diagnose
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And it left me with a question: Why is our mental-health system so quick to diagnose and so slow to examine the full context of a person’s suffering?
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
After Paul's death, Kate wrote to the health board to complain about how long it took to diagnose him with scabies.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
And he’ll undergo imaging to diagnose the injury.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
Even if I were a doctor, I wouldn’t be able to diagnose him via random clips on the internet.
From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2026
It’s easy—and wrong—to diagnose the problem as a violation of a grammatical rule called subject control.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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A series of articles in The Wall Street Journal reported that UnitedHealth received billions of dollars in federal payments by adding diagnoses to patients records, including some diagnoses that were questionable or inaccurate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
The proposed solutions are as divergent as the diagnoses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
It adds that the NHS disclosure of this approach precedes a major government-commissioned review of the "colossal increases" in diagnoses of ADHD, autism and mental illness.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
"What we found is that people diagnosed in recent years resemble the general population more closely than those who received the same diagnoses a decade ago."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
At the time Theresa had not dared to; and though later she’d learned to talk professionally — to present cases — past differential diagnoses and treatment plans, she managed nothing.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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In 2016, a boy was diagnosed with a strand of plague after handling a marmot in Russia’s Altai region.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
An estimated 10,000 to 20,000 people are diagnosed with the disease in the United States each year.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
While Linton has not been diagnosed with an underlying seizure disorder, such as epilepsy, defense attorney Jovan Blacknell said Linton suffered intermittent seizures during her life, including at the time of the wreck.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
She suffered repeated seizures, was diagnosed with a potentially fatal blood clot, and experienced wild swings in blood pressure.
From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026
But now she had it all diagnosed, deduced, clear.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
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Healthcare professionals “are often undertrained and ill-equipped in diagnosing elder abuse.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
Modern therapies can help many patients achieve remission, but diagnosing and managing IBD remains challenging.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 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
This is an open dialogue around diagnosing the situation we are in and what it will take to move forward.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
He asked Howard Jones to contribute an article recording his memories of diagnosing Henrietta’s tumor.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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