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    Where Americans Are Turning for Flu Facts

    With swine flu the top topic on the public's mind last week, local television news stations and cable news networks remained the most frequented sources of information for Americans (cited as a news source on the subject by 69% and 63%, respect...

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    Rampant Malpractice Among Health Searchers

    Although most internet users turn to general-purpose search engines to find health related information, the majority don't bother to check the source and date of the information they find, according to a new study from the Pew Internet Project. ...

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    Patients seek health info on Web, but it isn't always fresh

    "Eighty percent of U.S. Internet users have searched for information online, but most do not check the date and reliability of the information they find, a study shows.

    Searchers are more than twice as likely to start their search at a gene...

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    Internet can't cure all ills

    "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 ...

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    Millions find health tips a Web click away

    About 10 million Americans search the Internet each day for health information, making it as common a Web activity as paying bills and reading blogs, according to the study. And three-fourths of those surfing for health information were reassur...

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  • Media Mention

    Patients seek health info on Web

    Eighty percent of U.S. Internet users have searched for information online, but most do not check the date and reliability of the information they find, a study shows. Searchers are more than twice as likely to start their search at a general-i...

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    More in: Health, Search

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DATA POINT

61%

of current Facebook users say that at one time or another in the past they have voluntarily taken a break from using Facebook for a period of several weeks or more.

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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.