The two articles were selected under the same topic “abortion” which is summarized together. The first summary article on "Women are no more likely to seek mental health care after an abortion, study finds" from popular online medical news, Medical News Today. Second article summarized on “Increased MMA concentration and body mass index are associated with miscarriage in Brazilian women: a pilot study” by Elvira M.Guerra-Shinohara, Perla M. Pereira, Ananka M. Kubota , Thaiomara A. Silva, Jucilene L Reis, Gerson S. Miyashita, Vânia D'Almeida, Robert H. Allen and Sally P. Stabler, from the academic journal Science Direct. Both of these articles are compared in terms of format and information content. He examined and explained the similarities and differences between popular and scholarly articles in many aspects. All aspects of both articles are summarized here. Firstly, in terms of information format, differences will be seen in many perspectives such as authoritativeness, author credentials, objectives/purpose, methodology, data collection, results, references, sources/originality, presentation and finally the language . For authoritativeness, in article A, no author or writer's article is listed. There is no name of the author/writer in the title of this popular article. Compared with Article B, it has nine authors, including professors from medical, pharmaceutical and bioscience departments of various universities, namely Elvira M.Guerra-Shinohara, Perla M. Pereira, Ananka M. Kubota, Thaiomara A. Silva, Jucilene L. Reis, Gerson S. Miyashita, Vânia D'Almeida, Robert H. Allen, and Sally P. Stabler. It is clearly indicated at the beginning of this article.F...... in the center of the paper......icles can be seen. The similarities here are seen in terms of the topic covered that is being emphasized in the field of health sciences, “abortion”. Both articles explain to the public how abortion occurs. In various aspects such as lifestyle and environment the abortion of pregnancies will have an effect. It provides clear information on how pregnant women should take care of their first trimester of pregnancy. In the keyword aspect, both articles mention the keyword to make the reader/audience feel easier when they search for these articles. This way they can find important information through the keywords that appear. Works CitedGuerra, EM et.al. (2009). Increased MMA concentration and body mass index are associated with miscarriage in Brazilian women: a pilot study. Clinica Chimica Acta, 423-427. Retrieved February 5, 2010, from http://www.elsevier.com/locate/clinchim
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