Recently, there have been reports showing that people can become addicted to tanning beds and junk food, and now a new study has revealed that many college students are addicted to the internet, “showing symptoms similar to drug and alcohol addictions,” reports Reuters. As a college student I can definitely relate; I would like to think that I am not addicted, but I do know that if I leave my iPhone at home, or have no internet connection I feel disconnected from the world and feel like something’s missing. It’s almost like a sense of security and comfort to be able to look down at my phone at any moment and have the internet right there at my fingertips.
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Maternity wards have come light-years from the 1960s. You not only are allowed wi-fi but massage therapists, whirlpool tubs and a portrait photographer. Medical centers now focus on creating a birthing plan with the mother, some mothers prefer to have a water birth when other moms prefer a regular birth.
Some mothers prefer having a doula present or a female doctor vs. a male doctor.
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The internet is becoming the go-to solution for almost everything. People use the internet for a news source, for communicating, for research, for entertainment, and now more and more people are using the web to look up health information. According to the first National Health Interview Survey, in one year a little over half of U.S. adults used the internet to look up health information.
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Across five countries, 85% of online Europeans use the ‘net to find information on health and prescription drugs. This has been reported by the Cybercitizen Health® Europe v9.0 study (conducted by Manhattan Research). Most often, their first stop was Wikipedia and this information led them to alter their treatment decisions. Seems like a perfect spot for PriceDoc to step in as their second destination…
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