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Durham woman partners with Duke to start grief program for brain cancer patients, families, doctors :: WRAL.com

Durham woman partners with Duke to start grief program for brain cancer patients, families, doctors :: WRAL.com

Duke University’s Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center will soon offer new mental and emotional support for its patients, their families and their caregivers — all thanks to the donation of a former patient’s daughter. Durham native Rebecca Feinglos donated $250,000 to create the Susan & Mark Feinglos Grief initiative in honor of her parents. The program was announced on …

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Rare Disorder Makes Woman See Dragons Instead Of People

Rare Disorder Makes Woman See Dragons Instead Of People

A resurfaced medical case reported by Live Science has sparked widespread curiosity online. It describes a woman whose condition causes her to perceive human faces as transforming into dragon-like faces. The unnamed patient, a 52-year-old woman from The Hague, Netherlands, visited a psychiatric clinic and told doctors that while faces initially appeared normal, they became distorted after a few minutes. …

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Woman who ‘lived hour by hour’ with anorexia welcomes new service

Woman who ‘lived hour by hour’ with anorexia welcomes new service

A woman who was “living hour by hour” because of an eating disorder has welcomed the expansion of the service that supported her. Ebony, 24, from Grimsby, began therapy with Rharian Fields a year ago, having first sought help for anorexia as a teenager. The specialist service, which is run by the social enterprise Navigo, has now expanded from North …

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Diagnostic dilemma: Rare condition made a woman see people as dragons

Diagnostic dilemma: Rare condition made a woman see people as dragons

The patient: A 52-year-old woman in The Hague, Netherlands The symptoms: The woman visited an outpatient psychiatric clinic and told the doctors that when she looked at people’s faces, she saw them transform into the faces of dragons. She also saw dragon-like faces appear in front of her spontaneously, even when no people were present. These hallucinations were disturbing and …

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Ryan Borgwardt sentencing: The Wisconsin kayaker who faked his own death to meet a woman overseas will now spend 3 months in jail

Ryan Borgwardt sentencing: The Wisconsin kayaker who faked his own death to meet a woman overseas will now spend 3 months in jail

Facebook Tweet Email Link Madison, Wisconsin AP  —  A Wisconsin man who faked his own drowning while kayaking and left his wife and three children to meet a woman in the country of Georgia was convicted Tuesday of obstructing an officer and sentenced to 89 days in jail – the amount of time he successfully misled law enforcement about his …

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U.S. and Canada militaries medevac 52-year-old woman, 99-year-old man from cruise ship near border

U.S. and Canada militaries medevac 52-year-old woman, 99-year-old man from cruise ship near border

Two cruise passengers were medically evacuated from the ship off the coast of Washington state on Sunday, after each suffered a separate health emergency, authorities said. The United States and Canada carried out the evacuations in a coordinated effort, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. A 52-year-old woman and 99-year-old man were among the passengers on board Princess Cruises’ Ruby …

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Woman Ends Up in Urgent Care After Popping Pimple in the ‘Triangle of Death’ on Her Face (Exclusive) – AOL.com

Woman Ends Up in Urgent Care After Popping Pimple in the ‘Triangle of Death’ on Her Face (Exclusive)  AOL.com Is it actually dangerous to pop pimples in the ‘triangle of death’? A dermatologist weighs in — plus tips on how to get rid of blemishes  Yahoo Lifestyle Canada Horror as Woman Winds Up in Urgent Care After Trying To Pop Pimple  Newsweek I …

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