The Web at 25 in the U.S.
The overall verdict: The internet has been a plus for society and an especially good thing for individual users
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
The overall verdict: The internet has been a plus for society and an especially good thing for individual users
Our national survey finds that seven-in-ten (72%) adult internet users say they have searched online for information about a range of health issues, the most popular being specific diseases and treatments.
A portrait of the 45% of U.S. adults living with chronic health conditions
I began a recent speech at a medical school with a question that many busy clinicians might be asking: How do we know that social media is important to health care?
Susannah Fox will participate in a national invitational meeting on “Promoting and Sustaining the Collaborative Network Model in Pediatrics” in Alexandria, VA.
39% of U.S. adults provide care for a loved one, up from 30% in 2010, and many navigate health care with the help of technology
Thirty percent of U.S. adults provide support to a loved one. The internet is a key information and communications resource for this front-line labor force.
As mobile, social tools spread throughout the population, people are connecting with each other. Why not harness those tools for health?
Why do some people look online for health information while others do not?
Peer-to-peer healthcare is a way for people to do what they have always done – lend a hand, lend an ear, lend advice – but at internet speed and at internet scale.
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