Eight in ten internet users have looked online for information on at least one of 16 health topics, with increased interest since 2002 in diet, fitness, drugs, health insurance, experimental treatments, and particular doctors and hospitals...Technorati Tags: Terrorism, Aviation
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Wednesday, May 18, 2005
Searching for Health Information Online
As a follow up to yesterday's post on using Google Ads as a window to what patients see online, this is an article from the Pew Internet & American Life Project on searching for health information online: