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Medical searches on Web can trigger anxiety: study
Playing doctor on the Web often leads people to mistakenly believe that they are suffering from rare illnesses, according to a study by researchers at Microsoft. "Web search engines have the potential to escalate medical concerns," or "cyberchondria," Ryen White and Eric Horvitz wrote in the study...
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- News Source: International Herald Tribune | about 1 year agoIf that headache plaguing you this morning led you first to a Web search and then to the conclusion that you must have a brain tumor, you may instead be suffering from cyberchondria. On Monday, Microsoft researchers published the results of a study...
- News Source: Uinta County News | about 1 year agoGo Online For What Doesn't Ail You Now you can convince yourself that you have more illnesses than you can shake a thermometer at, thanks to the Internet. It's good news for hypochondriacs, who can now add "cyberchondria" to their list of supposed...
- News Source: Turkish Press | about 1 year agoPlaying doctor on the Web often leads people to mistakenly believe that they are suffering from rare illnesses, according to a study by researchers at Microsoft. "Web search engines have the potential to escalate medical concerns," or "cyberchondria,"...
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