Word: chronical
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...John Kerry: He Doesn’t Have His Head in the Sand.” After all, the Bush administration’s failure to respond to the mounting evidence of an imminent al Qaeda attack in 2001 is only one example of a pattern of chronic negligence towards foreseeable disasters...
...analysis is designed to help determine which employees run the highest risks, so the cost of those risks can be contained. Studies have shown, for example, that about 8% of enrollees account for 70% of the costs. These high-cost employees tend to have heart disease, diabetes or other chronic illnesses. One VitalSpring strategy involves increasing coverage for these individuals while reducing blanket coverage for lower-risk employees. If this is handled properly, a company could save 3% to 5% annually. In General Motors' case, 5% would be $225 million...
...professor to change parts occasionally with the student. The student need not always he "it". And when sometimes due to the heat and the hatred of always losing out in whimsy the student suggests something of the nature of a recent report on Browning and an ailment more chronic than literarily categorized it seems only fair that the professor admit defeat...
...most people never think about. Most haven't even heard of it, at least by the official name used by doctors, researchers and advocacy groups like the American Lung Association. A person might worry about getting heart disease or cancer or Alzheimer's, but who sits around fretting about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD...
...Americans in 2000, vs. 120,000 for COPD), but COPD is more common--by a long shot. Some 13 million Americans suffer from COPD, nearly 40 times as many as have lung cancer. In fact, this "other" lung disease--a condition that includes more familiar illnesses such as chronic bronchitis and emphysema--is the fourth leading cause of death in the U.S., after cardiovascular disease, certain cancers and stroke. The number of deaths due to COPD has nearly doubled over the past two decades, and the most dramatic increase has occurred in women. In 2000, for the first time, COPD...