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Home : Recent Reports in the Media About Medication Labels Video News Release Many Patients Don't Understand Prescription Medicine Labels TV ABC News Low Health Literacy ABC News Medication Labels Confusing ABC News Study Shows Prescription Labels Can Be Misunderstood CBS News: Study: Prescription Labels Need A Makeover CBS 2 Los Angeles: Help! Prescription Pill Bottles Are Baffling Print American Medical News Literacy advocates call for drug label uniformity. Physicians and other advocates for improved health literacy are contemplating the standardization of medication labels. This concept was among the suggestions included in a white paper on the subject published last month by the American College of Physicians Foundation. U.S. News and World Report. Drugs That Go Untaken. Too often, lifesaving medicine is prescribed but not used. Science. Prescription Hazards. October 2007. New York Times And Now, a Warning About Labels EMAX Health Many Patients Don't Understand Prescription Medicine Labels FDA drug labeling standard for pharmas makes for safer medication FDA Announces the Use of New Electronic Drug Labels to Help Better Inform the Public and Improve Patient Safety FDA to drug makers: Submit labels electronically Internal Medicine World Report- March 2007 Health Illiteracy Rx for Disaster Making drug labels say what they mean Prescription Labels Often Misunderstood Prescription Labels Often Misunderstood Study Finds Many Patients Don't Understand Prescription Medicine Labels Tough pill: Prescription instructions causing confusion Radio Take When Wet: Labels May Add to Medicine Errors More Information Medication Labeling Initiatives Supported by the ACP Foundation Other Medication Labeling Initiatives Recent Media Reports About Medication Labels

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