Showing posts with label Basic Health Literacy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Basic Health Literacy. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Side Effects? These #Drugs Have a Few - NYTimes.com

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Dr. Jon Duke of Indiana University was trying to figure out why his patient’s blood platelets were abnormal. Could it be a side effect of o...
Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Many paid caregivers lack health literacy skills :: May 4, 2011 ... American Medical News

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More than a third of the people paid to care for seniors are not health literate, and 60% wrongly interpret the instructions on prescriptio...
Wednesday, May 11, 2011

How podcasts can help patients with health literacy, KevinMD.com

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by Robert Rodvien, MD When a person is told that they have a serious illness , they are similar to Alice falling down the rabbit hole. They...
Thursday, May 5, 2011

Presentation Cites Ways to Counteract Low Health Literacy | National Nursing News

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Although low health literacy is a significant barrier to quality care, especially among elderly patients, a recent presentation noted how i...
Tuesday, April 26, 2011

HealtheHuman

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Powerful Tools to Help You Track, Understand, and Improve Your Health HealtheHuman™ helps you keep track of your health and build a compr...
Tuesday, April 5, 2011

ColonCancerCheck - Public Information - MOHLTC

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Cancer screening helps see what you can’t. Use this website to learn about colorectal cancer and the ColonCancerCheck screening program...
Friday, April 1, 2011

Body Measurement Tracker | HealtheHuman

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Body Measurement Tracker Use the Body Measurements Tracker to keep track of your measurements over...
Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Physical activity improves quality of life. American Heart Association, Inc.

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Do you want to add years to your life? Or life to your years? Feeling your best boosts your zeal for life! The American Heart Association r...
Tuesday, March 29, 2011

New Health Insurance Survey: 9 Million Adults Joined Ranks of Uninsured Due to Job Loss in 2010; Few Viable Health Insurance Options Exist for Unemployed - The Commonwealth Fund

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An estimated nine million working-age adults—57 percent of people who had health insurance through a job that was lost—became uninsured in ...
Sunday, March 20, 2011

American Association for Health Education

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The mission of the American Association for Health Education (AAHE) is to advance the profession by serving health educators and others who...
Thursday, March 17, 2011

Seniors Not Getting Important Preventive Health Services-HealthDay Articles

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Many Americans aged 65 and older are not receiving potentially lifesaving preventive health services, says a new report by several U.S. Dep...
Tuesday, March 15, 2011

5 "Women's Diseases" Your Husband Can Get - Nursing Link

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Vicki Santillano | DivineCaroline March 14, 2011 It’s hard to escape the flagrant gender labeling in our society. Doll...
Tuesday, March 1, 2011

HHS Releases National Plan to Improve Health Literacy | HHS.gov

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Today, the United States Department of Health and Human Services released The National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy aimed at mak...