set of assumptions, use different theoretical explanations, embrace a different philosophy, pose different questions and use different language … than medicine'. 15 The new 'holistic paradigm' includes 'concepts of psychosomatism, consciousness and energy'. 16 According to some, the meaning of illness and health is neglected by conventional medicine to its peril: 'sometimes, illness is the pati...

Food marketers are at the epicenter of criticism for the unfolding obesity epidemic as societies consider banning advertising to children and taxing "junk" foods. While marketing's role in obesity is not well understood, there is clear evidence that children are regularly targeted with calorie-dense, nutrient-poor food. Much of the past research seeks to understand how marketing influences bran...

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use among children with cancer who had received or were receiving treatment at a large hospital in the UK, including the identification of the most commonly used therapies and parental motives for doing so. Using a cross-sectional survey design, questionnaires were sent to parents of paediatric...

representation of problem information regardless of representation formats8,9. If so, we would not observe differences in brain activations. In contrast, if they use different representations, we would observe activations in different brain regions depending on representation format. We present evidence here that story and equation problems are solved in similar ways but that they do differ in ...