A search a day keeps the doctor away is the latest theme for Americans who are most concerned about health information. Rather then turning to doctors, searching on internet is the best way to get tips about health information.
Mostly people do internet searches on the academic or research side to dig information for their work, or mostly people will be searching to get online services like banking, travel information, information about cities, boarding / lodging, etc. All these are need based searches and the latest is the addicted searches to get information about health.
A recent report from ask.com conducted by Harris Interactive states that 70 percent of adults rely on on-line search engine on internet as a primary source for medical and health information. The internet revolution has made it possible to attract the people seeking required information with great ease. It has surpassed the television / newspaper or other media in giving the information.
A lot of online services have been started to cater the queries of individuals for providing tips / treatment for a broad range of health topics, like diseases, symptoms, medical options, treatments, medications. A person with no knowledge can understood from the online search of his query with basic definition of the term of what he / she is searching. Using the internet as tool, it is possible to understand and identify the disease and take necessary treatment / consultations with doctors.
Out of 100 percent, 70 percent of the searches made by American people are health related issues than any research / academic / other general information queries.