Hypochondria occurs when a person believes they are experiencing a medical condition that they do not have. While it is ...

“I am a hypochondriac,” she writes in her new book, “A Body Made of Glass: A Cultural History of Hypochondria.” “Or, at least ...

Do you have illness anxiety (hypochondria)? Although the term hypochondria is often still used, the official label according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is illness ...

And those with the condition aren't the only ones who pay the price: According to Fallon, hypochondria costs billions of dollars a year in unnecessary medical tests and treatments. Contrary to ...