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When every hiccup sounds like the call of doom, each stomach pang hints at incipient cancer, and a headache means it's time to firm up your last will and testament, The Hypochondriac's Guide to Life. And Death. provides just the relief you need. Gene Weingarten has spent his whole life immersed in the eclectic details of bizarre symptoms, self-diagnosing every minor ache as a potentially deadly disease. Weingarten examines: * The mind of a hypochondriac * How your doctor can kill you * Ulcers and other visceral fears * The snaps, crackles, and pops of your body that spell disaster * Things that can take an eye out * Interpreting DocSpeak Blending the neurotic anxieties of Woody Allen, the folksiness of Garrison Keillor, and the absurdist vision of Dave Barry, Gene Weingarten conjures up a hilarious prescription for the hypochondriac that lurks inside all of us.
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We must begin by abandoning antiquated, stigmatizing notions about the hypochondriac, a person who imagines himself afflicted by disease. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Weingarten is madcap and mordant -- managing to make a discussion of the perils of paranoid hypochondria both educational and funny as hell.... without trivializing the issue. I've never encountered that combination before. A must read!
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Format:Hardcover
This book is as funny as anything by Dave Barry, and it has the added advantage of including real research. The footnotes are more entertaining than those from the Starr Report, and the diagram of the female reproductive system is worth the price of the book. This book would make a great gift for anyone acutely aware that flesh-eating bacteria is present everywhere, and that the suburbs are ripe for an Ebola outbreak.
Format:Paperback
This book is written by a Hypochondriac for Hyponchondriacs. It gives a fresh and alternative point of view on the matter by disassociating itself from the medical jargon. It's written in a realistic approach, with passages that will surely make you laugh for a while.
I strongly recommend it as shock therapy treatment for hypochondria.
I strongly recommend it as shock therapy treatment for hypochondria.
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hysterically funny
perhaps the funniest book(laugh out loud and be unable to stop).where dave barry would stop,the author plumbs the limits of true dementia. Read more
Published on 21 July 1999
Extremely funny. Maybe a little over the top.
A wonderful book. The diagrams are especially funny. Weingarten should leave the Post and write more books.
Published on 10 Nov 1998
Ranges from "laugh 'til you cry' to "just silly'
An easy read. The really funny parts were excellent and at the worst it was just silly. His message at the end is worthwhile.
Published on 21 Oct 1998
I almost died laughing. (I'm an asthmatic)
This is absolutely one of the funniest books I've ever read. Weingarten is a refreshingly talented author. He has a wonderful sense of humor and timing. Read more
Published on 27 Sep 1998
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