A team of researchers have suggested that health and wealth may be more strongly connected than previously believed. The group examined Americans' Google search patterns and discovered that during the recent Great Recession people searched considerably more frequently for information about health ailments. The kinds of problems indicated by the queries weren't life threatening but they could keep someone in the bed a few days like ulcers headaches and back pain. In the new study the team began with five root words indicative of the most common health problems: 'chest' 'headache' 'heart' 'pain' and 'stomach.' Controlling for search terms that
