Comments on: Cyberchondrics http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/08/cyberchondrics.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Redhawkhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/08/cyberchondrics.html#comment-78600 Redhawk Sat, 04 Aug 2007 23:01:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/08/cyberchondrics.html#comment-78600 Anyone who doesn't take the time to educate himself about his illness and the drugs he is taking is a fool. Many of us learn the hard way to never take what a doctor says as law. Perhaps we should describe those who can't blow their nose without a doctor's instructions as medichondriacs? Anyone who doesn’t take the time to educate himself about his illness and the drugs he is taking is a fool. Many of us learn the hard way to never take what a doctor says as law. Perhaps we should describe those who can’t blow their nose without a doctor’s instructions as medichondriacs?

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/08/cyberchondrics.html#comment-78525 Anonymous Thu, 02 Aug 2007 15:20:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/08/cyberchondrics.html#comment-78525 Cyberchondriac? Computer-cartilage? Dumb neologism. Cyberchondriac? Computer-cartilage? Dumb neologism.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/08/cyberchondrics.html#comment-78507 Anonymous Wed, 01 Aug 2007 22:09:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/08/cyberchondrics.html#comment-78507 Cyberchondriac was a poor choice of label. The article in the link doesn't make any connection to hyperchondriac behavior, nor should it. <br/><br/>Hell, it's only natural that as more people have access to a resource, more are going to use it. Hardly newsworthy. Cyberchondriac was a poor choice of label. The article in the link doesn’t make any connection to hyperchondriac behavior, nor should it.

Hell, it’s only natural that as more people have access to a resource, more are going to use it. Hardly newsworthy.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/08/cyberchondrics.html#comment-78503 Anonymous Wed, 01 Aug 2007 17:15:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/08/cyberchondrics.html#comment-78503 Oh, come now. Not everyone who seeks out health information on the Internet is a hypochondriac. Some of us just want to be a little more knowledgeable, and a 15-minute visit with the doc doesn't always suffice.<br/><br/>I mean, you want patients to be somewhat engaged in managing their health, don't you? Oh, come now. Not everyone who seeks out health information on the Internet is a hypochondriac. Some of us just want to be a little more knowledgeable, and a 15-minute visit with the doc doesn’t always suffice.

I mean, you want patients to be somewhat engaged in managing their health, don’t you?

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