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Abandoning daydreams of a life without diabetes
| Daisy Watson ShawTony Pickering
After years of longing for a cure for her type 1 diabetes, Daisy Watson Shaw, partly due to medical advances in managing the condition, has reached a state of acceptance. Her wishes now are for greater understanding.
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When depression is worse than physical illness
| Elly Aylwin-FosterJohn Miers
Chronic physical illnesses can be accompanied by troubling depressive symptoms. Elly Aylwin-Foster urges doctors to treat every aspect of her condition with the same care.
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Six personal health zines that might change your life
| Loesja VigourNicola Cook
Personal zines put health conditions back in the hands of the people who experience them. Here are six that Wellcome Collection staff love.
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Fees, funding and the NHS
| Cal Flyn
In the 1950s, dramatic political battles over NHS charges brought down a government. But public confidence in the service still grew.