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Social networking penetrates 65% of worldwide Internet audience
Of the 1.1 billion people aged 15 and older worldwide who accessed the Internet from home or work in May, 734.2 million...
Facebook Connect brings conversation, integration to established sites
Online social networking site Facebook has launched a new featured called Facebook Connect, an application that allows...
Social networking for patients
Patient social networks have become a new niche. Since health is often sensitive and private—and not something...
Daytona Beach medical center broadcasting surgeries over the Internet
Daytona Beach, FL-based Halifax Health Medical Center has shown two surgical procedures live over the Internet since...
Seeking a cure, patients find a dose of conversation online
Intimate exchanges among people living with disease are part of an unconventional strategy HealthCentral is following...
Social networking site for patients launches
Trusera, a new social-networking website centered on health, has officially launched. The site features online...
Patient Web sites used for news, support in crisis
Using free online services like CaringBridge and CarePages and their user-friendly formats, patients can quickly set up...
Study finds NYC hospitals differ on care at life’s end
Consumer Reports launched an online tool that lets users compare hospitals on their treatment of patients with...
Teenagers take embarrassing ailments to Second Life doctors
Spanish health authorities have launched a virtual portal through the Second Life Web site designed to help young...
Virtual office visits appeal to patients, physicians, insurers
Titusville, FL-based physician Frank Dienst, MD, is among the first physicians in Central Florida to conduct online...