Medical Dramas a source of health information for audiences

New research suggests that prime-time medical dramas such as "Grey's Anatomy" and "House" may also be an important source of health information for their audiences.

The Kaiser Foundationn analyzed an entire "Grey's" episode, and found that viewers retained the show's medical information weeks after watching.

Link to study: Hollywood & Health: Health Content in Entertainment Television

[ABCNews via TV Tattle]

Fun - Scrubs, Grey's Anatomy may be banned in Italy - lest they prompt people to take medicine into their own hands.

Too much information - Medical TV 'feeds health fears' - A taste for television hospital drama might make you more fearful about your own health, say Belgian psychologists.

emily | 8:26 PM | The impact of TV series on society |
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