: Re: English, Commas According to Dr. Sharonâ€™s book, Survival of the Sickest, a hemochromatosis patient, Aran Gordon, experienced joint pain, heart flutters, and depression. Is this a run-on sentence?

It's not a run-on sentence, but it is a bit awkward, comma-wise.

If it's clear that Dr. Sharon writes books, I think I'd eliminate the word book and then get rid of that comma. And unless the patient's name is important I'd eliminate it as well. If the name is vital, maybe it could go in a second sentence? And I'd drop the Oxford comma.

According to Dr. Sharonâ€™s Survival of the Sickest, a
hemochromatosis patient experienced joint pain, heart flutters and
depression. The patient, Alan Gordon, got better after eating lots of
chocolate.

ETA: Oxford comma optional, I guess. Kinda. A bit. Sort of optional. Maybe.

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