PHARMACEUTICAL INQUIRY INDEX LAUNCHED ON INTERNET.

InteliHealth, Blue Bell, Pa., one of the most comprehensive and trusted sources of consumer health information on the Internet (www.intelihealth.com), has launched a new Internet- based barometer that measures consumer attention paid to pharmaceutical products.

The new index is a listing of the 100 most frequently searched medications on InteliHealth's consumer web sites.

InteliHealth receives more than 500,000 searches per month through prominent areas on America Online, AltaVista, CBS.com, PointCast, InteliHealth.com and more than 100 local newspaper sites. Once each month, InteliHealth will post the full list at http://www.intelihealth.com/top100/ and release the top twenty most-searched pharmaceutical terms to the trade and consumer media.

"Millions of consumers search for health information at InteliHealth each month, making our ability to spot national and international health trends a unique feature of our company," said Bob Pringle, president of InteliHealth. "This medication list is the first of many such trends that we will be able to decipher from our huge database of searches over the next several months."

Top 20 Pharmaceutical Searches in August 1998 (Based on over 500,000 searches on InteliHealth's consumer web sites)

1. Paxil 2. Zoloft 3. Prozac 4. Viagra 5. Lipitor 6.

Wellbutrin 7. Prednisone 8. Serzone 9. Ultram 10. Meridia 11.

Prilosec 12. Zyban 13. Neurontin 14. Xanax 15. Depakote 16.

Effexor 17. Relafen 18. Synthroid 19. Evista 20. Buspar About InteliHealth To provide the highest standards of quality, the information on the InteliHealth site is reviewed and approved by Johns Hopkins, the nation's best hospital for eight consecutive years according to U.S. News and World Report.

InteliHealth, a joint venture between Aetna U.S.

Healthcare(tm) (NYSE:AET) and Johns Hopkins University and Health System, was established in 1996 to offer one of the most comprehensive and timely collections of health information from leading industry sources. Committed to providing the highest quality and most up-to-date health information, InteliHealth delivers content through both its in-house editorial staff and via licensing agreements with major broadcast, print and interactive media.

Current projects include a Web site for consumers(http://www.intelihealth.com), a Web site for health industry professionals (http://ipn.intelihealth.com), a presence on AltaVista (health channel), AOL (keyword:

InteliHealth), CBS.com (Life Section), CompuServe (Go:InteliHealth) and PointCast (Health Channel), as well as quarterly magazine supplements, radio health minutes and television commentaries. InteliHealth also offers consumers a broad range of health care products from the InteliHealth Healthy Home (R) print and online catalogs.

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