Background The Internet is one of the main resources of health information especially for
young adults, but website content is not always trustworthy or validated. Little is known about …

During the last decades huge amounts of data have been collected in clinical databases
representing patients' health states (eg, as laboratory results, treatment plans, medical …

Background: During the past 2 decades, the Internet has evolved to become a necessity in
our daily lives. The selection and sorting algorithms of search engines exert tremendous …

Background The emergence of the Internet has increased access to health information and
can facilitate active individual engagement in health care decision making. Hispanics are …

Males have traditionally been more active Internet users than females; however, research
indicates females are more likely to seek health information online. This meta-analysis …

Main Objective The objective of this study was to explore women's expectations and
experiences of undergoing second trimester abortion. Methods This is a cross-sectional …

'Cyberchondria'describes the phenomenon of searching for health information online
exacerbating health anxiety. This study explores health anxious individuals' experiences of …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The US public is increasingly using online rating sites to
make decisions about a variety of consumer goods and services, including physicians. We …

Objective Patients access on-line health information (OHI) to better understand their health.
We aimed to determine which demographic factors influence OHI use. We also explored …

Objective To evaluate commonly used cancer websites' information provision, we developed
and applied an Information Comprehensiveness Tool to breast and prostate cancer …