Health Policy

Now proven beyond a reasonable doubt: Women are more likely than men to look for health information online.

Keeping an eye on the Dr. Google vs. Dr. Microsoft horserace.

Loved ones not only influence your choice of school, car, or housing -- they might influence your choices about smoking, exercise, and food, even if they live hundreds of miles away.

MP3s, dishwashers, can openers, and Twitter are examples of "good enough" technologies.

12% of internet users participate in an online patient group.

Cancer "weather maps," the age of biology, and how cell-only adults really are different from landline users.

Tom Ferguson's spirit lives on at e-patients.net

This presentation provides data and insights about how the "participatory Web" may change how survey researchers think about online health information, as well as data on adults who continue to be offline in an online world.

Tagging, blogging, and social networking sites allow internet users to search for, catalog, and disseminate information.

Most internet users start at a search engine when looking for health information online. Very few check the source and date of the information they find.