Prostate Cancer Patients Find It Difficult To Understand Websites

Ninety million adults in the U.S. do not read at levels higher than high school, therefore, the NIH (National Institutes of Health) is suggesting that patient information material should be written on a 4th-6th grade level, according to a study conducted by researchers at Loyola University Medical Center and published in the Journal of Urology. The researchers have discovered that a mere 4.8% of informational websites regarding prostate cancer are written in a level lower than high school - the average level the researchers found on the websites was 12th grade... via Health News from Medical News Today Read More Here..