Monday is the day we fret most about our health, a new research says. Research shows health-related Google searches peak on the first working day of the week, with Tuesday scoring almost as high. It’s interesting that Monday and Tuesday queries were 30 per cent greater than the rest of the week combined. It’s estimated that there are an average of 160 million health-related searches on Google alone every day of the year.

But as the week wears on, we lose interest in medical matters, according to psychologists at San Diego State University. According to them, searches dropped by three per cent on Wednesdays, 15 per cent on Thursdays, almost half on Fridays and by a whopping 80 per cent on Saturdays.

Researchers also tried to find out if there was any correlation between when we worry most about our health and weekly patterns in sickness. It turned out that most health problems occur on Monday, so people so have a reason to start worrying on that very day.

For example, numerous studies suggest heart attack rates spike on a Monday. A 10-year study in Scotland revealed cardiac deaths peak then before hitting a low on Tuesday. Blood pressure, heart attacks, strokes and infectious diseases also seem to peak early in the week.

Scientists think this happens because of weekend binge-drinking and the stress of going back to work.