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Health online is becoming a very convenient thing that many people use these days when they have some kind of injury.  It used to be before the internet became so popular that any little injury had to be seen by the doctor because people did not know what to do to fix it.  But now with websites like web md it is very simple to find out what to do when it is just a click away on the internet.  It is also available on many people's phones so they can check what to do as soon as they get sick or they hurt themselves in some way.  I think that these types of sites are very great because it is good that it so simple to look up health problems online because that saves a lot of time and money.  When you have to go to the doctor that usually takes at least an hour out of the persons day.  This hurts because normally it would have to be during their work hours because the doctor is open during the day.  So not only does it cost money to go to the doctor, but it also costs even more money because they lose at least an hours pay on top of what they already have to give to the doctor.  If i ever have any kind of pretty bad injury I will always try to look on Web MD because that would be a lot simpler and so much cheaper than having to go to the doctor.  Another good thing that is springing up for health online are websites that allow people with very bad diseases to get to meet one another and discuss online what they are going through.  Many people that have cancer or deadly diseases like that can meet other people like them and discuss the rigors of the every day grind that they must face in order to survive.  This is good because it keeps people with cancer motivated because they know that they are not the only people in the world suffering with this tough disease and they know that if other people can fight through it then they should be able to also.  This motivation tool is very important and before the internet these people with deadly diseases did not have this to go to in order to meet other people like them.  That would be bad because they would have to suffer by themselves and they would think that they were the only one going through this horrible disease so it would not be near as easy to fight through it and live longer than they expected to.  The last great thing that the internet now provides to combat deadly diseases is games that allow children to fight their disease.  For example there was a disease that has some sort of alien going through and fighting off cancer cells.  This is a very fun way for the children to learn that the cells like that in their body are bad so they need the chemotherapy to act as the alien and fight off the bad cells in their bodies.  They said that wen kids play these games they have a much better chance of being successful with their therapy because they want to do it because they believe that it is going to work.  I think this is a very good way to teach kids how bad the disease is that they are going through so then they know that it needs to be dealt with right away.