<p>The Pew Internet & American Life Project compiles in-depth information about the ways Americans use the Internet to gather and share health news and information.</p> http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room.aspx A new Pew Research Center report finds over half of smartphone owners gather health information on their phones, compared with 6% of non-smartphone owners. Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:27:03 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail.aspx?id=85899429145&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Health&WT.rss_a=Mobile Health Has Found Its Market In Smartphone Owners&WT.z_contenttype=Report Pew Research reports over half of smartphone owners gather health information on their phones, compared with 6% of non-smartphone owners. Thu, 08 Nov 2012 10:35:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail.aspx?id=85899429117&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Health&WT.rss_a=Mobile Health Has Found Its Market In Smartphone Owners&WT.z_contenttype=Report Fully 30 percent of U.S. adults help a loved one with personal needs, manage finances or arrange for outside care for another adult or child with a disability. Of this group, 88% use the internet to find health information Thu, 12 Jul 2012 11:00:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail.aspx?id=85899404754&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Health&WT.rss_a=Family Caregivers Turn to Internet For Information and Guidance&WT.z_contenttype=Report <p>The online conversation about health is being driven forward by two forces: 1) the availability of social tools and 2) the motivation, especially among people living with chronic conditions, to connect with each other.        </p> Thu, 12 May 2011 15:00:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail.aspx?id=85899359771&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Health&WT.rss_a=The Social Life of Health Information, 2011&WT.z_contenttype=Report <p>About one-in-five internet users have gone online to find others with health concerns similar to theirs. Those with chronic conditions are even more likely to reach out to peers.</p> Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:25:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail.aspx?id=328317&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Health&WT.rss_a=Patients Expand Support Networks to Include Online Peers&WT.z_contenttype=Report <p>Health information remains one of the most important subjects that internet users research online. Symptoms and treatments continue to dominate internet users' health searches, but food safety, drug safety, and pregnancy information are among eight new topics included in the Pew Research Center's latest survey.</p> Tue, 01 Feb 2011 09:30:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail.aspx?id=327716&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Health&WT.rss_a=Accessing Health Topics on the Internet&WT.z_contenttype=Report <p>The online health-information environment is going mobile. 17% of cell phone users have used their phone to look up health or medical information and 9% have software applications or "apps" on their phones that help them track or manage their health.</p> Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:00:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail.aspx?id=61373&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Health&WT.rss_a=Mobile Health 2010&WT.z_contenttype=Report <p>DDB Issues & Advocacy and the Pew Internet & American Life Project are co-sponsoring a conversation with Thomas Goetz and Susannah Fox at the Pew Research Center on April 23rd.</p> Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:31:55 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/events_detail.aspx?id=58525&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Health&WT.rss_a=A Conversation with Thomas Goetz and Susannah Fox&WT.z_contenttype=Event <p>Americans living with a chronic disease are significantly less likely than healthy adults to have Internet access. The majority are online, however, and they are more likely to share what they know and to learn from their peers, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project and the California HealthCare Foundation.</p> Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:55:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail.aspx?id=57966&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Health&WT.rss_a=Chronic Disease and the Internet&WT.z_contenttype=Report Terms and Conditions Page http://www.pewtrusts.org/terms_and_conditions.aspx