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Online symptoms lists influence reader reactions

The way symptoms are presented online influences people’s reactions to possible medical conditions, a study shows.

Researchers found that identifying symptoms in “streaks” – sequences of consecutive items on a list that are either general or specific – prompted people to perceive higher disease risk than symptoms that were not identified in an uninterrupted series.

Read more at Arizona State University

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