Sugar, sudoku and a starry night. All this and more in Incisive Health's summary of the week in health on Twitter.
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Incisive Health’s @MBirty writes for the @HSJnews on the junior doctors contract row. - Insights from delving into the latest Indices of Deprivation for England (via @ConversationUK).
- Pressure is on for a sugar tax. A flow chart from @Benfogle illustrates the confusion.
- As do Jamie Oliver's mocked up drinks labels (tweeted by new Health Select Committee member @BenPBradshaw).
- A tribute to Professor Jane Wardle - an exceptional scientist who made a profound contribution to cancer research.
From around the globe
- We can learn a lot from Australia’s rollercoaster success in tobacco control (via @SimonChapman6).
- An unusual case of reflex epilepsy, triggered by Sudoku (via @guardianscience).
- How income can affect whether patients participate in cancer clinical trials - a new paper in JAMA Oncology (via @chadinabhan).
- Why people don’t shop around for healthcare (via @pash22).
- @MarkLGoldberg’s son was born in a car on their way to hospital. He was still safer than if he’d been born in 21 other countries.
- Complex and moving. The story of identical twin boys - but one always knew she was a girl.
Stories of hope
- Smoking and your lungs. Why it’s never too late to give up (via @stuartberry1).
- Kim Phuc became the living symbol of the Vietnam War. Now lasers may help ease her burns.
And finally
- Van Gogh’s Starry Night recreated with bacteria in a petri dish (via @USATODAYhealth).
- The importance of proofreading writ large on a poster (via @docgrumpy).
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