Background Individuals with low levels of health literacy have less health knowledge, worse
self-management of chronic disease, lower use of preventive services, and worse health in …

Background: Health literacy has increasingly been viewed as a patient safety issue and may
contribute to medication errors. Objective: To examine patients' abilities to understand and …

Using a health impact assessment framework, we estimated the population health effects
arising from alternative land-use and transport policy initiatives in six cities. Land-use changes …

Background With emphasis on the meaningful use of electronic health records, patient portals
are likely to become increasingly important. Little is known about patient enrollment in, …

Background Low health literacy and low cognitive abilities both predict mortality, but no
study has jointly examined these relationships. Methods We conducted a prospective cohort …

The Minnesota Solvation Database consists of a collection of 3037 experimental free energies
of solvation or transfer free energies for 790 unique solutes in 92 solvents (including water…

Objective To determine the optimal site in the uterosacral ligament for suspension of the
vaginal vault with regard to adjacent anatomy and suspension strength. Methods Fifteen female …

Yield loss due to water deficit is ubiquitous in maize (Zea mays L.) production environments
in the United States. The impact of water deficits on yield depends on the cropping system …

Background A safe, effective, and rapidly scalable vaccine against Zika virus infection is
needed. We developed a purified formalin-inactivated Zika virus vaccine (ZPIV) candidate that …

Studies have demonstrated significant associations between limited literacy and health
outcomes. Yet differences in literacy measurement and the cutoffs used for analysis have made it …