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Worrying we are ill when we aren't is not as bad as it seems

Extreme health anxiety can be crippling but a lot of today's internet-fuelled "cyberchondria" doesn't need formal psychological treatment, says Zara Aziz

7 September 2017

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We are told there is a lot of health anxiety around, with reports that one in five outpatient appointments in the UK are taken up by “” people. Much of the blame is heaped on Doctor Google, alongside talk of wasted money.

So what’s going on? How concerned should we be about the apparent wave of the worried?

The comes from researchers behind a .

Health anxiety…

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