The Internet is making it easier than ever to be a hypochondriac. The anxious used to have to trudge to the library to research symptoms but now, the explosion of medical information on the Web -- there are an estimated tens of thousands health-related Web sites -- has provided a powerful new tool for wired worrywarts, including the "worried well," on which they can pore over highly technical medical journals and commiserate electronically from their homes.
Serbians “worried well” about their health
Many doctors do not approve of their patients looking up their symptoms online. Source: cincodias.com
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Marking the World Health Day a new research published by Eurostats web site shows that after Danish, second biggest hypochondriacs in Europe are Serbians. Our Serbian stringer Milorad Doderovic joined us to chat about the reasos behind as BBC Serbian report on the research reveals.
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