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People who exercise more than 3 hours a week could be at risk of a terrifying misdiagnosis
A recent study in the journal "Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging" found people that who exercise …
Kevin Reilly,Jessica Orwig
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Robin Williams' son says his father was 'very uncomfortable' and 'frustrated' in his final years due to Parkinson's disease misdiagnosis
Robin Williams died by suicide in 2014 aged 63. An autopsy revealed he had Lewy body dementia but h…
Zac Ntim
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An MSNBC anchor was told she had acid reflux. The next day she was rushed to the hospital to have fluid drained from around her heart.
Yasmin Vossoughian told Insider she felt frustrated by a misdiagnosis of acid reflux before learnin…
Allana Akhtar
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Sharon Stone says doctors misdiagnosed her fibroid tumor, leading to the wrong procedure. A second opinion 'can save your life,' she said.
Sharon Stone said she has a large fibroid that was misdiagnosed and she needed a "double epidural" …
Anna Medaris
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I'm a nurse with 30 years of experience. My misdiagnosed menopause forced me to leave a career I loved.
After a panic attack made her quit her job, Tammy Kraushaar was diagnosed with burnout. She had to …
Jamie Orsini
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My doctor didn't believe me when I was sick. I'm using my story to empower my daughters to tell me when they don't feel well.
The author shares how it took her years to feel like herself again after being misdiagnosed. She wa…
Megan Margulies
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A 31-year-old mom says doctors dismissed her severe pain as a gallbladder issue. Later, tests showed she had stage 4 cancer.
Casey Ward says she begged doctors to operate, but they wouldn't because she was pregnant. After bi…
Anna Medaris
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Monkeypox: 95% spread occurred via sexual activity, says study
Sexual closeness is the most likely route of transmission in 95 per cent of monkeypox cases, accord…
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I was misdiagnosed with a liver tumor at age 17. After years of depression and eating disorders, I found my passion in bodybuilding.
Marta Horvath dealt with a benign liver tumor misdiagnosis for over a decade but later found a pass…
Kitti Palmai
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Selma Blair says she suffered with MS symptoms for years, but doctors thought it was leukemia
As a child suffering from physical pain and emotional trauma, Selma Blair self-medicated with alcoh…
Anna Medaris
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Doctors dismissed student's pain, weight loss, and vomiting as alcohol-related. She had incurable cancer.
Even when 20-year-old law student Georgia Ford coughed up blood, doctors said her symptoms weren't …
Anna Medaris
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7 tell-tale red flags of medical gaslighting and how it can lead to a horrifying misdiagnosis
On average, doctors interrupted their patients just 11 seconds into an appointment — here are…
Ashley Laderer,Arthur Caplan
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3 common ADHD symptoms that might actually be something else, according to a psychologist
Many broad ADHD symptoms like distractibility or impulsiveness also exist in other disorders like a…
Julia Pugachevsky
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The One NFL Team That Reportedly Loved Manti Te'o Had 3 Chances To Pick Him, And Passed Every Time
It's not necessarily an indictment on Te'o as a player. The Vikings are just one team, and NFL Draf…
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After a medical misdiagnosis, my kids were wrongfully taken from me. It took 5 months to get them back.
A family's children were taken away after doctors misdiagnosed a benign medical issue as abuse. Now…
Kelly Burch
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Patients are calling out 'medical gaslighting,' saying doctors deny their symptoms and misdiagnose serious illnesses
People are sharing stories of being dismissed by healthcare pros. Women, Black people, and patients…
Julia Naftulin,Anna Medaris M…
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A 45-year-old woman thought her grogginess was a hangover but it was really a stroke
After a night out, Francesca Murray, 45, was airlifted to a hospital with slurred speech and paraly…
Anna Medaris
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Autistic women are often misdiagnosed with borderline personality disorder. Here are 4 ways to spot the difference.
Women are generally under-diagnosed with autism and over-diagnosed with BPD. Both have some overlap…
Julia Pugachevsky
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Doctors told a 29-year-old she had anxiety and that she was 'too young for cancer.' She had stage 4 kidney cancer.
Eight doctors dismissed Katie Coleman's symptoms. After weight loss revealed a mass, she was diagno…