Category: Public Health
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What You Believe About Your Illness Shapes Your Health: New IBD Study on Illness Perceptions
This article is for information only and is not medical advice. Yes. What you believe about your illness shapes your health literacy — how you find and understand health information. In a 2026 study of 455 people with inflammatory bowel disease, published in Scientific Reports, researchers found that worsening illness perceptions were followed, months later,…