Word: chronics
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...study also suggests that coronary-artery disease is much more dynamic than anyone had thought. "For a long time we saw coronary atherosclerosis as a chronic, progressive disease that just kind of marches along," says Nissen. "Maybe you slow it down, but you don't really change it very much." However, if you can reduce plaque buildup significantly in just a few weeks, he says, "that's a big shift in thinking...
...lost nearly 60 lbs., was rushed to a hospital and given nutritional drinks before being allowed his first solid food, a handful of potato chips. Doctors say it may take months before the illusionist fully recovers from his weeks of deprivation. His starvation for attention, however, appears to be chronic...
Most of us think of heartburn as a nuisance, but if left untreated it can lead to major problems, including difficulty swallowing, pneumonia and, eventually, esophageal cancer, according to Dr. Paulo Pacheco, clinical assistant professor of gastroenterology at Weill Medical College of Cornell University and author of Living with Chronic Heartburn (Healthy Living Books...
With kids, heartburn can be tricky to diagnose--especially with children too young to describe the pain they're feeling. It's up to the parents to watch for telltale signs: episodes of vomiting, inability to sleep, a persistent sour taste in the mouth, bad breath and chronic coughing. Other clues may be the onset of pain soon after a child lies down or a hoarse voice when a child wakes...
...this really the blackened, barbecued soul of America exposed? A brand new confederacy of dunces unearthed? Americans make temptingly large targets for satire these days--what with the chronic obesity and all--but I'll be double-dog-darned if we're quite this easy to skewer. Pierre may have come clean about his past, but Vernon God Little feels like just another con. --By Lev Grossman