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Ever heard of apomediation? This term got me curios and interested in a recent publication about Medicine 2.0 in the Journal of Medical Internet Research. Medicine 2 is the medical implementation of Web 2.0. This is open Web standards leading to improved collaboration and communication across applications. Social networking approaches and Web 2.0 technologies such as AJAX leading to improved Web interfaces that mimic the real-time responsiveness of desktop applications within a browser window. The five major aspects emerging and recurring from Web 2.0 in health, health care, medicine, science, are: Social Networking Participation Apomediation Collaboration Openness