Many Adults Seek Health Care Information Online, Poll Finds

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Many Adults Seek Health Care Information Online, Poll Finds

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Many U.S. adults with Internet access seek health care information

online, according to a recent Interactive survey, the Wall

Street Journal Online reports. The telephone survey, conducted from

July 5 to July 11, includes responses from 1,020 adults. According to

the survey, 80% of respondents with Internet access said that they have

sought health care information online, compared with 72% in 2005. In

addition, 61% of respondents with Internet access said that they sought

health care information online " sometimes or often, " compared with 58%

in 2005, the survey finds. About 25% of respondents who sought health

care information online said that they considered the data " very

reliable, " compared with 37% in 2005, according to the survey (Wall

Street Journal Online, 7/31).

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