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syndrome

[sin-drohm, -druhm] / ˈsɪn droʊm, -drəm /


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I Swear, the biographical film about John Davidson's life growing up with Tourette syndrome, has received seven nominations for awards, while Edinburgh-based crime thriller Dept.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

Bennett had previously been diagnosed with Fragile X syndrome, a genetic disorder that can cause anxiety, mood instability and depression, it was also told.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

It targets Lynch syndrome, an inherited condition that raises the risk of colon, ovarian and other cancers and is carried by about a million people in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Bancel envisions government screening campaigns to help find people with the condition and an annual pharmacy shot for those with the syndrome.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Something more serious than nervous-tummy syndrome was messing with Fig.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

Even so, scientists still do not fully understand why island syndromes happen or how these traits help species adapt to island ecosystems.

From Science Daily ● May 28, 2026

From a diagnostic standpoint, it overlaps with obsessive-compulsive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder and trauma-related syndromes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025

And for those with hypermobility syndromes, meaning overly flexible joints, “it’s important to be mindful that increased stretching could lead to dislocations of the joints.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2025

But to move from hypothesis to proven treatment, he says, the scientific community urgently needs double-blind, randomized, controlled trials—the gold standard for treatment research—on nicotine therapy for post-acute infection syndromes.

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2025

Under Cushing, John studied pituitary syndromes in dogs and mice and contemplated X-ray irradiations of humans.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik


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