To maintain their own health and the health of their families and communities, consumers rely heavily on the health information that is available to them. This

Recent studies show that more than half of the German population have difficulties in accessing, understanding, appraising, and applying health information, thu

“Health literacy is the ultimate global currency of health and well-being. Without health literacy, medicine fails, public health fails, and people pay the co

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