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    Patients and Online Communities

    What does the internationalization of information mean for patients and health professionals? What are the strengths – and weaknesses – of online patient communities?

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    Jobs, Health Care and Militia Top Varied News Week

    Amid good news on jobs, storms in the Northeast and the arrest of a radical Christian militia, the news agenda was more unusually diverse last week with eight different stories gaining substantial attention.

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    Public Support For Legalizing Medical Marijuana

    Overview With a growing number of states moving to legalize medical marijuana, nearly three-quarters of Americans (73%) say they favor their state allowing the sale and use of marijuana for medical purposes if it is prescribed by a doctor, while 23% are opposed. Support for legalizing medical marijuana spans all major political and demographic groups, […]

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    New Survey: Hispanics and the 2010 Census

    Foreign-born Hispanics know more about the 2010 Census than their U.S.-born counterparts, and are more likely to say that they have participated or definitely will, according to a nationwide survey released today.

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    Crossfire

    Americans split on gun control, with the public evenly divided over whether it is more important to protect the rights of gun owners or to control gun ownership.

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    Few Census Dodgers

    Nearly all Americans (87%) say they will participate in the 2010 census.

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    The Debate over Health Care Reaches a New Level Online

    The debate over the passage of health care reform reached unprecedented levels on blogs and Twitter last week, and the debate focused on both the value of the bill and the confrontations that surrounded its passing.