The rise of social networking has made it easier for people with uncommon diseases to connect with each other and feel less alone.

社交网络的兴起使患有罕见疾病的人更容易相互联系，也不那么孤独了。

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Able and intelligent, he struggles to connect with those less blessed.

能干而聪明，他努力与那些更少被祝福的人联系在一起。

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And now that we can easily connect with people online, getting to know others off the web is a habit becoming less and less common.

并且现在我们很容易地在网上联系到其他人，离开网络去了解别人对我们来说变得越来越陌生了。

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However, the women in the study connect significantly less than the men when outside the home, and the difference in location might be partly linked to gender-specific usage patterns.

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And neither Medicare nor most insurance plans pay them to even ask about these critical needs, much less connect patients to people who can help.

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Younger people are much less likely to connect to the net -- or to each other -- through these cumbersome devices than they are to use smartphones.

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