Science Issues

I presented our latest data on social media and health to the Center for Connected Health's 2008 Symposium in Boston.

The internet has changed people's expectations of their relationship with health professionals. One possible next step is the concept of participatory medicine.

Despite the imploding stock market, the looming recession, the unpopular president and the dismal political polls, there's very good news in the one realm of life that’s always been a special sanctuary for Republicans. Personal happiness.

The New York Times quoted our data in an article entitled Logging On for a Second (or Third) Opinion. We happen to be preparing our next health...

Overview The public is feeling much better about how the war in Iraq is going these days, but at the same time has a sharply diminished appetite for U.S. efforts to deal with an array of global problems. Fewer people than at any point in this decade assign high priority to such foreign policy goals […]

The National Institutes of Health recently gathered a group of consumers and people who study them to discuss how to "chart the next course for NIH communications."

A recent workshop gave me new insights into the strengths and weaknesses of our data.

Ha Tu and Genna Cohen of the released their latest report on how Americans gather health information.

People turn to the internet for health information when the stakes are high and the connection fast.

More than one-fourth of Hispanic adults in the United States lack a usual health care provider, and a similar proportion report obtaining no health care information from medical personnel in the past year.