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A new study explores what doctors and legislators are tweeting about and what it means for Alzheimer's Disease research and funding.
By Cynthia A. Bens
The results of a recent study conducted for Kaiser Permanente analyzed physicians’, health reporters’ and Congress members’ social media discussion of certain prevalent diseases. Of the diseases identified in 2.3 million tweets over a three-year period, diabetes and cancer topped the list for physicians; HIV/AIDS was first for those in Congress.