Cyberchondria: Too Much Bad News
Cyberchondria: Too Much Bad News
Slashdot has a similar post: Microsoft Researchers Study "Cyberchondria", which links to Microsoft's paper.
According to the New York Times, health-related Web searches are making us unecessarily anxious. A Microsoft study released on Monday reveals that search engines often lead people to fear the "worst about what ails them." Web searches for medical problems are "as likely or more likely" to lead people to pages describing serious conditions as benign ones, even though the more serious illnesses are much more rare.
Slashdot has a similar post: Microsoft Researchers Study "Cyberchondria", which links to Microsoft's paper.
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