Sixty seconds on . . . happiness
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DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j1539
Abstract: Of course you are—you’re Norwegian. The World Happiness Report 2017 says that Norway is the happiest country in the world (although Denmark, Iceland, and Switzerland come very close, with no statistical difference from Norway).1 The… read more here.
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Sixty seconds on … snakebite
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DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j3065
Abstract: No, you idiot. Not the drink but the injury caused by the long, slithery animal. The World Health Organization has just put snakebite envenoming on its list of the world’s top 20 neglected tropical diseases… read more here.
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Sixty seconds on . . . drinking and diabetes
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DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j3672
Abstract: That’s what the research says. A Danish study hit the headlines this week, showing that people who drink alcohol three to four days a week had around a 30% lower risk of developing type 2… read more here.
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Sixty seconds on . . . NHS Property Services
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DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j4561
Abstract: Yes, indeed. In April 2013 the Department of Health for England decided to set up a limited company to take on the ownership and management of roughly 3600 NHS buildings and facilities across the country,… read more here.
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Sixty seconds on . . . medical school applications
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DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j659
Abstract: Indeed. Making a difference, wanting to care, lifelong ambition, and all that. Exactly. But even starry eyed A level students are thinking twice these days before signing up to a life of clerking patients, tracking… read more here.
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Sixty seconds on . . . swine flu vaccine
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DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j749
Abstract: Fortunately not, but it’s in the news because of a High Court ruling that could mean the government having to make big payouts to children who developed narcolepsy after vaccination against swine flu. A boy… read more here.
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Sixty seconds on . . . the full course
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DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j894
Abstract: Almost everybody says so. Listen to NHS Choices: “If you stop taking an antibiotic part way through a course, the bacteria can become resistant to the antibiotic.” So by stopping you’re contributing to the growing… read more here.
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Sixty seconds on . . . free breakfast
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DOI: 10.1136/bmj.k1681
Abstract: There is if you’re a junior doctor who has just come off a night shift at Northampton General Hospital. Since August the trust has been offering all trainees the chance to tuck into bacon and… read more here.
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Sixty seconds on . . . the daily mile
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DOI: 10.1136/bmj.k2142
Abstract: It was invented by a Scottish headteacher, Elaine Wyllie, who in 2012 had the idea that it would be good for the children in her primary school to run or walk a mile a day… read more here.
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Sixty seconds on . . . digitalisation of pharma
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DOI: 10.1136/bmj.k2329
Abstract: It’s the new way to make drugs. Manufacturers, including the pharmaceutical industry, are increasingly automating production. Computers continually analyse multiple variables, predict errors, use machine learning to improve systems, and allow products to be modified.… read more here.
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Sixty seconds on . . . GP chatbot
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DOI: 10.1136/bmj.k2897
Abstract: Something that could solve the workforce crisis overnight, and allow GPs to retire pretty much immediately. It’s a smartphone symptoms checker—developed by Babylon, the company behind the virtual GP at Hand service—which uses artificial intelligence… read more here.
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