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Cyberchondria

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the dr.-koop-to-the-rescue dept.

Makarand writes "According to this article in the San Francisco Chronicle the ever-expanding wealth of health information online is keeping hypochondriacs constantly worried. With websites devoted to every major and esoteric illness and search engines coming up with many disease possibilities when you type in a symptom, it is becoming very easy for the health-anxious to believe that they have a disease. Many continue poring through the easily available medical information even after their doctors have given them a clean bill of health."

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  1. Re:Need advice! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Help 'er out!

  2. Researchers discover Pope shits in woods by GonzoDave · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Who did they think was keeping the medical spammers afloat all this time?

  3. Mmm, leprosy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "You've got leprosy!"

    "Goodbye!"

  4. Re:Natural Selection by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Someone pooped in your cheerios, didn't they?

  5. Yeah, like this... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This girl comes to a doctor and says "I'm worried I have prostate cancer.

  6. I think... by alexborges · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    MS disclosed their code on purpose so more EYES could help the CLEAN their code.

    It seems this eyes and public sharing do a better job than their THOUSENDS of beta testing professionals.

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