(Medical Xpress)—Researchers from the University of Southampton have shown that cartoons could be a beneficial way of educating patients and empowering them to cope better with their long term ...

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My comic strip is deliberately silly in its approach, but it's a serious problem, and one that can make fat people reluctant to visit doctors even for urgently needed health care. And even if we do go ...