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
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
She couldn’t understand why we could diagnose her osteoarthritis early yet couldn’t slow it down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 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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Pilots typically are required to undergo a medical screening at least once a year but face suspension of their licenses if they receive certain mental-health diagnoses or are prescribed related medication.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
They may also be important for planning healthcare, education, and social services for people with these diagnoses.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
Some have also questioned whether society is now over-medicalising distress in people's lives – giving people diagnoses when what they are facing is temporary stress that they should learn to cope with.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Patients will order these cheaper, unproven products via an 800-number or the internet, skipping appointments with real doctors who can provide accurate diagnoses and proven treatments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Though still in his studies he was certain of various diagnoses he’d made about the state of the man’s health.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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Using these criteria, the team examined how common hypertension was, how often people had already been diagnosed, how many were receiving treatment, and whether treatment was successfully bringing blood pressure under control.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 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
He diagnosed France’s fiscal problem quite simply – an inability to grow the economy.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
He explained that a friend who has also been diagnosed with the disease has been sharing her journey and that has “helped ... so much.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
The Therbligs were discovered, or maybe a better word would be diagnosed, by Dad and Mother.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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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
After I read the diary, my efforts to evaluate the government’s response shifted from assessing operational efficacy to diagnosing a crisis of institutional legitimacy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Minya pronounced, as though diagnosing a disease, “Happy.”
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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