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Help with online health
Frustrated by medical and health care websites? New research suggests seniors don't use this health technology like they should, but it may not be their fault.
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It's said that you can find just about anything on the Internet. Yet when it comes to finding information about health, many seniors are at a loss.
"Few seniors are using digital health technology," says Dr. David Levine, of Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women's Hospital, who specializes in medical technology information.
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