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Jun 16, 2009 01:04 PM

An article about health literacy


http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/06/15...vey/index.html


In this British study, more than half of participants could not correctly identify the location of the heart on a diagram of the human body. Even fewer were able to correctly identify the shape of the lungs.


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from nitenite
Old Jun 19, 2009, 02:06 AM

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That is sad. They don't learn this in elementary school? What the frag is happening to our educational system?
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