Majority of US population seek health information online

According to a survey four out of five Internet users in US search for health information online. The survey was based on telephone interviews with 3,001 adults in the United States.Eighty percent of Internet users, or about 59 percent of the US population, search for one of 15 health issues online including a food recall, environmental hazard, or information on a specific disease, hospital or doctor.Survey results showed that internet helped one in three US adults inform their own medical decisions or those of someone they know. Despite this web still is no substitute for the doctor when it comes to a personal medical issue. Thirty-four percent of Internet users have read someone elses commentary or experience about health or medical issues on an online news group, website or blog.Eleven percent of social network site users or five percent of adults post comments, queries, or information about health or medical matters online.