PURPOSE Limited health literacy is increasingly recognized as a barrier to receiving
adequate health care. Identifying patients at risk of poor health outcomes secondary to limited …

Background and Objectives: A wide body of research suggests that the nature of communication
between patients and physicians is strongly related to health outcomes. Interventions …

… Whether such knowledge will be beneficial in the management of labor remains to be seen.
The Miser study also identified neonatal anemia as another complication of nuchal cord. In …

Background: Insulin glargine and lispro mix 75/25 (75% insulin lispro protamine suspension
and 25% insulin lispro injection [LM75/25]) represent 2 common starter insulin regimen …

As many as 30 million Americans have migraine headaches. The impact on patients and
their families can be tremendous, and treatment of migraines can present diagnostic and …

… what they will be asked to do if they agree to participate in the research, how long the research
will take, and how the confidentiality of the information they provide will be protected. The …

As more people enjoy the outdoors, high-altitude illness is increasingly becoming a problem
that family physicians across the country must treat. High-altitude illness, which usually …

BACKGROUND In 2005 the Spoken Knowledge in Low Literacy in Diabetes scale (SKILLD)
was introduced as a diabetes knowledge test. The SKILLD has not been validated since its …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Our objectives were to (1) compare Newest Vital Sign (NVS)
scores and administration char-acteristics with the short (S) version of the Test of …

Background: We wanted to compare an ultrasound examination with the bone scintiscan to
diagnose stress fractures. Methods: Using the bone scintiscan as the reference standard, we …