Cannabidiol (CBD) is widely promoted as a panacea. For example, the cannabis brand MedMen claims CBD treats acne, anxiety, opioid addiction, pain, and menstrual problems.1 However, US Food Drug Administration has only approved highly purified (Epidiolex) for treating epilepsy. To our knowledge, there currently no population-focused surveillance of public interest in CBD. Consequently, many question whether should be prioritized by health leaders regulators. This article describes within...

Suicide is the second leading cause of death among young adults but challenges preventing suicide are significant because signs often seem invisible. Research has shown that clinicians not able to reliably predict when someone at greatest risk. In this paper, we describe design, collection, and analysis text messages from individuals with a history suicidal thoughts behaviors build model identify periods suicidality (i.e., ideation non-fatal attempts). By reconstructing timeline recent...

We investigated how intelligent virtual assistants (IVA), including Amazon's Alexa, Apple's Siri, Google Assistant, Microsoft's Cortana, and Samsung's Bixby, responded to addiction help-seeking queries. recorded if IVAs provided a singular response so, did they link users treatment or referral services. Only 4 of the 70 queries presented five returned responses, with remainder prompting confusion (e.g., "did I say something wrong?"). When asked "help me quit drugs" Alexa definition for word...

Internet Searches for Acute Anxiety During the Early Stages of COVID-19 PandemicThere is widespread concern that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may harm population mental health, chiefly owing to anxiety about and its societal fallout. 1 But traditional health surveillance (eg, telephone surveys, medical records) time consuming, expensive, miss persons who do not participate or seek care.To evaluate association with on a basis, we examined internet searches 2 indicative acute...

Background In the latter half of 2019, an outbreak pulmonary disease in USA resulted 2807 hospitalisations and 68 deaths, as 18 February 2020. Given severity outbreak, we assessed whether articles during era more frequently warned about dangers vaping internet searches for cessation increased. Methods Using Tobacco Watcher, a media monitoring platform that automatically identifies categorises news from sources across globe, obtained all (a) discussed (b) primarily vaping. We search trends...

The #MeToo movement on Twitter has drawn attention to the pervasive nature of sexual harassment and violence. While been praised for providing support self-disclosures or violence shifting societal response, it also criticized exemplifying how women color have discounted their historical contributions excluded from feminist movements. Through an analysis over 600,000 tweets 256,000 unique users, we examine online conversations across gender racial/ethnic identities topics that each...

<h3>Importance</h3> Use of cannabidiol (CBD) has markedly increased in the past 5 years, concurrent with marketing claims that over-the-counter CBD can be used to treat almost any health condition. However, reasons why individuals use remain unclear. <h3>Objective</h3> To assess whether are using for diagnosable conditions have evidence-based therapies. <h3>Design, Setting, and Participants</h3> This case series assessed claimed treatment applications reported by users public testimonials...

A growing body of research has reported on the potential opioid-sparing effects cannabis and cannabinoids, but less is known about specific mechanisms. The present examines cannabis-related posts in two large online communities Reddit platform (“subreddits”) to compare mentions naturalistic use by persons self-identifying as actively using opioids versus recovery. We extracted all mentioning keywords (e.g., “weed”, “cannabis”, “marijuana”) from December 2015 through August 2019 an opioid...

This study analyzes US internet search numbers to evaluate changes in searches for sexual harassment and assault, reporting, training since the #MeToo movement.

This study monitored online posts from readers seeking specific health information on a social media platform to evaluate the volume of requests, whether sought an initial or second opinion for diagnosis, and amount response time before reply answer was sent.

Objectives To assess whether the late 2019 US outbreak of pulmonary disease linked to vaping (‘E-cigarette, or Vaping, product use Associated Lung Injury’ (EVALI)) impacted online shopping queries for products and Philip Morris ‘IQO’ brand heated tobacco. Methods We tracked vape(s), JUUL IQOS by analysing rates Google indicative (eg, buy IQOS) after news was first reported (the week 29 July 2019) until hospitalisations ceased 16 February 2020). compared observed during counterfactual...

Background: Digitally-mediated peer support may improve opioid use disorder (OUD) recovery. Our objective was to examine the types and sources of stigma that people seek for in online OUD recovery communities (subreddits) on Reddit. Methods: We extracted all posts containing keywords from three subreddits as well a random sample do not contain keywords. conducted deductive content analysis confirm post self-described an experience identify type (condition, intervention) source...

Objective tools to assess suicide risk are needed determine when someone is at imminent risk. This pilot laboratory investigation utilized a within-subjects design identify patterns in text messaging (SMS) unique high-risk periods preceding attempts. Individuals reporting history of attempt (N=33) retrospectively identified past attempts and lower (e.g., ideation). Language analysis software scored 189,478 messages capture three psychological constructs: self-focus, sentiment, social...

Objective: This study examines the health insurance literacy, or ability to use effectively, of college students. Participants: A total 455 students from a large, public university completed an online questionnaire in November 2016. Methods: examined students' knowledge commonly encountered terms and apply that determine cost-sharing clinical setting. Results: The majority were able correctly identify most terms, but could not related plan types options. Eighty-eight percent their for two...

Increasing incidence of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) has prompted the public health and technology communities to innovate new measures understand how individuals use Internet resources attain relevant information, particularly for sensitive or stigmatized conditions. The purpose this study is examine recent information seeking needs r/STD community, a subreddit focused exclusively on STDs. We found that majority posts crowdsource about intermediate, non-reportable STDs such as human...

People's perceptions about health risks, including their risk of acquiring HIV, are impacted in part by who they see portrayed as at the media. Viewers these cases asking themselves "do those look like me?" An accurate perception is critical for high-risk populations, already suffer from a range disparities. Yet, to date no study has evaluated demographic representation health-related content social The objective this case was apply automated image recognition software examine profile faces...

This cross-sectional study assesses trends in suicide-related internet search rates the early stages of COVID-19 pandemic US.

Currently, a large amount of data is amassed in electronic health records (EHRs). However, EHR systems are largely information silos, that is, uses these often confined to management patient and analytics specific clinician's practice. A growing trend healthcare combining multiple databases support epidemiological research. The College Health Surveillance Network the first national warehouse containing from 31 different student centers. Each member university contributes by uploading select...

Ask the Doctor (AtD) services provide patients opportunity to seek medical advice using online platforms. While these represent a new mode of healthcare delivery, study health communities and how they are used is limited. In particular, it unknown if platforms replicate existing barriers biases in traditional delivery across demographic groups. We present an analysis AskDocs, subreddit that functions as public AtD platform on social media. examine demographics users, topics discussed,...

Abstract Best management practices ( BMP s) are widely used to mitigate impacts of increased impervious surfaces on stormwater runoff. However, there is limited detailed and up‐to‐date information available the cost designing, constructing, maintaining s over their lifetime. The objective this study analyze recently constructed by Virginia Department Transportation VDOT ) quantify total per pound phosphorus removed annually. A motivating factor for recent changes regulatory guidelines in...

Background: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has impacted patients receiving methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) through opioid programs (OTPs), especially because of the unique challenges care delivery model. Previously, documentation patient experiences during emergencies often comes years after fact, in part there is a substantial data void real-time. Methods: We extracted 308 posts that mention COVID-19 keywords on r/methadone, an online community for MMT to share...

Background There is no recognized gold standard method for estimating the number of individuals with substance use disorders (SUDs) seeking help within a given geographical area. This presents challenge to policy makers in effective deployment resources treatment SUDs. Internet search queries related SUDs using Google Trends may represent low-cost, real-time, and data-driven infoveillance tool address this shortfall information. Objective paper assesses feasibility query data as an indicator...

This evaluation of media trends compared searches on social for key words after a celebrity overdose and suicide.