ailments

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Raw dairy, his farm has claimed, could cure, treat or prevent myriad diseases and ailments, from diabetes and ear infections to allergies, eczema and arthritis.

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2026

There’s no insurance product that will protect all your assets from the unpredictable, multiyear impact of serious health ailments.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 15, 2026

Most presidential check-up reports, though, contain details of mundane ailments: "Doctors removed a precancerous skin lesion from the tip of his nose", reads a New York Times report on Bill Clinton's annual checkup from 1996.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

Rare-disease patients and their advocates criticized Makary for not being flexible enough when it comes to evidence to prove treatments for their ailments work.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

Later, at the table, I listen to him make idle conversation with the old senator about the various ailments they have both suffered.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez