I have spent many years trying to provide insight and educate the public with a focus on health promotion/disease prevention. The issue of health literacy is an integral component to assist ...

A 29-year-old African-American woman with three days of abdominal pain and fever was brought to a Baltimore emergency department by her family. After a brief evaluation she was told that she would ...

October is Health Literacy Month. Alexandra Watson, M.D. ’17, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine fourth-year family medicine resident, wants to bring attention to the importance of making ...

Padmini Murthy, MD, MPh is Assistant Professor, New York Medical College School of Public Health. She also serves as the NGO co-representative of the Medical Women's International Association to the ...

Literacy and health are closely intertwined. Research has proven that stories are a powerful mechanism for building resilience and helping young people develop empathy, foster emotional intelligence, ...

Just because a patient nods and does not ask any questions during a health encounter, does not mean that patient truly understands the information that was communicated. Providers need to examine how ...

Male patient tells the doctor about his health complaints. Over the years, I have talked to thousands of patients and community members who make it painfully clear that our health communication ...