adult
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For the current study, investigators reviewed medical records, blood test results, and demographic information from 860,966 adults representing six different nationalities.
From Science Daily
Solo agers and older adults who are in a relationship but don’t have kids are much less likely than other people their age to have power-of-attorney documents, medical directives, living wills and wills or trusts.
From MarketWatch
About one in five adults in the United States will experience major depression at some point in their lives.
From Science Daily
Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease that affects about one in five adults in the United States and generates an estimated $65 billion each year in direct health care costs.
From Science Daily
The vice president converted to Catholicism as an adult.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
