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Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

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She entertained her family. Thanksgiving’s coming up, you’re having your family, Christmas coming up. You’re going to go traveling to Hawaii with your family, and, you know, you want to die in January. He was a terrible diabetic. But she didn’t die. She didn’t even make any efforts to die.

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Anti-Asian Hate: Russell Jeung, Lingsheng Li, & Jessica Eng

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And because of this encounter, this patient went to the emergency room twice due to having panic episodes that felt like heart attacks. And also, you know, do they know of anyone, friends, family, coworkers who’s been attacked, were assaulted as a part of these incidents? How have they been hearing about these issues?

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A Revolutionary Drug for Extreme Hunger Offers Clues to Obesity’s Complexity

Physician's Weekly

They rushed to the emergency room, fearing a dangerous bowel impaction. Researchers are learning that obesity’s drivers can be environmental, familial, or genetic. Dean attends a special education program, his mother said. “It only makes sense that it’s complex to treat,” Yanovski said.