My March blog at First Stop Health‘s invitation, an affordable medical advice service allowing healthcare consumers 24/7 telephone access to a doctor (including prescription filling), focused on the importance of health literacy. There is a direct relationship between a high health literacy score and good health. The opposite is also true: low health literacy has a...
I was pleased to be invited to submit a monthly blog for First Stop Health, which is an affordable medical advice service that allows individuals to ask a doctor any questions they have 24 hours a day, including filling a prescription. January’s topic is...
Kathleen Hoffman organized the the Health Communication, Health Literacy and Social Sciences tweetchat #hchlitss in October 2011. R. V. Rikard agreed to co-host the series with her, and since then she has engaged an enthusiastic following and facilitated much significant information exchange. Dr. Hoffman also...
The transcript is located at http://hchlitss.blogspot.com. We are planning a second “chat” in early- to mid-January.
It’s no secret that hospital nurses are overworked and underpaid. Worse, long shifts lead to emotional and physical burnout that places the safety of patients, as well as the...
The obesity issue is rife with misinformation and oversimplification. Being overweight is not just about gluttony. Indeed, many overweight people eat far less than their thinner counterparts. First, note...
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