Menu
Inshorts
For the best experience use inshorts app on your smartphone
inshortsinshorts
Frequent health tests can fuel anxiety
short by / on Friday, 24 July, 2026
Preventive testing is becoming cheaper and easier across India, but repeated blood work and full-body check-ups can also trigger health anxiety. Doctors and psychologists told The Signal Brief that unnecessary tests may lead to more investigations, reassurance-seeking and cyberchondria. They said testing should be guided by symptoms, age, risk factors and medical advice.
read more at The Core