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“If you don’t behave, I’ll call the police,” is a lie that parents might use to get their young children to behave. Parents’ lies elicit compliance in the short term, but a new psychology study led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) suggests that they are associated with detrimental effects when the child becomes […]
Parents of ‘the only boy in Britain’ with a rare blood cancer are told there is NOTHING else doctors can do for their 11-year-old after a second bone marrow transplant failed Oliver Brown has myelodysplastic syndrome; affects four in 100,000 people Over the past three years, Oliver has undergone two bone marrow transplants Youngster was […]
An occasional tiny mole or freckle is usually no reason to be alarmed. But one woman’s small blemish turned out to be a deadly form of skin cancer. Last June, Megan DiDio, a 22-year-old from Red Bluff, California, noticed that a mole on her left cheek began to look abnormal. Because of her fair complexion, DiDio always took […]
Doctors told to write to their patients in plain English Doctors told to write to their patients in plain English instead of using Latin and complicated medical jargon Five million outpatient letters are written each day but many are complicated Patients could be better involved with their care if they received letters directly And medics […]