bedridden

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Quadriplegic and bedridden in a prefabricated home, 36-year-old Li Xia can only move one finger and one toe -- yet he runs a high-tech farm in southwestern China using sensors, cameras and a computer.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

This insight opens the possibility of developing medications that replicate the benefits of exercise, offering new hope for older adults, bedridden patients, and individuals with chronic illnesses who face a higher risk of fractures.

From Science Daily • Jan. 27, 2026

“God’s got my back,” he sang, still bedridden.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025

I spent a lot of months bedridden, and now that I’m not, I’m very much like a rodeo bull.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2025

Herbert Spencer—the philosopher who had coined the phrase survival of the fittest—had spent much of his life bedridden with various illnesses, struggling with his own fitness for survival.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee