killers

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It is increasingly understood as a quiet, common, and dangerous disorder that can be detected earlier, treated sooner, and linked closely to some of the world's biggest killers.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

But most of us will become more susceptible to killers like cancer, heart disease, and Alzheimer’s as we get older.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026

Under South Carolina law, as in several other states, killers are granted civil and criminal immunity if a judge rules they acted in self-defense.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

To understand how wives of her serial killers might have felt, Arnott watched documentaries about them and read books by daughters and family members of serial killers.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

Smallpox, measles, influenza, and typhus competed for top rank among the killers.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond