Word: chronics
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...raise animals. Seven to nine chickens crammed into a cage the size of a microwave oven is a virus time bomb waiting to explode. Caged chickens stand in their own feces and are never able to stretch their wings. Many have been debeaked, and some have chronic pain and infections. We should ban the inhumane standards of factory farming. I believe that avian flu is the quiet revenge of those millions of chickens, ducks and geese we torture before they reach our plates. Marcela Donato Thornhill, Canada...
...shipment arrives, UHS hopes to vaccinate more than just people who have a high risk of becoming seriously ill with the flu. Last year and thus far this year, UHS has only inoculated individuals who are at high risk, such as the elderly, infants, pregnant women, and people with chronic medical conditions. Rosenthal emphasized the importance of good hand hygiene in preventing the transmission of the flu. Students should use the Purel and other alcohol-based gels available in dining halls, he said. Rosenthal also said it is not too late to be vaccinated. He suggested students check...
...Around 800,000 people are homeless on any given night, according to the Christian Science Monitor. Of these, about 32 percent report both mental illness and substance abuse problems, while an additional 31 percent report one of these difficulties. This troubled 63 percent makes up the core of the chronic homeless seen on the streets begging for money.Dealing with this startling and, frankly, embarrassing statistic for the world’s richest nation will require confronting the fundamental problem with homeless policy: we all want to help these people with illness and addiction, but we are loath to impose...
...with most things, procrastination can only become dangerous if you take it too far. Chronic procrastination is more complex than simple time management, and may actually reflect a reluctance to take risks or confront decisions. So think about what lies beneath your habits...
...your fixed income is $942 a month, an extra $30 here and there makes a big difference. After paying rent, utilities and insurance, Whitehouse is left with less than $40 a week to cover everything else. So the money from cans helps pay medical bills for the cancer and chronic lung disease she has been battling for years, as well as food expenses. "I eat a lot of soup," says the tiny, spirited 69-year-old, who lives in Majestic Meadows, a mobile-home park for senior citizens near Salt Lake City, Utah...