Medicine & Health

The prospect of dying has always fascinated, haunted and, ultimately, defined human beings. From the beginnings of civilization, people have contemplated their own mortality – and considered the possibility of immortality.

Lee Rainie will describe the Project’s research on how patients and caregivers seek health information in the digital age

Every parent knows that young children catch lots of things at school: chicken pox, the flu and, of course, the annual back-to-school cold. Now there’s evidence that kids can catch something else from their classmates:  obesity. Of course there isn’t a fat virus, or at least one we know about.  But a research team from […]

Susannah Fox will present data on U.S. technology adoption and use related to the pursuit of health.

The percent of online caregivers vs. other internet users who have interacted with their health online in the following ways

Sources of health care information for family caregivers

The demographics of those who care for someone

39% of U.S. adults provide care for a loved one, up from 30% in 2010, and many navigate health care with the help of technology

Susannah Fox will participate in a national invitational meeting on "Promoting and Sustaining the Collaborative Network Model in Pediatrics" in Alexandria, VA.

In an article published in the journal Pediatrics, Susannah Fox makes the case for clinicians paying attention to peer-to-peer health care.