Many Americans are jumping into the participatory Web without considering all the implications. If nothing really bad has happened to someone, they tend neither to worry about their personal information nor to take steps to limit the amount of infor...
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Eight in ten respondents who recently needed health information said they turned to a professional for advice.
Internet users are becoming more aware of their digital footprint; 47% have searched for information about themselves online, up from just 22% five years ago.
For the last seven years, we have observed a waiting period of six months between the publication of a report and the upload of the data set. No more.
University of Wisconsin researchers have found that breast cancer patients seemed to benefit from being directed to doctor-approved health information online.
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Just half of adults with chronic conditions use the internet; but once online, they are avid consumers of health information.
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