Knowledge is power... and content (in proper context) is king. A presence online and in medicine and social media is just the tip of the iceberg i
Patients who seek information online and discuss their healthcare treatment choices on social media platforms feel better about their decisions, according to research published in JAMA Oncology.
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Responsive for nearly one-quarter of all U.S. deaths, cardiovascular disease is the country's leading cause of death in both men and women. Each year, more than 610,000 Americans die from it, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). And while there's no cure for cardiovascular disease, there are ways to lower a person's risk of the disease. The first step, however, is to…
Online symptom checkers are accurate only about half the time, according to a Harvard Medical School study published in the BMJ.
An online portal to manage chronic kidney disease sounds great, but poor, older or black people were less likely to use it. That means the shift to e-health could make health disparities worse.
These services aim to create sophisticated shoppers for medical care, but even when people have access to new information, they might not use it.