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Over Half Go Online For Health Information

More than half (59%) of U.S. adults use online resources to obtain health information according to an iCrossing study "How America Searches: Health & Wellness."

Americans Stay Healthy Searching Online

Seventy percent of adults in the U.S. use the Internet as their main source for medical and health information according to a study done by Harris Interactive and commissioned by Ask.com

Consumers Trust The Internet For Health Info

Seventy-five percent of consumers said they view the Internet as their most trusted source for gathering medical and drug information according to Prospectiv's 2007 Pharmaceutical Marketing poll.

Healthline Launches Symptom Search

Especially for the hypochondriac in all of us, Healthline.com unveiled its new Symptom Search product this week. The "search-driven symptom exploration tool" pulls data from the Centers for Disease Control and from medical reference libraries. In all, says the company, 3,500 symptoms and 900 diseases are documented. Healthline says that's ten times the number of symptoms covered by WebMD or MayoClinic.

Searchers Rarely Vet Online Health Sources

Can there be an online placebo effect, or is the health information online just really that good? That could be investigated, but it seems the average online health information seeker wouldn't go so far as to find out.