Sentences with phrase «irreversible decline»

An individual's condition will be considered «grievous and irremediable» if it is serious and incurable, has put them in an «advanced state of irreversible decline in capacity», has caused them intolerable, enduring physical or psychological suffering, and where their natural death is reasonably foreseeable.

Numerous issues that NAE addressed resembled the equally «numerous promulgations emanating over the decades from the offices of the liberal Protestant establishment that is now in apparently irreversible decline,» he observed.

Huntington's disease is a dominantly inherited, neurodegenerative disease causing irreversible decline in mood, memory and movement.

In the 1980s and»90s, when many energy analysts foresaw only irreversible declines in hydrocarbon supplies, Mr. Mitchell got busy poking holes in Texas dirt on the hunch that they were wrong.

The world's leading coral biologist, Charles Veron, warns us that unless CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere are reduced to below 350 parts per million soon, coral reefs and reef - dependent marine life will be committed to a terminal and irreversible decline due to global warming and ocean acidification.

West Antarctic glacier loss: «We have passed the point of no return» (+ video) Two studies released Monday signal that five glaciers in West Antarctica are undergoing irreversible decline over the next several hundred years, signaling sea level - rise of nearly four feet.

While Antarctica has been losing ice more slowly than the Arctic, and the geopolitical implications are less salient, studies show that parts of the massive continent's ice sheet have entered irreversible decline and that melting is likely to accelerate.

Following decades of seemingly irreversible decline, the Irrawaddy river dolphin population in the Mekong region is rebounding.

It's a claim that directly flouts the concept of peak oil — the point at which global petroleum production goes into terminal decline — and Heinberg's assertion that growth (as we know it) is headed into irreversible decline.

Last week, scientists reported that glaciers in West Antarctica may be on a pathway of irreversible decline, although it could take centuries for their collapse (ClimateWire, May 13).

In humans, aging is defined as the inevitable and irreversible decline in organ function that occurs over time even in the absence of illness, injury, or poor lifestyle choices.1

The Windsor, Ont., certified financial analyst, now vice-president and principal of HighView Financial Group, had researched the sector for a number of years up to 2006, when he concluded that it was in irreversible decline.

«Today the Roman Catholic Church in the United States is on the verge of either an irreversible decline or a thoroughgoing transformation» is the topic sentence of Peter Steinfels» extraordinarily valuable survey...

The book's tone of urgency and its copious use of war metaphors left many readers with the distinct impression that American politics was experiencing an irreversible decline.

The only possible mitigation is that Sunderland was and is a club in massive disarray and irreversible decline; a look at the current Championship table would appear to confirm this.

Barcelona on the other hand should use the money wisely and improve their squad, there is a serious risk that they are in an irreversible decline.

That Rooney of late has been alternating superbly taken goals with episodes of sluggishness, confirming Ferguson's alleged view that he is overweight and thus not fully match fit, suggests that he may be in irreversible decline.

A report released today claiming Welsh care homes are seen as places of «irreversible decline» shows the need for a rethink on care homes, the Welsh Liberal Democrats have said today.

Mass bleaching and mortality are identified as the current crisis to corals, and based on the current rate of increase in global CO2 emissions (now exceeding 3 % per year), most reefs world - wide are committed to an irreversible decline.

Current FDA - approved medications, including Aricept, Razadyne and Exelon, offer only fleeting short - term benefits for Alzheimer's patients, but they do nothing to slow the steady, irreversible decline of brain function that erases a person's memory and ability to think clearly.

Rather than waiting for signs of an irreversible decline in mental abilities or other, more serious cognitive problems, it would be prudent to take steps to support the brain's ability to heal and self - repair.

While there are no studies to confirm, it is presumed that a relatively short term overuse of alcohol would not produce an irreversible decline in testosterone production.

Are their recent setbacks the beginning of an irreversible decline?

You apply a comic sensibility to subjects that include aging, illness and death and what seems like the irreversible decline of the town of North Bath, New York.

Some publishing conferences — particularly 2009's Book Expo — left the impression that publishing was in a deep and irreversible decline.

Irreversible Decline and the Need for Immediate Preparation In another recent statement, Dr. Bakhtiari has said this:

A 2014 study study led by NASA researchers shows that half - a-dozen key glaciers in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet are in irreversible decline.

This year's airborne campaign, which began its first flight Thursday morning, will revisit a section of the Antarctic ice sheet that recently was found to be in irreversible decline.

There is an «irreversible decline» of coal power across the G7 countries, with the US and UK leading the way, finds new research by the non-profit environmental organisation E3G.

A new study led by NASA researchers shows that half - a-dozen key glaciers in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet are in irreversible decline.

World fossil fuel production per capita will thus begin an irreversible decline between 2020 and 2030.

situations involving the removal of a seriously ill person in which substantial grounds have been shown for believing that he or she, although not at imminent risk of dying, would face a real risk, on account of the absence of appropriate treatment in the receiving country or the lack of access to such treatment, of being exposed to a serious, rapid and irreversible decline in his or her state of health resulting in intense suffering or to a significant reduction in life expectancy.

Thus, the Bill would allow a dying patient with an incurable disease «at an advanced state of irreversible decline» and suffering «unbearable physical and psychological pain» to decide their moment of death.