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Science of Us: Ebola Fears Are Triggering Mass Hypochondria.

We tend to think of hypochondriacs as the irrational individuals who, after spending entirely too much time on WebMD, become convinced that a minor headache means a brain tumor, or that a lingering cough means lung cancer. But that anxiety and fear some of us are having over catching Ebola (a highly unlikely health outcome)? That’s hypochondria, too ...” The media is exacerbating this. Too much information can be worse than too little.

Later: *Sigh.*

10/08/14 • 01:39 PM • HealthNewsPsychology • (2) Comments

Comments:

I know that technically any flight that breaches midnight is a red-eye…but really, a one-hour flight that leaves at 11:30, lands at 12:30, and doesn’t change time zones or states?

Posted by Rob on 10/08/14 at 05:26 PM

Anything that operates near midnight seems to earn a designation of ‘red eye’ these days.

Posted by Garret P Vreeland on 10/08/14 at 06:42 PM

 

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