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What can positive thinking do for a cancer patient? | Aeon Essays

Rectal adenocarcinoma produced relentless, escalating pain that resisted initial misdiagnosis and standard analgesics, profoundly altering the patient’s physical comportment and daily life.

Public health

fromwww.bbc.com

1 week ago

New GPs rule after 27-year-old's cancer missed

GPs should reconsider diagnosis after three consultations or worsening symptoms and urgently refer patients to specialists to prevent missed deadly illnesses.

fromwww.theguardian.com

2 weeks ago

You are worthy and deserving of help': six practical ways to navigate medical misogyny

KZ Barton will never forget the night in her early 20s when searing abdominal pain landed her in hospital. Every signal from her body was telling her something was extremely wrong. When you experience pain that severe and you don't understand it, you feel like you're dying, the Melbourne-based teacher and author says. But despite her pain being without a doubt worse than unmedicated childbirth, Barton says.

Women

Mental health

fromBuzzFeed

3 weeks ago

My Partner Was In A Study For Dementia Patients. Then The Trump Administration Did The Unthinkable.

A deep midlife partnership confronted the shock of early, progressive cognitive decline, revealing enduring love, caregiving challenges, hope, and a prolonged diagnostic odyssey.

Medicine

fromBuzzFeed

1 month ago

A Dad Tried To Bully Me Into Giving My Seat To His Kid. Here's What Happened When I Said No.

A woman experienced years of unexplained neurological symptoms dismissed by doctors, later discovered a chronic brain bleed that caused a stroke and required emergency surgery.