ailments

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From the autumn, the new £340m investment will see five common ailments added to this list, although it is not yet clear what these will be.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

Some local residents have long pressed leaders to act, saying that intrusive noise could worsen post-traumatic stress disorder and other ailments.

From Salon • Apr. 27, 2026

Once indestructible, the greatest basketball player of his generation—a talent America has known since he was in high school—was suddenly sitting out games with ailments like sciatica and arthritis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

Expectations were insanely high for this show — Bieber’s first large-scale concert after a few years he spent in the pop-star wilderness recovering from various health ailments of both the physical and mental variety.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

His ailments, his frustration, and the mounting intensity of the work taxed his spirits and caused him to feel older than his age.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson