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I'm a hypochondriac—my fear began in a synagogue
Newsweek· 18 hours agoThe word "hypochondria" comes from "hypochondrium," a term that Hippocrates used to refer to the area under the chondros, which means cartilage—in this...
It’s time to demand the Platonic Oath
WAMC Northeast Public Radio· 2 weeks agoTaking the pledge would begin to hold people to a standard of truth-telling. A better translation from Hippocrates’ original Greek typically binds new doctors to a vow to ...
Gout: The Extremely Painful “Unwalkable Disease” - The Baltimore Times
Baltimore Times· 2 weeks agoBenjamin Franklin, Dick Gregory, King Henry VIII, and actor Anthony Anderson all had gout, a painful...
Hypochondria Never Dies
The Atlantic· 1 week agoWithin minutes of anxious Googling, I’d convinced myself that he had a serious undiagnosed medical condition—and the more I looked, the more apprehensive I got. The ease of online medical self-diagnosis ...
