15. …Please avoid upsetting any exceptional computer
hackers enough that they want to kill you.
Despite this extremely small risk, device companies are
improving their device security.
There have been zero reported cases of death by
pacemaker hacking to date.
Conclusion – no cause for large scale concern.
16. “So what you are saying is, that it can happen?”
18. “Please avoid upsetting any exceptional computer
hackers enough that they want to kill you. Despite this
extremely small risk, device companies are improving
their device security. There have been zero reported
cases of death by pacemaker hacking to date.
Conclusion – no cause for large scale concern.
By comparison, there have been 24 deaths from
champagne corks in the last 12 months.
19. “Ah thanks for this it really helped, I knew I was
worrying over nothing”
31. Cyberchondria is estimated to cost the NHS more
than £420 million a year in outpatient appointments
alone, alongside the cost of tests and repeat GP
appointments.
42. Afternoons
Babies
Being a Man
Being a Woman
Bras
Being a Southerner
Cooking
Gardens
Flip Flops
Internet
Money
No Tomatoes
Nutella
Retirement
Roast Potatoes
Tomatoes
TV
Working
QUIZ
49. Me: “Hi Dr Google, thanks for seeing me today,
I know doctors are very busy!”
Dr Google: “You are not wrong, 20 billion
health queries last month. I am working 24/7 just
to keep up. What can I help you with today?”
50. Me: “Well doctor, as of late I have been
experiencing night sweats, I have woken up a
few times in the last 2 weeks in a cold sweat and
the bed sheets soaking wet.”
Dr Google: “Cancer.”
Me: “Shit really?”
51. Dr Google: “Probably not. I just wanted to get it
out it out there because Cancer generates the
most interest.”
Me: “Oh right, what else could it be?”
Dr Google: “Anxiety. The Menopause…”
Me: I doubt it is the menopause…”
52. Dr Google: “I’m not here to discuss
probabilities. You can ask around in the waiting
room and see if anyone there can help you.”
Me: “But I am only young, I don’t have a family
history of Cancer, I’ve been stressed lately, I
thought it might be that…?”
53. Dr Google: “Well I cannot look at your case
specifically. Cancer, hormones or stress that is
all I can tell you.
Besides, I am not sure why you have come to me
as I am an osteopath. Have a good day.”
Me: “Thanks Dr Google!” - goes home and
reviews life insurance policy.
55. “If you look up symptoms on the internet...you’ll find that a
whole host of symptoms and diseases are mentioned / .”
“For the person with health anxiety the fact that it’s rare
doesn’t really strike home, they think I’m the one in the
million."
- Professor Peter Tyrer Imperial College London
88. Consider what is more likely to happen than
developing ALS before you self-diagnose:
You are about five times more likely to bowl a
perfect 300 in a game of bowling (1 in 11,500).
You’re five times as likely to win an Oscar.
You’re about twice as likely to become a
professional athlete (1 in 22,000).
You’re also four times more likely to hit a hole in
one (1 in 12,500).