hypochondria

Hypochondriacs can now fret appropriately and factually with this pocket guide to forty-five disgusting, horrible diseases.

When you're a hypochondriac, there are a million different things that could be wrong with you, but for Izzy, focusing on what could be wrong might be keeping her from dealing with what's really wrong--with her friendships, her romantic entanglements, and even her family.

A poor farmers, Ethan finds himself stuck in a miserable marriage to Zeenie, a sickly, tyrannical woman, until he falls in love with her visiting cousin, the vivacious Mattie Silver. As Mattie is forced to leave his household, Frome steals one last afternoon with her -- one that culminates in a ruinous sled ride with unspeakably tragic results.

Examines the true stories of nine individuals who were terrified of being ill or thinking they were ill, or who created medical conditions to escape societal and familial obligations.

Because Lucretia Bear is overly concerned about her health, the other animals don't enjoy being with her.

The author draws from medical reports and clinical studies he has received over the course of his career as a health journalist to tell of some of the stranger diseases and disorders afflicting modern society, such as telephone stroke, caffeinism, and leg-crosser's impotence.