More than one-third of Canadian adults, over half of them women, used the Internet to search for health information in 2005, according to a new study.
Among those who also visited a doctor, more than one-third discussed the results of their Internet search with their physician.
The study, "Getting a second opinion: Health information and the Internet," appears today in Health Reports. Using data from the 2005 Canadian Internet Use Survey, the study examines adults' use of the Internet to access health information.
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