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Howard G. Smith, M.D. is a former radio medical editor and talk show host in the Boston Metro area. His "Medical Minute" of health and wellness news and commentary was a regular weekday feature on WBZ-AM, WRKO-AM, and WMRE-AM. His popular two-way talk show, Dr. Howard Smith OnCall, was regularly heard Sunday morning and middays on WBZ.

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Trained at Harvard Medical School and a long-time faculty member at Boston Children’s Hospital, he practiced Pediatric Otolaryngology for 40 years in Boston, Southern California, and in central Connecticut.  He is now based in New York City.

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Dec 27, 2019

 

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/L4Y8tMLdeFA

 

The scoop on lies comes to us from a British study published earlier this month.  Investigators surveyed 194 men and women, average age 39, about the lies they tell and hear.

 

The results:

  • Men consider themselves good liars twice as often as women.
  • Liars lie face-to-face followed by texts, phone calls, email, and social media.
  • A few liars are responsible for most lies.
  • Liars are articulate and weave stories that deviate only slightly from the truth.
  • Most lies are told to family and friends; the least to employers and authorities.
  • We only have a 50:50 chance of detecting a lie.

 

With that, look out for a barrage of lies in 2020.

 

Brianna L. Verigin, Ewout H. Meijer, Glynis Bogaard, Aldert Vrij. Lie prevalence, lie characteristics and strategies of self-reported good liars. PLOS ONE, 2019; 14 (12): e0225566 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0225566

 

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