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reportMay 25, 2011

Peer-to-peer Healthcare: Crazy. Crazy. Crazy. Obvious.

Is “peer-to-peer healthcare” an idea whose time has come? Evidence and recent examples.
reportMay 12, 2011

The Social Life of Health Information, 2011

The online conversation about health is being driven forward by two forces: 1) the availability of social tools and 2) the motivation, especially among people living with chronic conditions, to connect with each other.
reportMay 5, 2011

Why Are Gas Prices Rising? A Mix of Reasons

As gas prices soar, many Americans pin the blame on greed or a push for higher profits among oil companies, speculators and oil-producing nations. About three-in-ten (31%) offer a variation on this theme – greed, oil companies or speculation – when asked what they think is the main reason gasoline prices have gone up recently, […]
presentationMay 5, 2011

The Rise of the e-Patient: Understanding Social Networks and Online Health Information-Seeking

Lee Rainie discusses e-patients and their online behavior
presentationMay 4, 2011

What Really Works in Mobile Health

Susannah Fox presented the Project’s latest findings on how mobile access is affecting health and health care.
presentationApr 14, 2011

Mobile Health

Susannah Fox will participate in the first working meeting of the Open mHealth Public-Private Partnership in Washington, DC.
reportApr 6, 2011

Health Surveys 2000-10

Over 200 pages of health-related survey questions fielded by the Pew Internet Project.
reportApr 4, 2011

Peer-to-peer healthcare on NPR

Macro and micro health news and how the two combined to create one great story about online communities.
reportMar 23, 2011

What if information spread more quickly than a virus?

What if all the knowledge and insights shared at a White House event on HIV/AIDS could be shared across all the social networks that people have access to?
reportMar 21, 2011

Opposition to Nuclear Power Rises Amid Japanese Crisis

Overview Not surprisingly, public support for the increased use of nuclear power has declined amid the ongoing nuclear emergency in Japan. Currently, 39% say they favor promoting the increased use of nuclear power while 52% are opposed. Last October, 47% favored promoting the increased use of nuclear power and the same percentage (47%) was opposed. […]