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diagnose

[dahy-uhg-nohs, -nohz, dahy-uhg-nohs, -nohz] / ˈdaɪ əgˌnoʊs, -ˌnoʊz, ˌdaɪ əgˈnoʊs, -ˈnoʊz /


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Medical experts I spoke with this week explained that MS can be difficult to identify because there is no one blood test to diagnose it, and it shares symptoms with other diseases.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

What started as an unexpected finding in genetically modified mice helped reveal the cause of an extremely rare disease, transformed how doctors diagnose it, and provided the foundation for developing a drug.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 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

It took months for doctors to diagnose his ailment.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

Dr. Michael Kornberg, an associate professor of neurology at Johns Hopkins Medicine, told me he anticipates that Applegate’s experience may lead others to question their own diagnoses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

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

South Korean activists campaigning for workplace safety in the nation's booming semiconductor industry called on the government on Wednesday to recognise the cancer diagnoses of three former SK hynix employees as work-related illnesses.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 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

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

Jett was diagnosed with cancer in August 2023 and began chemotherapy, according to Stephan.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Oscar-winning actress Dame Judi Dench says her eye condition has left her unable to perform on stage or read, more than a decade after she was diagnosed.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Since then, the Eagles and Hurts’s agent confirmed that he had been diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary emboli, or clots in his lungs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

It took four months before doctors diagnosed me with cystic fibrosis.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers

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

And a useful means of diagnosing cystic fibrosis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 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

Doctors would do better in these cases if they knew less about their patients—if, that is, they had no idea whether the people they were diagnosing were white or black, male or female.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell


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