LISTENING CYBERCHONDRIAC

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A cyberchondriac is a person who …

• tries to find what illness they have on the Internet

• reads a lot about medicine

• writes online diagnoses to try to help other people

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 Doctor David Hilden thinks people …

• look for symptoms on the Internet too often

• often reach erroneous conclusions about their symptoms

• are sometimes sicker than they may think

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 Doctor David Hilden …

• has been an expert on cyberchondria for a long time

• has known about cyberchondria only for a short time

• thinks that cyberchondria is becoming less prevalent

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 He says that cyberchondria causes people …

• to ask for medicines they don’t need

• to panic and visit their doctor too often

• to be distressed and ask doctors for unnecessary tests

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 He spends a considerable amount of time …

• telling patients that they don’t have the illness they think they have

• making sure patients don’t pay attention to the internet

• telling patients which websites they can visit

Watch a video about cyberchondria. For questions 1 to 7, choose the correct answer. You can see the transcription after submitting your answers.

 According to the doctor, the Internet is beneficial because …

• people get an idea of what illness they have

• people learn about how healthy food, and lifestyle

• people learn about what symptoms they should be worried about

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 Hilden says the Internet can also …

• be a substitute for going to the doctor

• help prevent illnesses

• provide information about medicines