The ease of online medical self-diagnosis has given rise to what's called cyberchondria: concern, fueled by consulting Dr. Google, that escalates into full-blown anxiety. Our medical system features ever more powerful technologies and proliferating routine preventive exams.
Today, at least 4 percent of Americans are known to be affected by what is now labeled health anxiety, and some estimates suggest that the prevalence is more like 12 percent.
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