Tag: Diagnoses

The Mentally Ill Deserve Better Than Armchair Diagnoses

Axios reports there have been over 500 mass shootings in the U.S. this year. As of this morning, the last shooting occurred in Maine, with nineteen dead, including the shooter. In following the coverage on MSNBC, I wondered how long it would take for the words “paranoid schizophrenic&r...

Navigating the heart: A personal journey with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, rising diagnoses, and the promise of gene therapy

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy is a genetic disorder that causes the heart muscle to become abnormally thick, making it harder for the heart to pump blood. The symptoms can vary, or in some cases, remain entirely asymptomatic. It often goes undetected but, in my case, despite the early diagnosis of my ...