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Demanding a diagnosis for invisible pain

After dozens of hospital visits and handfuls of painkillers, a plethora of scans and tests bring diagnosis closer for Jaipreet Virdi.

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Remote diagnosis from wee to the Web

Medical practice might have moved on from when patients posted flasks of their urine for doctors to taste, but telehealth today keeps up the tradition of remote diagnosis – to our possible detriment.

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The leukaemia diagnosis I didn’t see coming

Treatment for leukaemia kept journalist Hannah Partos in isolation, like the female prisoner whose image inspired her to write this piece.

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Sick of the theatre

What makes the stage a good place to share real-life experiences of ill health?

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  • Can you tell if someone is HIV positive? : The answer is no : HIV testing should be part of your sexual health check : quick and confidential : HIV tests at the RHIVA clinic - results in 20 minutes / RHIVA clinic, Lewisham Primary Care Trust, NHS.
  • Can you tell if someone is HIV positive? : The answer is no : HIV testing should be part of your sexual health check : quick and confidential : HIV tests at the RHIVA clinic - results in 20 minutes / RHIVA clinic, Lewisham Primary Care Trust, NHS.
  • The Rainbow Clinic : a free and confidential health clinic for all gay and bisexual men.
  • The Rainbow Clinic : a free and confidential health clinic for all gay and bisexual men.
  • Porphyria cutanea tarda
  • Vitiligo
  • Seventeen professors at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. Colour process print after C.E. Miksch, 1923.
  • Paediatric finger diagnosis chart: Yi graph vein pattern
  • AIDS for AIDS, a useful information sheet for physicians with numerous facts and figures by the National AIDS Control Organisation, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of the Goverment of India. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
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