Blake Lawrence, a linebacker at the University of Nebraska, was looking for sturdier head protection after suffering three concussions. (Dave Weaver - Associated Press)
Once organized around anatomy, physiology and pathology, medical school curricula are now focusing more on patient-caregiver relationships, health policy and holistic and alternative techniques.
Cyberchondria is loosely defined as the baseless fueling of fears and anxiety about common health symptoms due to Internet research, or, as I like to think of it, Googling oneself into a state of absolute, clinical hysteria over every last pain, itch and strange freckle.
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