WebMD's Most Talked About Topics for 2011

-- December 8, 2011: The annual listing of the most talked about health topics of the year came about by combining medical insights and user data trends.

"Healthy eating was top of mind this year and concerns about listeria in cantaloupes came in a close second," said Dr. Michael Smith, WebMD's chief medical editor. "People were also searching for answers on pancreatic cancer with the passing of Steve Jobs and changes in cancer screening guidelines challenged conventional wisdom on cancer prevention."

WebMD's Top Stories of the Year

1. What Not To Eat

2. Contaminated Cantaloupes

3. Screening Guidelines Confusion

4. Vaccine/Autism Study Called "Fraud"

5. Stem Cell Early Home Run?

WebMD also released the top trending searches for 2011, as well as the top shared stories:

Top Trending Searches:

1. Pancreatic Cancer Symptoms

2. Listeria

3. Bullying

4. Dukan Diet

5. Bath Salts


Top Shared Stories:

1. Ground Beef Recall Due to E. Coli

2. Cell Phones Might Cause Brain Cancer

3. Ways Smoking Affects Your Looks

4. Foods Your Dog Should Never Eat

5. Death Toll Rising From Contaminated Cantaloupes

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