geriatric
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This time around, I was already in geriatric pregnancy territory, and I wasn’t getting any younger.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
So has the agency neglected the geriatric underground foundation on which it stands?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
The near-total dominance of a trio of weak albums is a sign of a geriatric culture with no interest in slowing its decline.
From Salon ● May 21, 2026
Seeking a fresh start, Petriscak retired from her career as a geriatric nurse practitioner and left California.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026
I strain to hear, but my old ears, for all their obscene hugeness, pick up nothing but snippets: “serious, serious depression” and “manifesting as aggression, not uncommon in geriatric patients.”
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
It also had the fourth-best hospitals for geriatrics, according to WalletHub.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
Among them is dementia, said Emily Finkelstein, a geriatrics provider at the New York-Presbyterian medical center.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
Only 10% of medical schools routinely require rotations in geriatrics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
But some people do opt for testing which is outside standard age-based guidelines, says Dr Carla Perissinotto, a geriatrics specialist at the University of California San Francisco.
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2025
She wore the insignia of a geriatrics supervisor.
From Life Sentence by Dick Francis
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