Read more here: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-12/bch-anw120219.php

and here: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-12-nimbler-track-alcohol-useby-twitter.html

Collecting rigorous public health data through large survey-based studies is a slow, expensive process.

New research from Boston Children's Hospital shows that mining people's alcohol-related...

Large, survey-based studies are a slow, expensive way to collect rigorous public health data. New research, focusing on alcohol use, shows that mining Twitter and online searches could enable public...