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Informed Consent?

Sometimes what you don't know can hurt you...
Posted 4 months 2 days ago BY PATRICIA CYR
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How I Conquered Extreme Physical and Mental Trauma

This overwhelming experience transformed me into a better and stronger...
Posted 4 months 6 days ago BY SIDDHARTHA TALUKDAR
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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 5 months 23 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 5 months 1 week 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 6 months 5 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 7 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 7 months 2 weeks ago BY ELLEN FANNON
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chemotherapy induced heart failure

When God’s Angels Fail

Cancer diminished me. But when it opened a second ugly chapter in my life...
Posted 7 months 2 weeks ago BY VINEY KIRPAL
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eating disorders toast

Eating Disorders: Toast

More than the intervention, it was the toast that showed me the precipice...
Posted 7 months 3 weeks ago BY SHANA BESTOCK
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How could I be a woman?

How Could I Be a Woman?

Even things that are right for you can come with challenges.
Posted 8 months 2 weeks ago BY MICHELLE AINSWORTH
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personal impact of coronavirus

The Personal Side of Coronavirus: Two Prespectives

Even for people who haven't been infected, the impact of coronavirus...
Posted 8 months 4 weeks ago Asthma and Coronavirus
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birthing large babies

Birthing Big Babies

I wish someone had told me more before I gave birth.
Posted 9 months 1 week ago BY JOY OKAFOR
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