The Hampton & Peninsula Health Districts' partnership with Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail offers a novel program boosting health literacy for inmates.

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 ...

Mr C, a 72-year-old patient with type 2 diabetes, is brought to the emergency department comatose with a blood sugar of 29 mg/dL. When seen in his primary care provider’s office the previous day, his ...

Health literacy is a concept that addresses an individual’s ability to “find, understand, and use information and services to inform health-related decisions and actions for themselves and others.” ...

Low health literacy is a problem for a substantial proportion of people with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), according to research published in The Journal of Head Trauma ...

The first patient I met as a medical student was a middle-aged delivery man and a former track athlete. He was recovering ...

Many factors impact our health beyond genetics and aging. Collectively, these are called the social determinants of health, and factors such as: education, housing, income, occupation, hunger, ...

HHS announced new voluntary commitments to increase nutrition education within medical schools.According to an agency press release, 53 medical schools across 31 states will provide at least 40 hours ...

The push is part of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “Make America Healthy Again” agenda, but officials say they aren’t dictating ...

The escalating costs of medical education have become a significant concern. Aspiring medical professionals must understand and mitigate these expenses with financial literacy to avoid long-term ...