ailments

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But while the sport has had little success preventing injuries, modern advancements in medical sciences are finding ways to make once-devastating ailments more palatable.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Some local residents have long pressed leaders to act, saying that intrusive noise could worsen post-traumatic stress disorder and other ailments.

From Salon • Apr. 27, 2026

Summers can be deadly in India, where the scorching heat causes various heat-related ailments in people and has even resulted in deaths.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

This manages to both downplay the role of public health, vaccines, and antibiotics in expanding lifespans and ignore the fact that the Horsemen—especially cancer and neurodegenerative diseases—are ailments of aging.

From Slate • Feb. 26, 2026

Fm the one she recounts her growing list of ailments to.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides