When cases of COVID-19 began rising in Boston last spring, Pooja Chandrashekar, then a first year student at Harvard Medical School, worried that easy-to-understand information about the pandemic ...

The words some doctors use are often misunderstood by patients and their families, leaving them feeling confused and vulnerable, according to researchers. In a study published Wednesday in the journal ...

Doctor consults with patient. A team of researchers affiliated with the University of Central Florida in Orlando listened to audio recordings of patient encounters and found that less than half of all ...

Common medical phrases often confused individuals in ways that could affect health outcomes, a cross-sectional study found. Among 215 adults surveyed outside the medical setting, most knew "negative" ...

Researchers examined whether the general public understands the medical jargon that physicians typically use in their introductions to patients. They found speciality names and seniority titles are ...

Doctor talking to cancer patient Some patients do not understand common phrases oncologists use, such as “your tumor is progressing” or “your nodes are positive.” Medical terms that oncologists and ...

There's a lot of room for dangerous misunderstanding when doctors and public health officials talk to diverse groups about COVID-19. Health... When cases of COVID-19 began rising in Boston last spring ...

Doctor consults with patient. A team of researchers affiliated with the University of Central Florida in Orlando listened to audio recordings of patient encounters and found that less than half of all ...