Were you focused on the sunshine, not Twitter? Here’s our summary of our highlights from the past week.
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People still die at the weekend, but in most places specialist end-of-life care is only a five day service. - The global nature of viruses. A fascinating (and terrifying) map showing the spread of wild poliovirus since start of 2013.
- Eye tests for pharmacists. Should they be a key part of medicines safety policy?
- “I felt like a chess piece.” A great example of the power of detailed feedback on patient experience.
- The European elections explained in 99 seconds.
- Last week was Dying Matters week. This is a moving piece by Matthew Engel on the death of his son, Laurie.
- Kate’s story. A must watch for anyone committed to improving end of life care.
- “I am optimistic…about people’s ability to take control over their own health and optimistic about the NHS’s ability to respond.” A patient’s perspective from Sir David Nicholson on type 2 diabetes.
- Blurring the line between man and machine: “in the future we’ll all be wearing exoskeletons for such common activities as running.”
- This chart shows that countries with high levels of alcohol abstention can also have very high levels of consumption.
And finally…
- An archive of spurious correlations (that drowning in a fishing boat correlates with marriage rate in Kentucky is one our favourites).
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