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
It began with a geriatric black-Lab mix who’d been picked up as a stray and locked in a cage at the South Los Angeles animal shelter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Dr Chatterjee also points to a wider gap in India's healthcare system: too few geriatric specialists, with many older people still relying on services not designed for their needs.
From BBC ● Jun. 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
“If you're a 'fan' of crawling along at thirty in a convoy of geriatric caravanners, the A417 to Cirencester is the route for you.”
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
"My patients ask me - if they become dependent, who will take care of them?" says Dr Prasun Chatterjee, who leads the geriatrics unit at Apollo Hospital in Delhi.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 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
Fried, the Yale School of Medicine physician, works in geriatrics, and it weighs heavily on her mind whether her older patients are truly absorbing the medical information they need to know.
From Slate ● May 2, 2025
She wore the insignia of a geriatrics supervisor.
From Life Sentence by Dick Francis
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