Medical Terms Worry More People Than Lay Terms, Study Finds

Tuesday, December 9, 2008 - 10:38 in Health & Medicine

The label used to identify a disease -- whether it is common language or medical terminology -- can influence how serious people think the condition is, according to new research. Impotence is now widely known as erectile dysfunction; excessive sweatiness is also known as hyperhidrosis.

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