Word: chronically
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...their worst, these allergens produce sudden death -- a result of what is called anaphylactic shock -- in 2,000 Americans a year. Another occasionally deadly complication is asthma, a chronic breathing disorder that kills 4,000 Americans a year (see following story). Altogether, allergies and asthma affect as many as 50 million people in the U.S., costing them up to $5 billion annually and accounting for 1 of every 9 visits to the doctor, including 1 of every 5 trips to a pediatrician. Despite the mass discomfort, the allergy branch of the National Institutes of Health spent only $29 million...
...women in the study received late or no prenatal care, that discrepancy alone was not great enough to account completely for the twofold gap in mortality rates. Schoendorf points to several possible reasons. Among them: the cumulative effects of a lifetime of inadequate access to health care, and the chronic stress associated with being black in America. One piece of good news in the report: black and white infants of normal birth weight enjoyed identical chances for good health...
Unfortunately, the health effects of the billions of butts already smoked will continue to be felt for some time. A separate study published in the British journal Lancet predicts that smoking-related disorders -- chiefly cancer, heart disease, stroke and chronic lung disease -- will kill 1 in 5 people living in the industrialized world. The situation is likely to grow even worse in developing countries like China and Indonesia, where about 70% of men smoke, as cigarette manufacturers make up for falling U.S. demand by seeking new markets overseas...
...forever for me to see slender, unmarried women as candidates for gallbladder disease." Prejudiced and mistaken notions also can govern the treatment offered to black women, lesbians and those with a history of venereal disease. For example, says Smith, a doctor quickly diagnosed in a young, married black woman chronic pelvic inflammatory disease -- an ailment that results from previous venereal infection -- though nothing in her history supported such a judgment. Actually, her symptoms and history perfectly matched a diagnosis of endometriosis, a different condition...
Even the creation of inner-city enterprise zones, in which businesses would receive tax breaks and other incentives, may not be enough to draw employers into the dangerous world of drugs and violent crime that chronic poverty has created. After the Watts riots of 1965, Howard Allen, senior board member of Southern California Edison, was active in trying to lure manufacturing to the inner city. This time he is more pessimistic. To him it seems that the obstacles to attracting job-creating enterprises are more firmly entrenched than they were 25 years ago. Says Allen: "We are heading...