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  Doctors Said It Was Probably Just a Stomach Bug — It Wound Up Being C. Diff

  healthywomen.org - Amy Teets

  As told to Nicole Audrey Spector Last January, I came down with a bad sinus infection, so I went to urgent care. The doctor looked in my ears for …

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  With Metastatic Breast Cancer, I Can’t Control Much — But That Only Makes Me Fight Harder For a Cure

  healthywomen.org - Jen Feinberg

  As told to Erica RimlingerMy grandmother was diagnosed with breast cancer in her 40s, and my Ashkenazi Jewish heritage is a risk factor for breast …

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  I Was Immunocompromised and a Clinical Trial Changed My Life

  healthywomen.org - Aliya Rinaldi

  Español As told to Nicole Audrey Spector When I was a baby, I was diagnosed with beta thalassemia, a rare blood disorder that makes you unable to …

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  Soy inmunodeficiente y un ensayo clínico cambió mi vida

  healthywomen.org - Aliya Rinaldi

  Tal como lo relataron a Nicole Audrey Spector Cuando era bebé, me diagnosticaron talasemia β, un trastorno sanguíneo infrecuente que hace que no …

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  EMDR Therapy Helped Me Heal from Trauma. Now I Use it to Help My Clients.

  healthywomen.org - Meg Weber

  On the first day of my trauma retreat the therapist went directly from “Do you prefer to cook or eat takeout?” to “Let’s make a list of the worst …

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  For Nearly a Year, Doctors Dismissed My Bladder Cancer Symptoms as UTIs

  healthywomen.org - Linda Urbanski

  As told to Nicole Audrey Spector In 2013, I was at an amusement park with my family when I started experiencing sudden and frequent urges to urinate …