bedridden

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This insight opens the possibility of developing medications that replicate the benefits of exercise, offering new hope for older adults, bedridden patients, and individuals with chronic illnesses who face a higher risk of fractures.

From Science Daily • Jan. 27, 2026

Over the next few days both pilots were bedridden, vomiting, with diarrhea, and tremors in their hands and legs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

Most of the building's residents were sick and bedridden elderly people.

From Barron's • Nov. 14, 2025

Buzzi’s husband of more than 40 years, Kent Perkins, announced in July 2022 that she had suffered “devastating strokes” that left her bedridden and incapacitated.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2025

A gravely ill, bedridden Jenna would have no use for short red skirts or floppy flowered hats, or jewel-trimmed blouses, and that invalid picture had to be preserved for prying eyes.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson