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    Hobbyists Online

    If you have a hobby there is a very good chance you use the internet in pursuit of that hobby. Not only are people looking for information, but they are building communities [related to their hobby].

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    Medicine on demand

    The use of online health video may be too new to quantify, but recent studies by the Pew Internet & American Life Project show:

  • 74% of all adults and 51% of people who have chronic health problems are Internet users.
  • 79% of all ...

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    Modern Hobbyists

    " The word "hobbyist" has an antique ring to it, evoking images of folks making useless objects in their garages. Like so much else, however, hobbies have entered the Internet age. Polling for the Pew Internet & American Life Project finds 83 perc...

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    Patients Turn to the Internet for Health Information

    The Internet is changing not just the way patients get medical information, but the way they interact with doctors, their families, and even with strangers.

    A new report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project gives a glimpse of some o...

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    MDs note the rise of e-patients

    A study released yesterday by the Pew Internet & American Life Project confirmed what most doctors already know: The number of e-patients is growing...

    The health care industry, which once discouraged people from doing Internet research, is ...

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    Study: Disabled Less Likely to Be Online

    Americans with disabilities and other chronic conditions are less likely to use the Internet, but those who are online are among the most avid consumers of health-related information, a new study finds...

    Half of those with chronic condition...

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    Chronically Ill Lack Internet Access

    A chronic health problem affects one in five Americans. When it does, almost all who are able head online to figure out what to do...

    When the chronically ill go online, they trade information about treatment with others.

    They often ac...

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    Older, wiser and online

    The first time Doris M. Scarborough, 74, sat in front of a computer, she didn’t know where to put her hands.

    “I didn’t know how to turn it on,” she said. “I used to squeeze the mouse so much it was sweating in my hand. I didn’t know I could ...

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    Study: More Spam but Fewer Complaints

    "Thirty-seven percent of U.S. e-mail users say they are getting more junk in their personal e-mail accounts, and 29 percent see an increase in their work accounts. About half say they have not noticed a change, the Pew Internet and American Life P...

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    Fact is, we've learned to accept spam

    "Why are those who use the internet more bothered by spam than casual users? The more people use the internet, the more it becomes integrated into their lives. When you use the internet in a rich way, you expect--and need--it to work well. Tha...

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16%

of online adults use Twitter, up from 8% in November 2010.

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The Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project is one of seven projects that make up the Pew Research Center. The Center is supported by The Pew Charitable Trust.