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 ...

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 ...

This is the space where hypochondria still lives. The timing of the writer Caroline Crampton’s new book, A Body Made of Glass: A Cultural History of Hypochondria, couldn’t be better.

Literary descriptions of hypochondria date back to the Babylonians in the second century B.C. Hippocrates used the word hypochondrium as a geographical term for a part of the body, says Crampton.

If hypochondria is a demand for certainty when none can be had, then A Body Made of Glass might be a spiritual exercise that protects against illness anxiety.

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.

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.

Have you ever wondered whether you are worrying about your health too much? According to a new book released by a Northwestern Medicine professor, “we have become a nation of hypochondriacs”.

The thing is, I know all this rationally, yet I'm one of the worst offenders, a frequent flyer in the healthcare system. But why? I wasn't always a hypochondriac. In fact, my very close friend ...

I thought my headache would kill me. What life is like for a hypochondriac. My journey through the health care system has been fraught with anxiety, but it has also been a path to self-awareness ...