Hypochondria, also known as hypochondriasis or illness anxiety disorder, causes people to have an unrealistic fear of illness. | peopleimages.com For many, when we start to feel symptoms of an illness ...

Hypochondriasis, or excessive worry over one's health, is a psychiatric disorder that can affect every aspect of a person's life -- especially interpersonal relationships. University of Iowa ...

In the updated version of the DSM-5, hypochondriasis and several conditions with related symptoms have been replaced by somatic symptom disorder and illness anxiety disorder, according to a Mayo ...

A hospital exam room awaits the next patient in Alabama. A large Swedish study, published Wednesday in JAMA Psychiatry, has uncovered a paradox about people diagnosed with an excessive fear of serious ...

An unhealthy obsession with falling sick or developing adverse health conditions ironically makes people more likely to die than those who don't worry much about these scenarios, a new study found.

A Swedish study reveals that people diagnosed with hypochondriasis, or illness anxiety disorder, tend to die earlier than those without such health concerns. The research uncovered an increased risk ...

Illness anxiety disorder is a new term for what has traditionally been referred to as “hypochondriasis.” This is where the term “hypochondriac” originates. Someone who is diagnosed with illness ...

A large Swedish study has uncovered a paradox about people diagnosed with an excessive fear of serious illness: They tend to die earlier than people who aren’t hypervigilant about health concerns.

"Le Malade Imaginaire," an image based on Moliere's play, is a 19th-century painting by Honore Daumier in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Source: Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain. Seeing himself ...

Actress Daisy Edgar-Jones opened up about her struggles with hypochondria on Elizabeth Day’s How to Fail podcast. Pic credit: ITV Actress Daisy Edgar-Jones has opened up about her struggles with ...