illnesses

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Appetite may decrease, oral health can worsen, chronic illnesses become more common and many older people take medicines that affect how nutrients are absorbed, used or cleared from the body.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026

My partner recently had the same series of illnesses and we rushed to the hospital in an ambulance; a few hours difference and his outcome might have been as dire.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

Mr. Pratt has recorded cute social-media videos with dogs, promising to overhaul the city’s dysfunctional shelter system and to require vagrants to get treatment for mental health illnesses and addictions.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

Initial symptoms of Ebola mirror illnesses such as malaria and typhoid, which are common in DR Congo.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

From what Dalgard knew about Ebola virus, either of these illnesses could be signs of infection.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston