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physician

[fi-zish-uhn] / fɪˈzɪʃ ən /


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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

It was founded in Phoenix in 2008 by restaurateur Sam Fox and physician Andrew Weil.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

"The microbiome is emerging as an important factor in cancer care," said co-senior study author Marcel van den Brink, MD, PhD, chief physician executive at City of Hope.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

While many scientists have made significant contributions in the field, three regularly mentioned for the Nobel are Canadian endocrinologist Daniel Drucker, Danish physician Jens Juul Holst and Yugoslav-born American chemist Svetlana Mojsov.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

The young physician said nothing for a while.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

Emergency physicians generally cannot provide the dental procedures needed to address the underlying problem, leaving some children with ongoing pain and infections.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

Oh, and while this adds up to about 1.5 million people working in healthcare administration — not counting all those working for the insurers — the actual number of physicians is only 750,000.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

The panel then modified its recommendation in 2018 to suggest physicians discuss risks and benefits of screenings with patients ages 55 to 69.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

“That’s essentially what scientists and physicians are,” Naughton said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

It is what physicians used to be engaged in at the bedside of patients with diphtheria, meningitis, poliomyelitis, lobar pneumonia, and all the rest of the infectious diseases that have since come under control.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas


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