ailments
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Symptoms included stinging eyes, head pain, lung problems and stomach ailments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Some of the most familiar medical problems and ailments arise directly from these inherited constraints.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
There’s no insurance product that will protect all your assets from the unpredictable, multiyear impact of serious health ailments.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 15, 2026
Most presidential check-up reports, though, contain details of mundane ailments: "Doctors removed a precancerous skin lesion from the tip of his nose", reads a New York Times report on Bill Clinton's annual checkup from 1996.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
Studies of ancient skeletons indicate that the transition to agriculture brought about a plethora of ailments, such as slipped discs, arthritis and hernias.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
