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640 Health on the Internet

People are turning to the Internet increasingly often to look for the answers to their health questions. How are people using the Web for health information, and how reliable is the information they find? Will the Internet empower patients or overwhelm them? Find out about e-patients and how they could change health care.
 

Guests: Susannah Fox, associate director of the Pew Internet and American Life Project and principal author of the Project's survey reports on e-patients and online health. The Web sites she mentions are: the Pew Internet and American Life Project
Medical Library Association 
Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network
DrGreene.com

Gilles Frydman, Founder & President of ACOR, the Association of Cancer Online Resources, the largest online support group for cancer patients.

Dr. Alan Greene and Cheryl Greene, Founders of Dr.Greene.com, the most popular pediatric site on the Internet. More than a million people visit the site each month.

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About the Author
Terry Graedon, PhD, is a medical anthropologist and co-host of The People’s Pharmacy radio show, co-author of The People’s Pharmacy syndicated newspaper columns and numerous books, and co-founder of The People’s Pharmacy website. Terry taught in the Duke University School of Nursing and was an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology. She is a Fellow of the Society of Applied Anthropology. Terry is one of the country's leading authorities on the science behind folk remedies..
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