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Lost Sense of Smell May Be Peculiar Clue to Coronavirus Infection

Lost Sense of Smell May Be Peculiar Clue to Coronavirus Infection

As time goes by, more and more surprising effects of the researches on the novel coronavirus appear. The medical community is still putting all the pieces together. The evolution of medical knowledge is filled with trial-and-error, patience, and diligence. Just recently, it has been observed that one of the Coronavirus infection early symptoms may be […]

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Doctors Kept Dismissing My Back Pain—Until I Was Finally Diagnosed With Terminal Cancer

Doctors Kept Dismissing My Back Pain—Until I Was Finally Diagnosed With Terminal Cancer

I spent my whole life trusting in doctors and the medical system. To be honest, I think I pretty much saw medical professionals as infallible. In retrospect, maybe that’s just because I got lucky enough to avoid spending much time in hospitals throughout my youth and adolescence. Eventually, my luck ran out. Doctors failed to

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Woman Had a Huge Tapeworm 'Egg' Encased in Her Brain. Why She's Super Happy About It

Woman Had a Huge Tapeworm ‘Egg’ Encased in Her Brain. Why She’s Super Happy About It

In January 2018, Rachel Palma, a 42-year-old resident of New York, went to her doctor complaining of symptoms such as a tendency to drop things and difficulty remembering words — symptoms that pointed to a neurological condition of some kind. Her doctor ordered an MRI which revealed an odd-looking lesion in her brain, which indicated

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Nurses Reveal 10 Things They Wish They Could Tell Patients, But Can't

Nurses Reveal 10 Things They Wish They Could Tell Patients, But Can’t

Nurses are artists of caring, compassion, and filtering a tactful delivery of information. In NursesLabs, nurse Rozzette Cabrera describes how patients often feel most comfortable opening up to nurses because of such reasons. Have you ever wondered what nurses would tell patients if that filter wasn’t a job necessity? It’s time for a nurse to reveals

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