poor health
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In these cases, screening may have offered little benefit because poor health or limited life expectancy meant that finding and treating the cancer was unlikely to improve health or extend life.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
It was noted the defendant was now in poor health, had diabetes, glaucoma and impaired hearing, had previously had a heart attack and might be experiencing the onset of Parkinson's disease.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered authorities on Tuesday to move jailed former prime minister Imran Khan to hospital for medical checks, after the popular politician's lawyers complained about his poor health.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
“She is in poor health and owns a home with a reverse mortgage that has been used to help pay for her caregivers.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
“Your old great-granny is in such poor health she can’t rise up from her death bed to feed you.”
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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