Word: ailments
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...personality underwent several profound changes. Would you like to go dancing? he asked. Others who were present have since testified that they told Peterson the woman's true name was Sarah (her last name is being withheld). They explained that she suffered from multiple- personality disorder (MPD), an ailment involving several distinct "personalities" that take turns dominating the same body...
Health concerns that primarily affect women get particularly short shrift in the research community, many doctors say. Breast cancer, for example, has doubled in incidence since 1960 and is now killing 44,000 women each year. Yet last year the NIH spent just $77 million studying the ailment, including only $16 million on basic research. Two years ago, the NIH halted a major study on breast cancer and low-fat diets because of cost considerations. "I can't believe that decision," says Dr. Mary Guinan, assistant director for science at the Centers for Disease Control. "If we could tell women...
...procedure was designed to help parents who carry genes for "sex-linked" diseases, such as hemophilia and Duchenne muscular dystrophy, that occur almost exclusively in boys. Handyside's technique enables such parents to make sure they have only girls and thus avoid the heartache of transmitting a serious ailment...
...come-from-nowhere pug gets a shot at the heavyweight title. His beloved mother has just died; the mother of his own son is suffering from a severe kidney ailment. His body is depleted by penicillin shots and antihistamines taken for a nagging infection. And now he must step into the ring against a champion who has destroyed every opponent with awful precision. The odds against an upset are so high that most Vegas casinos don't even lay down a betting line. But our plucky hero surprises everyone by carrying the fight for the first seven rounds. Then...
OVER my two and a half years at Harvard, I have observed my fellow students in classrooms, dining halls and in many other situations related to "the college experience." When I first arrived, I diagnosed an affliction that has continued to manifest itself in my peers. This ailment is commonly known as rudeness...