clinician

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The clinician adds that the condition can't currently be detected until the patient has started developing weakness - at which point there has been "irreversible loss" of nerve cells in the brain and spine.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

If a patient describes anxiety or ADHD, the clinician assumes impairment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

Neither the patient nor the clinician working with them knows whether the treatment is “real,” since a clinician aware that they’re handing out a sugar pill might unwittingly treat participants differently.

From Slate • Jan. 30, 2026

The study team also included gastrointestinal medical resident Dr. Richard Wu and clinician scientist and staff gastroenterologist Dr. Sun-Ho Lee.

From Science Daily • Jan. 22, 2026

The central plateau was his roots as an epidemiologist and a clinician, and a model of how a committed staff on a limited budget could raise the standard of health in the third world.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French