Fifty-nine percent of American adults have looked online for health information in the last year, according to a report released by the Pew Internet & American Life Project (Jay Directo/AFP/Getty Images)

More Americans are turning to the web for medical advice, a new study reports.

Fifty-nine percent of American adults have looked online for health information in the last year, according to a report released by the Pew Internet & American Life Project on January 15. One in 3 adults surveyed have used the internet specifically to figure out a medical condition.

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