Word: chronics
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...within heart artery walls; those plaques trigger immune and inflammatory reactions in the body that tend to increase the instability and rupture of the plaques, which causes heart attacks. How aggressive the inflammatory response is depends on a person's genes, diet, stress levels and even exposure to chronic infections such as gum disease. So, the more active the inflammatory response, the greater the chance of ruptured plaques and heart attack. In people with elevated CRP, that means the danger lies not so much in the number of plaques (measured by cholesterol) but in how likely they are to burst...
...foray into that of the “singer-songwriter,” though to little success. The 80s brought a more experimental flavor to Kottke’s music, as he incorporated an even wider variety of sounds into his acoustic tableau. In the early 1980s, after sustaining chronic injuries to his hands due to an aggressive playing style and taking a brief hiatus, Kottke reinvented his technique and returned to the guitar. Since then, his two most high-profile recordings have been collaborations with Phish bassist Mike Gordon—2002’s “Clone?...
...ranks of those who pay no income tax does raise an important question that both Obama and McCain failed to fully answer during the current campaign: How the heck are we going to finance our government? The question has been looming for a while because of the chronic deficits of the Bush years and the soon-to-escalate demands on Social Security and Medicare. It has gained urgency lately, with Washington committing vast sums to fighting financial panic and with more deficit-financed emergency aid surely...
...Gail R. Wilensky presented her candidate’s proposal to provide tax credits of $5,000 per family or $2,500 for an individual, as well as a “Guaranteed Access Plan” for those people who cannot receive coverage due to conditions such as chronic illnesses...
...Several chronic infirmities afflicted the international economic order in the 1920s: the massive destruction World War I inflicted on key economies like those of Britain, France and Germany, and the lingering distortions in trade, capital flows and exchange rates occasioned by the punitive Treaty of Versailles. Memories of the war's bitter fighting and vengeful conclusion had rendered the international atmosphere toxic, making a mockery out of the one transnational institution to have emerged from the conflict, the League of Nations. Adding to those abundant ills was the near religious faith in the sacred orthodoxies of laissez-faire...