Word: ailments
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Striking with cruel randomness across an increasingly elderly population, Alzheimer's disease afflicts some 4 million Americans, most of them over the age of 65. They may range from a former President to a neighbor next door, but the ailment is always the same: it clutters the brain with tiny bits of protein, slowly robbing victims of their mental power until they are no longer able to do even the simplest chores or recognize their closest friends and kin. So far, medical science has been stymied, unable to treat the disease or slow its fatal progression...
BONING UP Don't think you're immune to osteoporosis just because you're a guy. Two million American men have the bone-thinning ailment, and 3 million more may be at risk. Now here's some help: the first major study on men with osteoporosis shows that Fosamax--a nonhormonal drug that helps treat the disease in postmenopausal women--also works in men. The bone density of men who took it increased 7% regardless of their...
Morris' image of Reagan today, in decline under Alzheimer's, is poignant and surreal. "He will rake leaves from the pool for hours, not understanding that they are being surreptitiously replenished by his Secret Service men." When Reagan acknowledged his ailment in 1994, many who had been struck by his odd driftiness during the White House years began to wonder whether it had been the disease beginning its assault on his brain. Morris is adamant in opposing that view. "To those readers who will seize on this as evidence of incipient dementia in the White House, I reply...
...seems like everyone's heard a tale about a roommate struck with a horrible ailment, hurrying to UHS for help, only to be told that they were fine and nothing was wrong...
Shingles (a.k.a. herpes zoster) is a common ailment. Over the course of a lifetime, 2 out of every 10 people who have had chicken pox will experience its misery. But while the disease can strike at any time, the risk increases sharply after age 50. Why? Probably because older people have fewer antibodies against varicella-zoster circulating in their bloodstream. Also at high risk are those whose immune systems are compromised, such as AIDS and transplant patients...