Word: affliction
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...Johnson disagrees with Thomas’s idea that stereotypes disproportionately afflict the black community...
...medical parlance it is known as "secondary trauma," and it can afflict the families of soldiers who suffer from PTSD along with the health workers who are trying to help those soldiers. Dr. Antoinette Zeiss, deputy chief of Mental Health Services for Veterans Affairs, while not wishing to talk about the specific case of the Fort Hood slayings, told TIME that "anyone who works with PTSD clients and hears their stories will be profoundly affected...
...White Ribbon (Michael Haneke) Strange, brutal crimes afflict a German village in 1913, and everyone--the stern adults, the winsome children--is a suspect in Haneke's spare, unsparing Palme d'Or winner. A masterpiece...
...AIDS predominantly afflict the middle-aged, with the highest rates of incidence falling among the 40-to-49 (7%) and 50-to-59 age ranges (5%). Overall, 70% of those infected are over...
Curbing global cancer rates is not simply a matter of transferring the successful prevention methods from the U.S. and Europe to the developing world, however. The most common cancers outside our borders are caused by chronic infections with viruses - very different from the ones that afflict us. In Africa, for example, the three most common cancers are Kaposi's sarcoma (related to HIV infection) and liver and cervical cancer. In China, liver cancer is a huge problem. The good news is that while researchers are still working on an effective AIDS vaccine, they can vaccinate against the hepatitis B virus...