Caroline Crampton’s new book studies the fuzzy boundaries between sickness and health.

So it makes sense to worry about our health. It’s part of the human condition to take notice of the body, to track twinges of discomfort or a new tingle of numbness. “Hypochondria has been ...

Hypochondria is a condition where you experience anxiety about your own health. ... may involve a range of different body parts. The following parts of the body are most commonly affected: ...

A Body Made of Glass: A Cultural History of Hypochondria; By Caroline Crampton; Ecco; 336 pp., $29.99 Is Crampton a hypochondriac? Even using the word means taking a position in an ongoing debate ...

Physicians in the 18th century began to investigate hypochondria as a disorder of the recently discovered nervous system, accounting for symptoms not just in the gut but in other parts of the body ...

Today, we have come full circle: from too little knowledge, to arguably too much. It’s an arc Caroline Crampton traces in her new book, A Body Made of Glass: A Cultural History of Hypochondria ...

Caroline Crampton developed excessive health anxiety after being treated for cancer as a teen. In A Body Made of Glass she chronicles her experience with hypochondria and the history of the condition.

Full body scan helped calm my fears. One of the most transformative experiences in my battle with hypochondria was undergoing a full body scan. ... not just collections of parts to be fixed.

In an interview, journalist Caroline Crampton talks about her new book, “A Body Made of Glass: A Cultural History of Hypochondria” and ways to manage the condition.