geriatric
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Three decades of work as a geriatric psychiatrist have shown me that even as we are better at diagnosis and treatment, medicine is outpacing the educational, social and financial side of Alzheimer’s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 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
“No, I am not OK. I am a geriatric pregnancy, that’s what I am.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
But singer Liam Gallagher has repeatedly criticised the Hall of Fame, previously saying he wasn't interested in receiving an award from "some geriatric in a cowboy hat".
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026
I feel the Doorman’s snout on my leg now, and he stares up at me with his lovely geriatric eyes.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
"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 Francis, Dick
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