Limited healthy literacy is a major barrier blocking many people from achieving good cardiovascular health or benefiting from effective treatment for heart attacks, heart failure, strokes and other ...

Adult literacy advocate Toni Cordell recounts the story of feeling comforted when her doctor told her that her medical concern could be solved with an easy surgery. She agreed to proceed without ...

"Digital health solutions are transforming healthcare delivery, yet their effectiveness hinges on the ability of diverse ...

The researchers found that individuals with low and marginal health literacy had worse performance on health management tasks. HealthDay News — Limited health literacy is common among middle-aged ...

Evaluating healthcare system–level racial disparities in mortality following lung cancer resection among Medicare beneficiaries. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2022 ASCO Quality Care ...

The study was performed by researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham who looked at data from 270 patients undergoing colon and rectal operations. They found the odds of having an ...

In a new study, researchers examined the associations between health literacy with patient-reported outcomes and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) disease activity and damage. Findings showed that ...

A considerable number of patients with atopic dermatitis (AD) and limited health literacy, especially older individuals, experienced impaired health-related quality of life. A considerable number of ...

Limited healthy literacy is a major barrier blocking many people from achieving good cardiovascular health or benefiting from effective treatment for heart attacks, heart failure, strokes and other ...

Limited health literacy is a major barrier to heart health and managing heart disease and stroke. Health literacy is essential to navigate the health care system, use medication effectively and ...