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
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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His and Pierina's diagnoses are frequently voiced by fellow protesters, ordinary Spaniards and even the Spanish government.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 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
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
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
According to the best medical theories of his day, Dr. Harlow diagnoses an imbalance of bodily "humors."
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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Yoon began working at SK hynix's Icheon chip plant in 1996 and was diagnosed with cancer in 2018.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
When I finally saw a doctor, he diagnosed a burst appendix and peritonitis—the swelling of thin tissue that lines the belly wall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Then his neighbor, a deacon in his church, told him about a previous roommate who had died of cancer, and how he had recently been diagnosed himself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
But it became more than that in August 2024 when Maya was diagnosed with leukaemia.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Several hours later she called again: A doctor had come and diagnosed pneumonia.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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Healthcare professionals “are often undertrained and ill-equipped in diagnosing elder abuse.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 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
The report also raises concerns about the potential conflicts of interest when the clinician diagnosing autism, or creating a therapy care plan, has ties to the company that provides therapy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
These particles may offer new biomarkers for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease and determining how far it has progressed.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
Minya pronounced, as though diagnosing a disease, “Happy.”
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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