Hypochondria, medically known, involves experiencing intense fear about having a medical condition or becoming ill. When ...

The word "hypochondria" comes from "hypochondrium," a term that Hippocrates used to refer to the area under the chondros, ...

The symptoms and meanings of hypochondria have shifted continually, always in step with changing conceptions of wellness and ...

The health care system, with its sterile corridors and clinical language, became my battleground, where I fought for answers ...

Crampton, a journalist, said she experiences hypochondria — excessive worry of being or becoming ill. She is not alone in having this anxiety, but it can feel isolating, she said. In her new ...

Caroline Crampton, a writer, editor, and podcaster, is also a hypochondriac — that is, someone with ‘the persistent and ...

There’s simply nothing to see. Her strange symptoms have no detectable source, and in medicine both modern and historic, “illness without cause” is summarily dismissed as hypochondria.

Caroline Crampton shares her own worries in “A Body Made of Glass,” a history of hypochondria that wonders whether newfangled ...

My hypochondria is not just a series of false alarms; it's a reflection of a deeper struggle with anxiety and the need for control in an unpredictable world. Each new symptom presents a riddle ...