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    Sherry Christiansen is the spouse of a career military service member; that perspective shapes her deep commitment to veteran advocacy, including helping veterans secure the benefits they have earned through military service. She has a clinical healthcare and mental health background that laid the foundation for her work as a medical writer. For more than a decade, she has contributed content to consumer education platforms, including Verywell Health, Medical News Today, and Nurse Journal. Earlier in her career, she helped develop an educational resource for one of the nation’s first Alzheimer’s prevention clinics at Weill Cornell Medicine – NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Sherry has also written legal content for respected Midwestern attorneys handling personal injury and medical malpractice cases.

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