Catch up on the best of health on Twitter. Here are our highlights from the past week.
- Labour’s big cancer early diagnosis pledge is partly based on Incisive Health’s cost savings estimates, commissioned by Cancer Research UK.
- The state of care – useful infographics from the CQC.
- Halve your risk of getting cancer by following this 12 point code.
- Imagine a world without vaccines.
- When will Specialised Commissioning start enforcing service specifications? This story by Sarah Calkin shows extent of deviation from required standards.
- 10 always events.
- The impact of Schizophrenia on carers.
- New Be Clear on Cancer campaign: blood in pee, even ‘just the once’ may be a sign of kidney or bladder cancer. Tell your doctor.
- Interested in oncology pharmacy? Have a look at #BOPA to see the highlights from this weekend’s conference.
From America:
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A reminder of the scale of health threats (via @pash22). Americans in past year killed by…
- Ebola: 1
- ISIS: 2
- Flu/Pneumonia: 54,000
- Diabetes: 74,000
- Cancer: 575,000
- Heart disease: 600,000
- The row over lung cancer screening.
- Understanding the Ebola epidemic.
And finally…
- Incisive Health is the PR Week New Consultancy of the Year!
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