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THE INTERNET HAS TURNED US ALLINTO HYPOCHONDRIACS

Remember the medical encyclopaedia? It was printed in an improbably smali font and weighed a tonne, but

every family used to have one - and many probably still¹_. For decades this hefty tome was our only

reliable source of medical information.

²_has changed in the fifteen years sińce the Telegraph website first went Online, not the least of which h

the transfonnation in how we keep ourselves healthy. From getting a diagnosis Online, obtaining information

local hospitals or GPs to obtaining remedies, the internet³_a one-stop shop for the sick, the infirm or ji

the worried.

1994, the year when the good ship Electronic Telegraph first⁴_sail, also saw the first major developme:

in the field of internet health with the creation of PharmWeb. It revolutionised the way health advice was distributed by creating a community where professionals and patients could discuss medical and health-relat; issues. Four years later, MedlinePlus, an online health encyclopaedia was launched, collating medical advice ⁵_adding elements such as health news and a directory of healthcare providers.

Online pharmacies have⁶_, offering a rangę of legał and not so legał remedies. Online drugs are big business

the Royal Pharmaceutical Society⁷_two million people in the UK regularly buy drugs over the intemei

⁸_patients who have benefited from the digital revolution. Many developments have eased the workloa:

of doctors and other health professionals: NHS Direct was launched in 1999, allowing patients to diagnose themselves anonymously from the comfort of their own sickbeds. Over 18 million people a year visit the websś: a significant⁹_would otherwise be sitting in GPs’ waiting rooms.

Such developments ¹⁰_impossibly futuristic 15 years ago. But thus has been the inexorable rise of the

web - breaking down boundaries, bringing the world to our screens. And for those struggling to define this brave new frontier in health, it’s even generated its own term - cyberchondria, or a web-fuelled preoccupatio: with illness. How very 21^st century.

Abridgedfrom www. telegraph.co.uk/health/6613656/The-internet-has-turned-us-all-into-hypochondriacs.html

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