As reported by the PEW Foundation, eight in ten Internet users have researched health related information online. The areas most often researched include diet, fitness, drugs, health insurance, experimental treatments and evaluation of specific doctors and hospitals. Certain types of Internet users are the most likely to seek health care related information on line. These include women, college graduates, those with broadband access and those with more online experience.
According to Internet World Stats, over 225 million persons in the United States used the Internet in 2005. Growth in Internet use from 2000 to 2005 has been in access of 100%. This means that more than 180 million persons researched health care online last year and this number is expected to grow.
With these staggering numbers in mind, this on line publishing resource brings together a variety of health care related topics. These topics include beauty and fitness, drug therapies, serious medical conditions, eye care and many others. For those Internet users who do not find a website related to your specific area of interest, please visit the websites of the Food and Drug Administration or WebMD. While visiting those sites, use the convenient search tool to find information about your specific topic of interest.
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All About Cataracts
All About Cataracts provides information on cataracts and how this eye disease is treated with cataract surgery.
Media Fact
Mediafact is an informational resource about specific diseases and their causes, including Stevens Johnson Syndrome, toxic epidermal necrolysis, primary pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary arterial hypertension and malignant mesothelioma.
Consumer Guide to Plastic Surgery
The Consumer Guide to Plastic Surgery, a website providing comprehensive information on breast enhancement procedures such as breast augmentation with implants, breast lift and breast reduction; facelift, liposuction, rhinoplasty, tummy tuck, weight loss surgery (gastric bypass surgery) and more.
LASIK Los Angeles
Dr. David Wallace is a leading LASIK and vision correction surgery specialist in the West Los Angeles area. Dr Wallace has performed vision correction surgery and advanced cataract surgery on thousands of patients from the Los Angeles area.
Guidant Recall
Learn about Guidant pacemaker recall, Guidant ICD recall and Guidant defibrillator recall.
Vector Vision
VectorVision specializes in standardized vision testing for contrast sensitivity, glare sensitivity, low contrast acuity and ETDRS acuity.
Benzene Diseases
Benzene is a type of hazardous inorganic chemical compound that is primarily used as an intermediary in the production of various plastics and chemicals. Benzene has commonly been used as an industrial solvent, though use of the compound is now monitored because of benzene toxicity concerns. Benzene exposure has been linked with the development of a number of disease including acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) and aplastic anemia.
Aylstock, Witkin and Sasser, PLC
The lawyers of Aylstock Witkin and Sasser are skilled personal injury lawyers in Pensacola. They also serve as auto accident lawyers and help victims of hurricane fraud, defective drugs and defective pacemakers.
Resources About Liposuction
Learn about liposuction, also known as lipoplasty, including information about liposuction surgery, liposuction cost and liposuction surgeons.
LASIK Houston
LASIK Eye Surgery pioneer Dr. Stephen Slade is a Houston, Texas native who specializes in vision correction. Dr. Slade has extensive experience and has performed LASIK and other types of refractive surgery on more than 25,000 patients from Houston, Texas and around the world.
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