symptom
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Hyperawareness is not a virtue, it’s a symptom of mental illness—ask your Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder friends about it sometime.
From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2026
The study included only 50 participants, and additional research involving larger, independent groups will be necessary to determine how reliably the brain signal is associated with speech disturbances and overall symptom severity.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
The favors your husband did for them were probably just a symptom, not the cause.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 2026
Anyone who has Googled a disturbing symptom and plunged down a rabbit hole of anxiety might fancifully imagine that hypochondria is an internet-spawned phenomenon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
On the gentlemen’s appearing, her colour increased; yet she received them with tolerable ease, and with a propriety of behaviour equally free from any symptom of resentment or any unnecessary complaisance.
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
After years of suffering the pain of endometriosis, 21-year-old Charlotte Samphire was forced to leave her job because the symptoms were too severe to manage.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
Hirst says her endometriosis symptoms started to appear around the age of 11.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
Measles causes fever, respiratory symptoms and a rash, and in some cases more serious complications such as pneumonia and brain inflammation, which can lead to severe long-term health problems or even death.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026
Her work focuses on identifying changes in the brain that occur before Alzheimer's symptoms develop and finding ways to intervene early.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026
Usually, a ten-day antibiotic treatment alleviates the symptoms, or a fast in-office medical procedure can release the pressure.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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