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Retinal Detachment

How I gained clarity after an eye emergency...
Posted 4 months 1 week ago BY JANINE M.
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Asthma can be very serious

Asthma: "You Know This Will Kill You, Right?"

So there I was, innocently minding my own business late one evening,...
Posted 4 months 2 weeks ago BY KAREN HAUEISEN
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Never Enough?

The frustrating thing was I tried everything to let go of beauty...
Posted 5 months 2 weeks ago BY SANDRA JONES
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Heathcare: The Highs and Lows

Being a Speech-Language Pathologist Has Written Inescapable Words On My...
Posted 5 months 3 weeks ago BY CASS KIM
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pilonidal cyst a different type of carbuncle

A Swelling Problem

When the Six Flags day arrived, I knew it would be a mistake to go.
Posted 6 months 3 weeks ago BY CHRISTINE M.
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informed consent doctors won't always tell you

Informed Consent?

Sometimes what you don't know can hurt you.
Posted 7 months 1 day ago BY PATRICIA CYR
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AVM after surgery

How I Conquered Extreme Physical and Mental Trauma

This overwhelming experience transformed me into a better and stronger...
Posted 7 months 5 days ago BY SIDDHARTHA TALUKDAR
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MRI sounds

How to Pass the Time in an MRI

Since I had to lie in the machine for the better part of an hour, I had to...
Posted 8 months 2 hours ago BY ELLEN FANNON
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ICU psychosis what it's like

My Struggle with Intensive Care Psychosis

Intensive care units are in the news lately. Here's a story about a...
Posted 8 months 6 days ago BY SUZANNE STORMON
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meditation for Lyme anxiety

A Path Through Lyme Disease Related Anxiety

Why does 3 am call like a siren to fear and panic?
Posted 9 months 4 days ago BY SHONA CURLEY
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are doctors being nice because they are scared I'm a lawyer

Don't Judge the Patient

Can’t I simply be a patient regardless of what I do when I am not clad in...
Posted 10 months 1 week ago BY ALICE H.
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those silly drug commercials

May Cause Side Effects

What's going on with these drug commercials?
Posted 10 months 1 week ago BY ELLEN FANNON
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