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Public health tweeters

  1. Rob Aldridge rob_aldridge Remember this study the next time you can't find the house keys ht.ly/b8TCk via @jpraft about 2 hours ago via web
  2. Gabriel Scally GabrielScally #saturdaylive doing piece on Chopper bikes. I was a Moulton kid myself. Moulton/Chopper Mod/Rocker Beatles/Stones split about 2 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
  3. Allyson Pollock AllysonPollock "@welshcollie7: Serco investigated over claims of 'unsafe' out-of-hours GP service m.guardian.co.uk bit.ly/MOfeTD #nhs" about 6 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®
  4. Geraint Lewis GeraintLewis Bowie and a naked Canadian Prime Minister - the perfect pairing? siftingthroughthetrash.com/2012/05/18/art… about 7 hours ago via Safari on iOS
  5. Geraint Lewis GeraintLewis Double-blinded wine trials - why there's no point splashing out darkcoding.net/research/wine%… about 8 hours ago via Safari on iOS
  6. Geraint Lewis GeraintLewis "Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is... six hundred, threescore and six" about 12 hours ago via Twitter for iPad
  7. Geraint Lewis GeraintLewis How the web is killing faith washingtonpost.com/blogs/guest-vo… about 13 hours ago via Safari on iOS
  8. Nigel Edwards nedwards_1 RT @mattjowett: bit.ly/Jtf7IR about 13 hours ago via TweetDeck
  9. Nigel Edwards nedwards_1 Am I in a parallel universe? bit.ly/KpRGBt about 13 hours ago via TweetDeck
  10. Mermayden mermayden Wow, have come home to find out that almost every top trending topic is about "the shat". #ahem I hope that means who I think it means! about 14 hours ago via web
  11. Tracey Sharp SharpTracey Securing good health for the whole population by Derek Wanless. Can't quite believe it was published in 2004. dh.gov.uk/en/Publication… about 16 hours ago via TweetList!
  12. Tracey Sharp SharpTracey Just heard the news that Derek Wanless has died and reflecting on his work to promote improvements in public health. about 16 hours ago via TweetList!