Were you watching the Marathon and not Twitter? Here are some of the things we noticed in the last week in health on Twitter.
- UK science funding over the past five years.
- "Stratospheric brand appeal but a complicated narrative" Nick Samuels argues that health communicators will be busy post-#GE2015.
- Did you miss the #healthdebate? Catch up here.
- A survey by The King’s Fund finds high levels of concern amongst finance directors about achieving financial balance.
- The correlation between GDP and belief in the theory of evolution is striking (with an exception).
- The woolly mammoth genome has been sequenced - but don’t expect to see them roaming the earth any time soon.
- “The dark night of the innovator.”
From America:
- The brain can rewire itself after injury and science is trying to give it a helping hand.
- Could liquid biopsies transform cancer treatment?
- Ever regretted your tweets? Now there is an app to clean up your social media mess.
- An interesting defence of star ratings for hospitals (with some important caveats).
- Even US senators like Frozen.
- A deaf baby hears his mother’s voice for the very first time.
- A parent live-tweeted a sex ed lesson focussed on abstinence.
And finally…
- Is the Department of Health preparing for a lurch to the far left?
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