Was it too hot for Twitter? Here is our summary of the best of what you might have missed.
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How’s your wellbeing? A great tool for comparing key indicators between EU countries. - Our Christiane Kellner examined the potential implications of the EU’s draft regulation on medical devices.
- Regional variations in GP vacancies.
- What do older people think about cancer?
- Cancer patients are missing out on important tests to determine which drugs are best for them.
- Why do deep-voiced politicians get more votes?
- The 150 best breast cancer blogs.
- Surgery in numbers.
- Seven practical tools to support compassionate care.
- Constantly checking your phone could be bad for your brain (unless you are looking at last week in health on Twitter!)
- A blue whale’s heart.
- How some doctors would prefer to die.
- Breathing Bejing’s air is equivalent to smoking 40 cigarettes a day.
- We have taste receptors in our colon. Here’s why.
From America:
- FDA approval rates have increased dramatically in recent years.
- Can you tell which social programmes actually work? Take the test.
- Concerns over quality and transparency in paediatric heart surgery are not confined to England.
And finally…
- It looks like Jamie Reed MP received some sartorial instruction on his holidays. There is no photographic evidence about whether he complied...
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