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Mar 4, 2010Susannah Fox
The kinds of health information sought and found online are different from what people can glean from most traditional sources.
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Eight in ten internet users have looked online for health information. Many e-patients say the internet has had a significant impact on the way they care for themselves or for others.
Mar 9, 2010Amanda Lenhart
This panel discusses the opportunities and challenges presented by technology for STD prevention. Amanda presents Pew Internet's latest data on the use of technology by teens and young adults for communicating, socializing and information gathering.
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More in: Teens, Generations, Social Networking, Mobile, Health
Mar 3, 2010Susannah Fox
DiabetesMine and Project HealthDesign are just two examples of how design is taking center stage in health care initiatives. What else are you seeing? What else needs to be done?
Dennis Thompson, US News and World Report
Mar 3, 2010
WEDNESDAY, March 3 (HealthDay News) -- The Internet has made vast amounts of health information available to the general public, but all that virtual "noise" has made people more likely than ever to trust their doctor with medical decisions, a new su...
Feb 23, 2010Susannah Fox
Susannah Fox will participate in a transatlantic dialogue on how technology enables innovation and transformation in health care.
Feb 18, 2010Susannah Fox
Susannah Fox delivered a guest lecture for a history of medicine course regarding the role of the internet in health care over the last 15 years.
More in: Health, Web 2.0
Feb 2, 2010Susannah Fox
I believe that, although very few people engage with their health on a daily or even weekly basis, it is important to understand what they do when their attention is focused on a health question.
Kevin Pho, USA Today
Jan 27, 2010
Raise your hand if you've ever left a physician's office without fully understanding what the doctor just told you. According to The New England Journal of Medicine, half of patients admit to not understanding what their doctor told them during an of...
Jan 21, 2010Susannah Fox
Search is central to health information gathering. Now search sites are guiding consumers to safe, trusted health websites. Is that such a bad thing?
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Jan 20, 2010Susannah Fox
Susannah Fox will provide data on the current internet population, with a particular focus on health communication, wireless adoption, social media, and implications for public health planning.
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The percentage of adults who cancelled or cut back their online service in the past year, compared with 22% of adults who cut back their cable TV service.
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The Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project is one of seven projects that make up the Pew Research Center. The Center is supported by The Pew Charitable Trust.