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 Results 1 - 10 for CyberchondriaCyberchondria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaCyberchondria (or cyberchondriasis) describes the behavior of hypochondriacs who use the Internet to gather information on health or healthcare. http://wiki.healthhaven.com/Cyberchondria open pop Cyberchondria and the Internet on MedicineNet.com 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 ... http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=51845 open pop Internet Makes Hypochondria Worse So far, no studies have been conducted on just how hypochondriacs use the Internet, Fallon says. But the phenomenon is common enough to have a snappy name -- "cyberchondria." http://www.webmd.com/balance/features/internet-makes-hypochondria-worse open pop Cyberchondria: Studies of the Escalation of Medical Concerns in Web ... The World Wide Web provides an abundant source of medical information. This information can assist people who are not healthcare professionals to better understand health and ... http://research.microsoft.com/apps/pubs/default.aspx?id=76529 open pop Microsoft: "Cyberchondria" disrupting people's lives You may have cyberchondria if you constantly find yourself combing the web for information on that headache, only to find that you could have lupus. Microsoft examined ... http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2008/11/microsoft-cyberchondria-disrupting-peoples-lives.ars open pop Cyberchondria - WrongDiagnosis.com Cyberchondria information including symptoms, causes, diseases, symptoms, treatments, and other medical and health issues. http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/medical/cyberchondria.htm open pop Microsoft Examines Causes of ‘Cyberchondria’ - NYTimes.com A Microsoft study suggests that self-diagnosis by search engine leads Web searchers to conclude the worst about what ails them. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/25/technology/internet/25symptoms.html open pop Cyberchondria: When Web Search Makes You Sick(er) Those muscle twitches you get probably aren't a sign that you have ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, aka Lou Gehrig's Disease). But if you're using search http://searchengineland.com/cyberchondria-when-web-search-makes-you-sicker-15609 open pop BBC NEWS | Health | 'Cyberchondria' hits web users Patients using the internet to find out more about their illnesses often mis-diagnose symptoms or find quack cures, say doctors. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/1274438.stm open pop Imaginary maladies online / Internet spreads 'cyberchondria' At her most worried, Melissa Woyechowsky sometimes spent four hours a day on the Internet looking up her symptoms. There was the tingling, the numbness in her limbs, insomnia ... http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/02/15/LVGIU4R1OP1.DTL open pop |
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