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The question is not "will" but "how" people use it
Six years ago, only 9 percent of all adults were online.
According to a Louis Harris poll in late 1999, more than 56
percent of adults were connected. Since 1995, there has been
a 600 percent increase in Internet use, making the
technology the fastest growing technology in the history of
the world. Not even the telephone, car, or computer match
the Internet's rapid growth.
In 1999, more than 69 million American adults were online
searching for disease specific information. That number
continues to increase for two reasons—more people are
using the Web in general and more people are turning to the
Web for health-related information. In 2001, a Harris poll
found that 75 percent of adults, or 97 million adults,
online used the web to search for health related
information.
The diseases that generated the most research include:
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Depression
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19 percent
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Allergies or sinusitis
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16 percent
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Cancer
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15 percent
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Bipolar disorder
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14 percent
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Arthritis/rheumatism
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10 percent
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High blood pressure/hypertension
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10 percent
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Migraine
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nine percent
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Anxiety disorder
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nine percent
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Heart disease
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eight percent
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Sleep disorders
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eight percent
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The general public is not the only segment of American
society to embrace the Internet. According to an American
Medical Association poll, doctors, thought to be the
laggards in using technology, actually exceed the general
population in Internet use with as many as 89 percent using
the Internet at home or at the office.
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Sites to suit you
University of Iowa Health Care debuted its site in 1999
and revised it in 2001. Visit www.uihealthcare.com
to see the changes.
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www.uihealthcare.com
It's been around for a while. Introduced in 1999, the
University of Iowa Health Care site is continuously tailored
to meet your health care information needs. The latest
version of the site, which debuted this spring, makes it
even easier for patients, visitors, job seekers, referring
physicians--just about anyone interested in interacting with
us.
If you want to make an appointment with a University of
Iowa Health Care physician or clinic, or learn more about
treatment options available at UI Hospitals and Clinics, or
need information about medical research, the revised web
site helps you with these and many other inquiries in a
user-friendly way. Virtually all information about the
faculty, clinics, and health information services is
available through the University of Iowa Health Care site.
The navigation bar on the left of the screen gives you
QuickLinks to reach the partners that constitute University
of Iowa Health Care--UI Hospitals and Clinics and UI College
of Medicine. In addition, QuickLinks gives you one-click
access to University of Iowa Health Care initiatives.
The gray navigation bar across the top of the page helps
you navigate from one area of interest to another. The
yellow "surfboard" navigation bar is designed to help
various constituents visiting the site. Click any category
and explore the information available to you.
Since this site was designed with you in mind, please
share your view of the revised uihealthcare.com site. E-mail
your thoughts to wellandgood@uiowa.edu.
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