Background Individuals with rare diseases may face challenges that are different from those
experienced in more common medical conditions. A wide range of different rare conditions …

OBJECTIVE: Outlines the methods and measures commonly used to study active health
information seeking and prescribes important considerations in advancing the study of …

We live in a digital age and this has changed the landscape of health information. With the
changing US demographic, otherwise acute diseases morphing into chronic diseases as a …

While the field of digital inequality continues to expand in many directions, the relationship
between digital inequalities and other forms of inequality has yet to be fully appreciated. This …

Background Baby boomers and older adults, a subset of the population at high risk for
chronic disease, social isolation, and poor health outcomes, are increasingly utilizing the …

Background: Today, people use the Internet to satisfy health-related information and
communication needs. In Malaysia, Internet use for health management has become …

Background The Internet is one of the main resources of health information especially for
young adults, but website content is not always trustworthy or validated. Little is known about …

Search engines and social media are two of the most com-monly used online services; in
this paper, we examine how users appropriate these platforms for online health activi-ties …

The World Wide Web provides an abundant source of medical information. This information
can assist people who are not healthcare professionals to better understand health and …

Abstract Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has been medicalized in the United
States since the 1960s. Primarily used in North America until the 1990s, ADHD diagnosis …