cyberchondria

We use the term cyberchondria to refer to the unfounded escalation of concerns about common symptomatology, based on the review of search results and literature on the Web.

Information, Culture, Policy, Education: 2008

We use the term cyberchondria to refer to the unfounded escalation of concerns about common symptomatology, based on the review of search results and literature on the Web.

Information, Culture, Policy, Education: Cyberchondria: another way to fear the internets 2008

Although Microsoft Word still underlines it in red, googling the word cyberchondriac provides 46,800 hits, and the term cyberchondria has had its own Wikipedia entry since June, 2005.

Resources for Cyberchondriacs — Slaw 2007

Although Microsoft Word still underlines it in red, googling the word cyberchondriac provides 46,800 hits, and the term cyberchondria has had its own Wikipedia entry since June, 2005.

Resources for Cyberchondriacs — Slaw 2007

Although Microsoft Word still underlines it in red, googling the word cyberchondriac provides 46,800 hits, and the term cyberchondria has had its own Wikipedia entry since June, 2005.

Slaw » Resources for Cyberchondriacs » Print 2007

The problem is compounded by my developing cyberchondria, which is a particularly 21st century-type of an affliction, referring as it does to the inflation of worries about your state of health based on material you have dredged up online.

WalesOnline - Home 2010

Now Microsoft has completed the first formal study of health-related Web searches, and the rise of so-called cyberchondria: the distress caused by searching innocuous symptoms, and finding links that then quickly lead to extreme conclusions. pain would more likely lead to a link for the worst-case scenario like heart attack, than to the more mundane, "indigestion."

Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2009

Internet fuels bad self-diagnoses and 'cyberchondria'

msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2010

An example of "cyberchondria" is someone with a brain tumor.

Medlogs - Recent stories 2008

According to the NYTimes article, the syndrome has been known as "cyberchondria" since at least the year ...

Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now 2008

Cyberchondria is described as “excessive or repeated search for health-related information on the Internet, driven by distress or anxiety about health, which only amplifies such distress or anxiety.”

Stop googling monkeypox and read this story about “cyberchondria” and the news Hanaa’ Tameez 2023

Individuals frequently use the Internet to search for medical information. For some individuals, repeated searches for medical information on the Internet exacerbate health anxiety. Researchers have termed this phenomenon "cyberchondria" and have suggested that cyberchondria might relate to the excessive use of the Internet for other purposes as well.

Problematic internet use and internet searches for medical information: the role of health anxiety Thomas A Fergus 2023

Individuals frequently use the Internet to search for medical information. For some individuals, repeated searches for medical information on the Internet exacerbate health anxiety. Researchers have termed this phenomenon "cyberchondria" and have suggested that cyberchondria might relate to the excessive use of the Internet for other purposes as well.

Problematic internet use and internet searches for medical information: the role of health anxiety Thomas A Fergus 2023