A Body Made of Glass: A Cultural History of Hypochondria; By Caroline Crampton; Ecco; 336 pp., $29.99 Is Crampton a hypochondriac? Even using the word means taking a position in an ongoing debate. “I ...

I was 10 years old the first time I convinced myself I had a terminal illness. A minor headache spiraled into a self-diagnosed brain tumor, and thus began my lifelong journey as a hypochondriac. This ...

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 ...

"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 ...

Most people can relate to the experience of assuming they have a medical condition, mental health illness, or a disease - regardless of their being medically diagnosed with it. It may stem from ...

Lewis Capaldi's new Netflix documentary "How I'm Feeling Now" is drawing attention to a series of health conditions, including Tourette syndrome and hypochondria. The singer-songwriter said that being ...

To test for candida overgrowth, you must fill a drinking glass with water first thing in the morning, before you consume any food or brush your teeth. Then, you spit straight into the cup and watch as ...

When babies cry, act fussy, or run fevers, parents exhaust themselves trying to figure out what could be wrong. Since babies can’t tell us themselves, we are left to rely on scream interpretation to ...