Word: loss
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Harvard field hockey team (3-4 overall; 1-1 Ivy) replaced the painful memories of last year's 8-1 loss to B.U. with pleasant ones yesterday, as they sailed smoothly to a solid 2-1 victory...
...more severely burned, life hangs in the balance as they fight to survive the loss of large portions of the skin's protective covering, which keeps body temperature normal and internal organs properly hydrated. Many of the survivors continue to suffer psychologically, not only from varying degrees of disfigurement but also from frightening and debilitating flashbacks of their ordeal...
Another major concern is the loss of fluid. When deep burns cover a large area of the body and the skin no longer provides an effective barrier against infection, the immune system goes into overdrive to ward off invading germs. It floods the injured areas with blood and plasma carrying immune cells, which cause extensive inflammation and swelling. In some cases the swelling is severe enough to interfere with breathing, and the patient must be put on a ventilator...
...this reason, the discovery of young practicing healers like Salome delights Cox, who believes that only people like her can prevent the loss of centuries of knowledge. If he can carry Salome's knowledge to the developed world in the form of plants whose myriad chemical compounds might help combat incurable diseases--notably cancer, AIDS and Alzheimer's--the impetus to save the Samoan rain forest, and all forests, will be that much stronger...
...disease caused by a parasitic protozoan. The disease is transmitted by the bite of a sand fly that is about one-tenth of an inch long and is ubiquitous in certain woodlands. Once inside the body, the kala-azar protozoan invades and weakens the immune system, causing fever, weight loss, anemia and enlargement of the spleen. If the disease is untreated, a secondary infection, such as pneumonia or malaria, usually brings painful death...