Purpose Inadequate literacy is common among patients with diabetes and may lead to adverse
outcomes. The authors reviewed the relationship between literacy and health outcomes …

The direct effects of religiosity and racial socialization on subjective stigmatization among
50 African-American adolescents were investigated. A stigma is a characteristic about which …

Fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS) develops in a subset of fragile X
premutation carriers and involves gait ataxia, action tremor, Parkinsonism, peripheral neuropathy…

Patient materials are often written above the reading level of most adults. Tool 11 of the
Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit (“Design Easy-to-Read Material”) provides …

Disorders associated with fragile X syndrome involve a trinucleotide (CGG) repeat expansion
in the FMR1 gene. Recently, a progressive movement disorder (fragile X-associated tremor…

OBJECTIVE: Research suggests that health literacy (HL) is associated with clinical outcomes.
Few studies, however, have examined the mechanisms accounting for this relationship. To …

The fragile X‐associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS) is a recently identified phenotype
associated with trinucleotide repeat expansions in the premutation range of the fragile X …

Fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS) is a neurodegenerative disorder
associated with a premutation trinucleotide repeat expansion in the fragile X mental retardation 1 …

Background: Organizational health literacy (OHL) is the degree to which health care
organizations implement strategies to make it easier for patients to understand health information, …

Telemedicine as a technology has been available for nearly 50 years, but its diffusion has
been slower than many had anticipated. Even efforts to reimburse providers for interactive …