Selected news stories about the Pew Internet Project and articles citing our data.
Internet can't cure all ills
10/30/2006 | 
Coverage
Rachel Brand, Rocky Mountain News , Business
'"Dr. Google is ready for its next patient.
Ten million Americans log onto the Internet each day to get health news and advice.
Many of them are logging on for family or friends, and a majority make decisions based on the information they find, according to a new study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
"People are not making health decisions necessarily independent of a doctor," said Susannah Fox, the study's author. "They are using the Internet to confirm decisions, to reassure themselves."
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