BOOK ON HYPOCHONDRIA HAS ILL EFFECTS

Post-Tribune (IN) | November 22, 1998 | Copyright

PHOTO "The Hypochondriac's Guide to Life And Death," tells all you want to know about the subject. (SOUTHAM PHOTO)

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I'm sick of reading about hypochondriacs. While starting Gene Weingarten's book, The Hypochondriac's Guide to Life. And Death., I could feel a crease forming in my right earlobe. Of course, a crease going at least halfway across an earlobe means you have, or are likely to develop, heart disease. Reading the third chapter, I started to hiccup.

Nothing serious. Mind you, neurologists know ...

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