maladies

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"They treat a whole host of maladies," said Thomas Patton, a professor at New York state's Union College who has studied Myanmar's mystics.

From Barron's • Dec. 21, 2025

His latter years were blighted by maladies, including heart problems, Parkinson’s disease, and memory and hearing loss.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

When Colleen Henderson’s three-year-old daughter complained of pain while using the bathroom, doctors brushed it off as a urinary tract infection or constipation, common maladies in the potty-training years.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2025

What if a drop of blood could be accurately tested to diagnose an array of maladies?

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2025

Through the thirties and into early wartime, his natural vigor had kept these maladies at bay, but the sheer magnitude of the demands on his time and energy finally had caught up with him.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik