maladies
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The odds of these maladies rise dramatically in your 80s, but serious health challenges are not uncommon in your 70s, as I sadly saw with my late sister earlier this year.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026
Most of Aviv’s characters wander through life uneasily, plagued by misdiagnosed, undiagnosable or undertreated maladies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
"They treat a whole host of maladies," said Thomas Patton, a professor at New York state's Union College who has studied Myanmar's mystics.
From Barron's ● Dec. 21, 2025
Research shows that such stress can cause an increase in physical, psychological and emotional illness, along with other maladies, up to and including death.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2025
When she sticks out her tongue and allows me to treat her small maladies, I can see that every one of her organs has been compromised in some way.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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