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- noun Plural form of
sufferer .
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CHRONIC PAIN SUPPORT GROUP, for chronic pain sufferers and family members.
Montgomery County community calendar, Sept. 30-Oct. 7, 2010 Post 2010
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Like alcoholics, chronic pain sufferers are constantly hiding a large part of their lives.
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In Vanity Fair last year, Christopher Hitchens wrote, "People don't have cancer: they are reported to be battling cancer…You don't hear combative language about long-term sufferers from heart disease or kidney failure."
This Time, She Comes Out Fighting Amy Chozick 2011
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In the healthcare world, patients have access to a vast store of online information to assess their conditions and can easily swap stories, tips and drug reviews with sufferers from the same illnesses.
Author Don Tapscott on the growing influence of public participation Andrew Clark 2010
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Turning away HIV/AIDS sufferers is a terrible thing, but it is the best of the available, yet awful, options.
Snoop Elsewhere Mate Newmania 2007
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Eczema treatments for dry skin sufferers may include moisturizing the areas liberally and using one percent hydrocortisone cream for itching.
Follow Your Heart Vegan Gourmet™ Cheese Alternative Steve Carper 2006
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Fundamental theories regarding consciousness, emotion and quality of life in sufferers of paralysis from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS, also known as "Lou Gerhig's disease") are being challenged based on new research on brain-computer interaction.
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The usual from the pain sufferers: what is wrong with my hip and hip pain upstairs.
Quotes and Nearlys « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog 2006
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The good news for giardia sufferers is that a number of drugs, including the so-called nitroimidazoles (Flagyl is a common medicine in this category), are effective at rapidly putting the kibosh on most cases.
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Endo, as it's not-so-affectionately known by its sufferers, is essentially spots of uterine tissue that grow outside of the uterus.
Simple Tricks and Nonsense: Anne's Surgery and Endometriosis Awareness Month 2004
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