Saturday, December 14, 2002

And now there's "cyberchondria"

** Found this in Rebecca's Pocket. Makes you think about what actually causes illness:
Internet makes hypochondria worse
Too much information can exacerbate condition

By R. Morgan Griffin
WEBMD
Health information on the Web is valuable to most people, but for hypochondriacs, it can be too much information. Their condition can worsen into a modern malady called ‘cyberchondria.
Read the MSNBC.com article: Internet makes hypochondria worse

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