:
- A great presentation on the relevance, risks and rewards of social media in cancer.
- Surgeons remove a chainsaw from a man’s neck. The man professes to feeling “very lucky,” which may be an understatement.
And finally…
- People who use Twitter are apparently more likely to divorce.
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