Word: chronical
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...date 2,000 people worldwide have voluntarily had the VeriChip tag implanted into their upper right arms, among them patients with chronic or debilitating disease - as well as VIP patrons of a Barcelona nightclub and investigators requiring special access to confidential drug-trafficking case files at the Ministry of Justice in Mexico. Over the next two years, VeriChip and Alzheimer's Community Care plans to inject 110 patients with dementia or Alzheimer's with the chip as well. But VeriChip came under fire in September - shortly after the first 90 or so Alzheimer's patients received its chips in Florida...
Such findings may someday offer hope for millions of American suffering from lung diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Schwartz stresses that his study was not a clinical one with randomized subjects, but lung experts agree that Schwartz's group has highlighted an intriguing association that deserves further study. "These findings will be highly embraced by the pulmonary community," says Dr. Michael Roth, professor of pulmonary and critical care medicine at UCLA Medical Center...
...simply cause the resting heart to beat faster. "Anybody who has almost been hit by a bus knows how much emotional stress can rev up your cardiovascular system," says Brotman. "But having frequent bouts of fight or flight is not something we're designed to do." That's where chronic stressors become physical threats...
...impossible for doctors to predict who will be susceptible and who won't. So, whether it's a matter of quality of life, or life and death, it's probably good advice for the stressed-out folk among us to take a breather now and again. "With chronic stress, we may not feel it in our cardiovascular systems, but we do feel drained," says Brotman. "It's hard to imagine going through those periods and not thinking, 'This...
...much healthier are we? Mortality rates are going down, and our quality of life is improving. The rate of chronic disability among those over 65 has plunged to less than 20% from more than 26% two decades ago. The number of nursing homes and their occupancy rates declined over the 10 years ending in 1995, even as the population aged, according to Milken Institute Review. We're more educated than ever--and good health and education go hand in hand. For example, only 8% of Americans who have gone to graduate school smoke, compared with 34% of high school dropouts...