News tagged with numeracy skills

Parents' poor math skills may lead to medication errors

Many parents cringe when their child asks for help with math homework. New research shows that poor math skills can cause another difficulty for caregivers — measuring the right amount of medicine.

Pediatrics Apr 29, 2012 | not rated yet | 0 |

Improving cancer communication to patients

Oncologists and their patients are increasingly challenged with making difficult decisions about screening, prevention and treatment. Unfortunately, most patients are neither armed with adequate knowledge nor the means of ...

Cancer Sep 19, 2011 | not rated yet | 0