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Jan 28, 2013Susannah Fox, Maeve Duggan
69% of U.S. adults track a health indicator like weight, diet, exercise routine, or symptom. Of those, half track “in their heads,” one-third keep notes on paper, and one in five use technology to keep tabs on their health status.
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Jan 15, 2013Susannah Fox, Maeve Duggan
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.
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Nov 8, 2012Susannah Fox, Maeve Duggan
Half of smartphone owners use their devices to get health information and one-fifth of smartphone owners have health apps
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Feb 1, 2011Susannah Fox
Food safety, drug safety, and pregnancy information are among eight new topics included in our survey, which finds that 80% of internet users gather health information online.
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Feb 28, 2011Susannah Fox
Many people – especially those living with chronic or rare diseases – use online connections to supplement professional medical advice.
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May 12, 2011Susannah Fox
The online conversation about health is being driven forward by two forces: 1) the availability of social tools and 2) the motivation, especially among people living with chronic conditions, to connect with each other.
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Sep 18, 2011Susannah Fox
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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More in: Health, Social Networking