Word: sufference
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...source - before any treated sewage comes close to touching it - and not thrive, even if just a little? The darkly dense forests here stimulate the imagination. The alpine tundra tantalizes the spirit. In Last Child in the Woods, the author Richard Louv argues that today's overly wired children suffer from nature-deficit disorder because they are so transfixed by indoor recreation. Louv also mentions nature's "healing" aspect - how studies have shown that prisoners and hospital patients do better if they have at least visual access to the natural world...
...that better treatment, broader use of drugs for prevention, as well as less cigarette smoking, mean that despite rising average weight, fewer people are dying from cardiovascular disease. This is small cause for celebration, says Sydney University's Booth. "People who are overweight are more likely to suffer serious, debilitating, chronic diseases before they actually die. We've become quite good at keeping people alive in the presence of these diseases, but they have a really poor life in the meantime, and that doesn't show up in studies like Flegal...
Some injuries seem to distribute themselves differently between the sexes. Boys suffer concussions more often than girls do, no doubt because boys play more contact sports. But researchers are only beginning to understand why girls are more likely to tear their anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), a piece of connective tissue that helps hold the knee together. The difference can be dramatic. A recent study by researchers at the Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital in Manhattan determined that adolescent female athletes were eight times as likely to injure their ACL as their male counterparts...
...Mystery of Pain Why does the same joint problem make one person suffer terribly while another has no pain at all? There are a few clues that might solve this puzzle
...Raul Castro is a ruthless man who is responsible for the death of many Cubans [Aug. 21]. Your portrait describes a man who "has always respected the family" and who "seems comfortable with who he is." What about the families of those who have died or who continue to suffer imprisonment for their political or religious beliefs in Cuba? There is no need to present the Castros in soft focus as your reporter did. They should be judged by the standards to which political leaders should adhere: respect for human rights, democracy and the rule of just...