Tuesday, July 24, 2007

What you don't understand could kill you (AP)



AP - Plenty of evidence suggests that having trouble understanding medical information is bad for your health. Now new research says it could even be deadly. A study of patients 65 and older found that those who couldn't understand basic written medical instructions were much more likely to die within six years than those who had no problems grasping the information.

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