Uploaded October 2016 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Check out Joel's Health Report podcast: http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/healthreport/munchausen-by-internet/7585358

When illness goes viral, Munchausen by Internet may be the symptom.

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Baron von munchausen:
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