The presence of a doctor or nurse in a family prolongs life, lowers the risk of lifestyle-related illness, improves drug adherence, and reduces smoking in pregnancy – especially among the poor, from Yiqun Chen, Petra Persson, and Maria Polyakova nber.org/papers/w25618

What I find myself reading these days. bbc.co.uk/news/business-…

Could your research accelerate efforts to reduce late stage diagnosis of cancer? The CRUK Early Diagnosis Advisory Group’s funding call for expressions of interest is now OPEN! Deadline: 15 April. Info on how to apply here ow.ly/mS2W30oiiIw

We’ve made free sanitary products available to every person in hospital who needs them. Because everyone should have access to the essentials of daily life during their time in hospital. Period. #endperiodpoverty bit.ly/2XXuRjV

Me before a 90-minute long hot yoga class: "this will be good for my health production function"

iHEA has announced the 27th Arrow Award for the best paper in Health Economics! Congratulations to Marcella Alsan and Marianne Wanamaker for their paper “Tuskegee and the Health of Black Men”. You can read more about the paper and its authors online here: healtheconomics.org/page/ArrowAward.

Cancer Waiting Times Statistics for February 2019 published today ow.ly/RMS630leIbU #NHSStats

I've just been rated: "good" - nice work in Incisive Health’s #weeklyhealthcheck. See if you can do better incisivehealth.com/quiz

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"Since the election, Trump has made 35 claims that companies would create 8.9M jobs in the US thanks to his policies and actions.... Only 797 jobs are attributable to Trump, according to the companies that did the hiring." projects.propublica.org/graphics/trump…

Surprise! Yorkshire weather really is as bad as they say.

Cancer Waiting Times Statistics for April 2019 published today ow.ly/nZMG30ktK4k #NHSStats

Recent research, joint with José Tavares from NovaSBE and which departed from my Masters' dissertation, was featured in an article written by Nuno Aguiar. visao.sapo.pt/exame/2019-06-…

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Is expected utility a plausible theory for risk aversion in health? Perhaps unsurprisingly, it appears not! In this open access with Arthur Attema ESHPM ErasmusUniRdam we extend Rabin's paradox to health outcomes, suggesting to look beyond classic economic theory. rdcu.be/bHktu

Did someone say third anniversary? Worth the read.

New CEPR Discussion Paper, joint with José Tavares from NovaSBE. We propose a method of estimating each member-state's implicit weight in the ECB's monetary policy conduct: cepr.org/active/publica…

Just had cause to re-listen to this podcast that I recorded with the brilliant Robin Fackrell. If you’re a GP/ Pharmacist or pharmacy technician /Nurse/ paramedic etc interested in polypharmacy and deprescribing have a listen 😊on.soundcloud.com/hNp1X Tony Avery Graham Prestwich