diagnose
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Bell could discern a soldier by his gait and diagnose anemia from the stain on a shirt cuff.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Experts say bipolar II is even harder to diagnose because it involves more frequent depressions and the manic episodes are not as severe, which is why they are dubbed hypomania.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
When our system is designed solely to diagnose the presence or absence of disease, one organ at a time, people have no baseline against which to make broader lifestyle decisions.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
And he’ll undergo imaging to diagnose the injury.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
He’d been the first investor to diagnose the disorder in the American financial system in early 2003: the extension of credit by instrument.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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According to the White House, the aim is to support policy reforms to ensure that women’s research is well-funded and that women have access to “stage-specific prevention, diagnoses, treatment, and care.”
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026
The study wasn’t focused on healthcare specifically, but it raises important questions about whether patients and doctors using different languages can reliably receive consistent information about diagnoses, treatment options, and medical risks.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
There are two main types of lung cancer: "small cell" cancers, which spread aggressively and make up about 10 to 15% of diagnoses, and "non-small cell" cancers, which make up the vast majority.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
Prostate cancer diagnoses have quadrupled in people under 50 since 2001, while cases of bowel, kidney and uterine cancers have more than doubled, the paper reports.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
He still spent most of his time in Haiti, but as an attending specialist on the Brigham’s senior staff, he was sought after frequently for his diagnoses of ID—infectious diseases.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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Marshall Faulk, the Hall of Fame running back and former Rams star, says he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s about 18 months ago after noticing hand rigidity while golfing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
Instead she continues to insist that the Theranos technology could indeed have diagnosed multiple conditions from a single drop of blood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
In 2025, his partner was diagnosed with cancer and his father Ian developed dementia in his early 70s.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
After the test he was diagnosed with a superficial blood clot in his leg, and the team’s medical staff gave him the green light to play.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
His superiors sent him to a psychiatrist, who diagnosed Mike Burry as bipolar.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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Identifying the genetic cause also made diagnosing the condition much simpler.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
Healthcare professionals “are often undertrained and ill-equipped in diagnosing elder abuse.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
"We can't keep going on diagnosing the problem, and not making the change," said Benneyworth, who is chief executive of the Health Services Safety Investigations Body.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
I’m also a physician, trained in a profession that asks us to take action by identifying risk factors, diagnosing diseases, and intervening whenever possible.
From Slate ● Aug. 29, 2026
Minya pronounced, as though diagnosing a disease, “Happy.”
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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