Many people get important health information from magazines and newspapers. One major problem with this is that when research is presented in the popular media, the press may ____

a. distort the meaning
b. give undue praise to the researchers who conducted the study
c. present it in such a way that is not understandable to the general public
d. bring public awareness to certain issues


ANS: A

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