Too busy playing our Christmas game for Twitter? Fear not, here’s our catch up of what you might have missed on health.
- The role of communications in tackling cold weather and gale force bad news for the NHS. Our Sarah Winstone writes for PR Week.
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Did we mention our bit of festive fun? See if you can do your bit for NHS efficiency in #save22bn. - Catch up on all the tweets from Britain Against Cancer.
- Seven intriguing new ways to get medicines into the body.
- A highly entertaining recap of Number 10’s legendary ‘grip’ by Theo Bertram.
- A love letter to my friend with cancer.
- An algorithm has found three sub-types of diabetes.
- Necessary knowledge to be a safe and effective GP?
- The Big Mac index to assess average earnings.
- A council wants the power to determine when a journalist is being lazy with an FOI request…
- Hot spots of anti-Donald Trump sentiment.
- Do we need a ‘minister for the future’ (we may already have several focused on short term issues…)
From America:
- Balancing innovation and diffusion. A disturbing tale of academic rivalry in the states.
- The FDA has approved a record number of new drugs in 2015
And finally…
- A Norwegian newspaper has accidentally killed off Father Christmas. Not the way to gain young readers.
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