December 30th, 2006
Top medical topics researched by Internet users
An analysis of overall traffic to Web sites devoted to prescription medications revealed the conditions with high levels of visitation. Depression was the top-ranked therapeutic area with 2.9 million unique visitors. Bipolar disorder and insomnia ranked second and third with 1.8 million and 1.7 million unique visitors, respectively.
| Top medical treatments researched on the Web | ||
| Audience, 000 | Q3 2005 | Q3 2006 |
| Depression | 2,950 | 2,893 |
| Bipolar | 1,364 | 1,782 |
| Insomnia | 1,414 | 1,745 |
| Cholesterol | 1,825 | 1,718 |
| Acid Reflux/GERD | 2,493 | 1,402 |
| Contraception | 702 | 1,390 |
| ADHD | 900 | 1,367 |
| Hypertension | 646 | 1,079 |
| Breast Cancer | 523 | 881 |
| Allergies | 1,155 | 738 |
| Migraine | 563 | 723 |
| Diabetes | 838 | 684 |
| Asthma | 828 | 616 |
| Source: comScore | ||
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