Word: chronics
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...stem the tide of this pandemic. First of all, HIV/AIDS is no longer the death sentence it once was. Anti-retroviral therapy, a three-drug daily regimen used to treat the disease once it has progressed in the patient from HIV to AIDS, can transform HIV/AIDS into a manageable, chronic illness. And in the last few years, price reductions for anti-retroviral drugs in the developing world have made it possible to treat a patient for less than $140 per year. More than ever, it is possible to expand access to this life-saving therapy to each...
...tested this year for protection against shingles, the painful blistering disorder caused by the chicken-pox virus. In a trial of more than 38,500 adults 60 and older, the vaccine cut the risk of shingles by more than half. It also reduced by two-thirds the symptoms of chronic pain that afflict many of the 1 million U.S. adults who develop shingles each year...
...Chávez granted Crystallex the concession in 2002 for a bargain $15 million. But company executives cannot open Las Cristinas because, among other reasons, the Chávez government has not granted the necessary environmental permits, which, so far, have been mired in bureaucratic review. One problem may be the chronic concern, as government officials have said privately, that foreign companies like Crystallex rarely create as many jobs as promised. For now, Crystallex complains it must sit idly by while its lodes are being picked at by illegal miners the government seems unable or unwilling to stop--workers Crystallex says...
...lazy,†he says.But Ledlie thinks the University community and its police force could do more.“The problem could be improved by the police and the community looking out,†he says.In the meantime, everyone is hoping for a solution to this chronic problem. “One bike lost is a real injury to the person who loses it,†Kirshner says. “Have you had a bike stolen? It is like getting kicked in the gut.â€â€”Staff writer Matthew S. Blumenthal...
Smith added that while French leaders have derided the American economic system for years, he “wonder[s] if they still think that†in light of France’s chronic unemployment...