How to Use medical history in a Sentence

medical history

noun
  • That same app where your doctor can see your medical history in a couple of clicks.
    Quartz Staff, Quartz, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Dale could read a medical history just as a doctor would.
    Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 11 June 2023
  • Over the course of her short life, Haley suffered from a series of head injuries and seizures, but her medical history was kept from the jury.
    Lara Bazelon, The New Republic, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The man had a medical history of high blood pressure and was taking medication for it since 2002.
    Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The couple sat in the room together for the appointment as their doctor checked their height and weight and ticked through a series of questions about their medical history.
    Quinn Clark, Journal Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Had her doctors known her true medical history from the beginning, Frosolone believes that she would have been spared a lot of time, energy and stress.
    Katie Camero, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Had her doctors known her true medical history from the beginning, Frosolone believes she would have been spared a lot of time, energy and stress.
    Katie Camero, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2024
  • For the rest of their lives, these amputees will need answers regarding their medical history.
    Seyward Darby, Longreads, 23 Mar. 2024
  • For the rest of their lives, these amputees will need answers regarding their medical history.
    Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2024
  • The clinic staff asked her about her period, took her vital signs and medical history.
    Chris Kenning, USA Today, 4 June 2023
  • In a story that seems destined to become part of medical history, Kariko and Weissman met over a Xerox machine.
    Naomi Kresge, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The patient was seven weeks pregnant and stable, but with a medical history that would make delivery very high risk.
    Kavitha Surana, ProPublica, 26 Feb. 2024
  • More great reads What happens when Latinos don’t know our medical history?
    Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2024
  • And almost 25% of deaths involved a person who had a medical history of mental illness.
    Evan Bush, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Being fat is treated as a moral failing, a lapse in self-control, instead of one aspect of a human’s medical history.
    Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2023
  • How to get a Cialis prescription from Roman Roman’s system works by first reaching out with your medical history and an overview of your desire to begin Cialis.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Hake, who requested that her adult sister not be identified, declined to expound on her sister’s medical history or what may have led to her death.
    Grace Toohey, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Hake, who requested that her adult sister not be identified, declined to expound on her sister’s medical history or what might have led to her death.
    Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Pain clinic staff will review your medical history, including tests and X-rays and perhaps order new ones.
    Georgea Kovanis, Detroit Free Press, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Each pony had a tracking number, a medical history and, crucially, a passport.
    Claire Fahy, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2024
  • For this reason, screening tools for concussion often probe a person’s medical history prior to the event.
    Hilary A. Diefenbach, Discover Magazine, 20 Nov. 2023
  • In the past few years in the US, the transition to digital medical data records has made access to one’s own medical history both easier and, somehow, harder.
    Quartz Staff, Quartz, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Telehealth providers may not have access to a patient’s full medical history and may be less able to provide holistic care that a primary care physician otherwise could.
    Annette Choi, CNN, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Cosentino began communicating with him for a few months after breaking the news and even learned some medical history.
    David Oliver, USA TODAY, 9 May 2024
  • At first glance, Genesis sounds like a huge improvement over flying coach from boot camp with one’s entire medical history in a manila envelope on one’s lap.
    Luther Ray Abel, National Review, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Because the chains often share records across all locations, a pharmacy in one state can access a person’s medical history from states with more-restrictive laws.
    Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2023
  • The process starts with creating as complete a picture as possible of the applicant, their medical history and why their disability means work is not an option for them.
    John Kelly, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023
  • For example, your age and medical history contribute to the cost of insurance planning.
    Essence, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Jail staff did little to inquire about her medical history, according to depositions in a lawsuit later filed over her death.
    Isabelle Taft, ProPublica, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Be sure to discuss your medical history—including any previous back injuries—with your doctor to figure out what's going on.
    Women's Health, 17 Mar. 2023

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