Word: chronical
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...turns out that Gleevec was a Cinderella story - a perfect matching of drug to cancer. The specific cancers for which Gleevec has wrought such miracles - chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) - rely pretty exclusively on a pathway that Gleevec targets, making these diseases ideal victims for a targeted therapy. But breast, lung, colon and prostate cancers, the leading types of cancer in the U.S., aren't as accommodating...
...less accessible healthcare despite spending about twice as much on it per capita, according to a study published by three Harvard Medical School scientists last week. The authors, HMS instructor Karen E. Lasser and assistant professors Stephanie J. Woolhandler and David U. Himmelstein, concluded that Americans suffer more from chronic illnesses and obesity than Canadians, are less likely to have one regular doctor, and are almost twice as likely to forego medicine they need because they cannot afford it. The authors also found that Canadians saw smaller disparities in healthcare access between immigrants and nonimmigrants, rich and poor, and racial...
...theory is that indulging food cravings--especially for energy-dense foods like ice cream and candy--is an expression of chronic stress, triggered perhaps by cortisol, the hormone that mediates stress. Such cravings might have made evolutionary sense in times of scarcity. Now, with energy-dense food available in every convenience store, they work against us. (The cortisol theory of overeating has led to aggressive marketing of dubious dietary supplements that claim to slim you down by reducing cortisol levels without your having to give up foods you like...
...Australian forces arrived at the end of last week. The fresh need for foreign troops just a year after the departure of the last international peacekeepers raises doubts about the long-term prospects of the world's youngest nation. East Timor suffers not just from ethnic violence but from chronic crime, severe poverty and unemployment. "The way in which the country has been governed in the last few years has left a lot to be desired," said Australian Prime Minister John Howard. "They got their independence perhaps earlier than they were ready...
...premature birth. The prematurity rate has jumped more than 30 percent since 1981, and more than 500,000 babies are born too soon every year. Prematurity is now the leading cause of death in newborns, and babies who survive often face lifelong challenges of cerebral palsy, mental retardation, chronic lung disease, vision and hearing loss, as well as other developmental problems. Just as the March of Dimes once focused the nation’s attention on polio and conquered it, today it addresses the increasing rate of prematurity by raising public awareness and funding more research to identify the causes...