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Question: How can I locate materials on MedlinePlus that are easy to read?


Answer:

  • Click on Health Topics, and click on the Easy-to-Read link on the right side of the screen. You will see the first page, "Easy-to-Read beginning with A," listing links arranged by topic.

  • Click on the letters at the top of the page to go to the pages with other topics. For example, to find easy-to-read materials on Diabetes, click on "D" and scroll down to Diabetes.

  • Easy-to-read documents can also be found on many of the Health Topics pages. You can identify such materials by looking for Easy-to-Read.

  • The Interactive Health Tutorials (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorial.html) are easy-to-read and include audio. Look for Interactive Tutorial.

  • The people who write the materials are the ones who have decided that they are easy-to-read. MedlinePlus does not decide the literacy level of materials.


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