The Diagnosis Difference
A portrait of the 45% of U.S. adults living with chronic health conditions
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
A portrait of the 45% of U.S. adults living with chronic health conditions
32% of adults transact bank business on their mobile phones
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
35% of U.S. adults have gone online to figure out a medical condition; of these, half followed up with a visit to a medical professional.
Half of smartphone owners use their devices to get health information and one-fifth of smartphone owners have health apps
A summary of recent research related to cancer and the internet.
The Gov 2.0 Expo was a smorgasbord of policy, technology, and citizen engagement. Aaron Smith and Susannah Fox share their notes.
Search is central to health information gathering. Now search sites are guiding consumers to safe, trusted health websites. Is that such a bad thing?
The kinds of health information sought and found online are different from what people can glean from most traditional sources.
The FDA should hear about the reality of the information marketplace, which is increasingly mobile and social, not about the past failings of consumers to check the source and date of health information online.
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