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geriatric

[jer-ee-a-trik, jeer-] / ˌdʒɛr iˈæ trɪk, ˌdʒɪər- /




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There is no specific age cutoff for safe skiing, says Ronan Factora, a geriatric and staff physician for the Center for Geriatric Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

The project involved an interdisciplinary international group of experts in medication prescribing and geriatric medicine.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026

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

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

"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

She wore the insignia of a geriatrics supervisor.

From Life Sentence by Dick Francis


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