ailment

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The FDA also requires that a drug be tested for its ability to treat a named ailment rather than something more general like “aging.”

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

Manufacturers are prohibited from making claims about treating or preventing disease, but influencers have sold the idea that buying the right products can fend off or cure almost any ailment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

As you point out, sometimes the cure can be worse than the ailment.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 8, 2025

And whether the cats recovered because they were treated with Tamiflu, or whether the medication was incidental and they’d have recovered on their own — from another virus, infection or ailment — isn’t clear.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2025

But, more important, Charley had been taken with his old ailment again, and this time he was in bad trouble and great pain.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck