Health literacy impacts chance of heart failure hospitalisation, study says

Thursday, November 18, 2010 - 06:20 in Health & Medicine

Being able to read and understand words like anaemia, hormones and seizure means a patient with heart failure may be less likely to be hospitalised, according to a new study from Emory University School of Medicine. Findings will be presented Nov. 17 at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions conference in Chicago...

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