Marlee Matlin

For people who are afraid to talk about cancer, for people who are afraid to communicate with their loved ones about it, and for the people who want to pretend cancer doesn't exist, either delaying diagnosis or not getting regular checkups, the consequences can be fatal. Doing nothing about cancer will kill you.

American Actress

Melissa Etheridge

I always tell people I'm grateful for my cancer diagnosis because it was the greatest gift because it completely changed my life. I was able to stop and let my whole life and world just crash over me like a wave. And I stood there and went, 'Wow.' And for the first time, I stopped everything. I had to.

American Musician

Hawa Abdi

When I decided to become a doctor, I was very, very young, when my mother, her seventh child, became pregnant, and she was feeling terrible pain, and I could not know how to help her. And my mother died in front of my eyes, without knowing why, which diagnosis. So I decided to be a doctor.

Somali Activist

Suzanne Somers

When you receive a cancer diagnosis, you're more vulnerable than at any other time in your life. I've personally had the experience twice. My only hope for survival was alternatives. But that was my decision, what I thought was best for me.

Jameela Jamil

After the cancer-free diagnosis, I thought I'd go off and do the things I never did in my teens and twenties. I realised putting things off in life can be dangerous because suddenly you can find you've run out of time.

English Celebrity

Rosalynn Carter

Early diagnosis is so important because the earlier a mental illness can be detected, diagnosed and treatment can begin, the better off that person can be for the rest of his or her life.

American First Lady

Marianne Williamson

People who attend support groups who have been diagnosed with a life-challenging illness live on average twice as long after diagnosis as people who don't.

American Author

Tom Brokaw

What I quickly learned after my diagnosis is that the world of a cancer patient has many parts and a good deal of uncertainty.

American Journalist

Hill Harper

The wealth cure is looking at your life step by step - making a diagnosis and saying, 'Am I using money or is money using me?

American Actor

Ted Lieu

There is little you can do to stop a tornado, a hurricane, or a cancer diagnosis from changing your life in an instant.

American Politician

As a medical term, 'diagnosis' refers to precise health issues and shouldn't be used for minor problems.

Medical Specificity

Only qualified health professionals can make a medical diagnosis after thorough evaluation.

Expert Knowledge

In medical context, a diagnosis can be a serious matter, referencing life-changing conditions.

Serious Connotation

In everyday use, a diagnosis can be about identifying any problem, not just medical.

Problem Identification

A diagnosis may be seen as an informed opinion, and can sometimes be challenged or revised.

Opinion vs Fact

In computing, diagnosis is systematic troubleshooting, it’s more technical than medical use.

Technical Troubleshooting

Computer diagnosis might involve hidden issues that are not apparent to the user.

Not Always Visible

 called narcissistic personality disorder. It affects one to two percent of the population, more commonly men. It is also a diagnosis reserved for adults. Young people, especially children, can be very self-centered, but this might just be a normal part of development.

The psychology of...

 and since and it took me a full six months before the full weight of the diagnosis hit me and since then I've been wrestling with the symptoms and the stigma the truth about bipolar disorder and mental illness really is no one really talks about it I've shared my

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 And yet, the dehumanizing stigma attached to this diagnosis can prevent people from seeking help. People with schizophrenia are often perceived as dangerous, but are actually much more likely to be the victims of violence than the perpetrators.

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 a diagnosis of diabetes in a human patient would remain tantamount to a death sentence until the early 20th century, its causes unknown. What changed this dire situation was the help of humanity's longtime animal Canis lupus familiaris,

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 and that window of opportunity happens in the first three years of life. It's not that that window closes; it doesn't. But it diminishes considerably. And yet, the median age of diagnosis in this country is still about five years,

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 can delay or prevent death but not reverse it. But that's not as simple as it sounds because constant advancements in technology and medicine have resulted in diagnoses such as coma, describing potentially reversible conditions,

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 When blood tests suggest the possibility of celiac, the diagnosis is confirmed with a biopsy. The most effective treatment is a gluten-free diet, which helps heal intestinal damage and improve symptoms.

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 I couldn't make a diagnosis of ADHD. Most of the kids I was seeing had experienced such severe trauma that it felt like something else was going on. Somehow I was missing something important.

How childhood trauma...

 and all its wildlife does it really matter if all the glaciers melt does it matter at all if we pollute the oceans I think yes because it's the diagnosis it's crystal clear that something is

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 Despite advances in medicine, cancer remains one of the most frightening diagnoses patients can receive. What makes it so difficult to cure is that it's not one illness,

Diagnosis