Word: chronical
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...with the things you were doing yesterday," as Edwards put it in a 60 Minutes interview. Reason: in recent years the treatment of what used to be dismissed as terminal cancer has shifted from a win-or-lose battle against acute illness to something more akin to managing a chronic disease - in many cases with extended periods of feeling just fine, thanks...
...don’t have to deal with the security checks, guest sign-in procedures, and restrictions on visitors that other universities in the Boston area impose on their undergraduates, and that’s great indeed. The obvious flip-side of our openness, of our superiors’ chronic reassurances, and the alacrity with which we approach the advisories in our inboxes, is that we tend to think we’re far safer than we actually are. That’s not a good thing, for the people whom we hurt the most, with our inflated estimations...
Increasingly, voters wonder if Bayrou may be the key. He promotes a fresh, coherent policy on Europe, pledges to end France's chronic indebtedness, and follows his instincts above ideologies. Despite service as Education Minister in the 1990s under two conservative-led governments, Bayrou's current platform is not so wildly different from Royal's, pledging more support for schools and more environmental responsibility. His opponents mistrust such pragmatism. "The French will figure out eventually that it's better to have a real left and a real right," says André Santini, who was suspended from Bayrou's UDF last...
...have been rising since the study was completed. "We just did a quick peek at more recent data and the numbers have gone up. They may surpass the numbers from Vietnam." She and her fellow authors attribute the prevalence of mental problems to the stress of guerrilla warfare, the chronic threat of roadside bombs and improvised explosive devices and multiple tours of duty. "A lot of veterans feel they were on the front lines even if they were a cook or a driver," says Seal...
...Seal notes that the V.A. has been putting more mental health professionals into primary care facilities, since vets historically have resisted going to mental health clinics. Research suggests that getting them help earlier can prevent PTSD and other problems from becoming chronic...