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July 23, 2008
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Selected news stories about the Pew Internet Project and articles citing our data.

Medicine on demand

10/22/2007 | CoverageCoverage

Kim Painter, USA Today

'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 adult users and 86% of those with chronic conditions seek health information online.
  • 69% of all adult users and 65% of those with chronic conditions have high-speed service, which is essential for easy video viewing.
  • 57% of adult users have watched or downloaded videos; 22% have chosen educational videos, and 3% do so on a typical day.

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