Literacy at less than a ninth-grade level almost doubles the five-year risk of mortality among elderly people, regardless of education, socioeconomic status, or health, according to a study led by a ...

Rhode Island doctors are working to make medical forms easier for patients through AI. "These forms can be very long and tedious," said Dr. Rohaid Ali, a neurosurgeon and researcher at Lifespans' ...

The consent forms signed by patients who take part in medical studies are written in such complex language that most Americans could not understand them, a study suggests. The study looked at the ...

Parents who are asked to sign consent forms allowing researchers to enroll their children in medical studies often have a poor idea of what they are agreeing to. But when the forms are redesigned and ...