BY GEORGE J. DACRE With author Mary Crescenzo in the audience, a cast of 13 portrayed the secrets, thoughts and frustrations
of victims of the disease - Alzheimer's - that saps memories and revealed how programs can help the victims to some degree.
Not exact matches
It is also restricted almost entirely to Africa, which, unfortunately for its
victims, makes it a less attractive target for big drug companies than a host
of non-fatal
diseases (think erectile dysfunction) that are more common in rich countries.
«We expect the incoming Trump administration to uphold the EPA's commitment and honour the past, current and future
victims of asbestos - triggered
diseases.»
Since 1970, Samaritan's Purse has helped meet the needs
of people who are
victims of war, poverty, natural disasters,
disease and famine, with the purpose
of sharing God's love through His Son, Jesus Christ.
The reason that no one died
of yellow fever due to Blackburn's actions is that the
disease can not be transmitted via the clothing or bedding
of its
victims, though no one knew it at the time.
It focuses on helping
victims of war, poverty, natural disasters,
disease, and famine.
According to a 2017 analysis
of fatal and nonfatal childhood firearm injuries compiled by researchers from the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, black children face the highest rates
of firearm mortality — a difference largely driven by black youth being more likely to be shooting
victims than children from other racial groups.
I am hence very sensitive to what I perceive to be attitudes
of callousness toward the
victims of this
disease.
Adventists have been slow to become involved with the
victims of this
disease, for they have associated it with unworthy people.
Seriously, look into the eyes
of a suffering
victim of any
of the multiple disfiguring, debilitating, painful
diseases that your «loving» god has purportedly created.
It is said that the atomic bomb
disease is not inherited by the second generation, but strangely, the children
of A-bomb
victims suffered unexplained physical illnesses.
Number
of god's creations who died horrible deaths from the following
diseases: (or were they
victims of their experimentation or surprise?)
He was a typical case
of the psychopathic temperament, sensitive
of conscience to a
diseased degree, beset by doubts, fears, and insistent ideas, and a
victim of verbal automatisms, both motor and sensory.
She was frequently the
victim of ill health (including breast cancer and Graves
Disease) and had what we would now consider depression.
How can we believe that the one who freely forgives does not also freely choose to champion
victims of disease and disability?
Death's brutality over the greater part
of the last two millennia cast a long shadow over everyday life as
disease, famine, and infant mortality claimed
victim after
victim.
Far from being passive
victims of the super-size-it food race, we hustle toward the finish line
of obesity and heart
disease, even though our gait is slowed by our girth.
He is present with his wound and in his rejection in all the companions whom in our great disloyalty we make the
victims of our distrust
of God and our
diseased loyalties.
Look into the eyes
of a suffering
victim of any
of the multiple disfiguring, debilitating, painful
diseases that your «loving» god has purportedly created, or those
of a starving innocent child in Africa.
Never mind all the people I am not so expert in getting out
of trouble, all those
victims of natural disaster and
disease and crime.
I watch newscasts about homeless people here and abroad, about war torn countries where people are slaughtered or sold into slavery, about children who are born with aids and die before they have a chance to live, about
victims of earthquakes in China, orphanages, starving children,
disease, and the list goes on and on and on.
He described the process
of tracking the outbreak to Jindi as «an important piece
of investigative work» that involved obtaining detailed food histories from
victims, multi-jurisdictional intelligence from the federal government's food - borne
diseases surveillance unit, OzFoodNet, and bacterial DNA «fingerprinting» to determine the exact strain
of listeria.
Without a more diverse pool
of genes to pull from, your plants are much more likely to fall
victim to some inherited
disease.
2 billion are
victims of diseases related to food that is nutritionally imbalanced and deficient.
According to him, the ministry immediately sent its Rapid Response Team, RRT, which consisted three Doctors,
Disease Notification Officers, DNOs, and an Epidemiologist to examine the
victim and take sample
of his blood.
«Whether it's lowering the cost
of living, forcing polluters to clean up the Hudson River, or helping
victims of Lyme
Disease, I look forward to taking on these challenges and delivering results for the people
of the Hudson Valley.»
I share the fury
of ex-miner Ian Lavery, now Labour MP for Wansbeck in Northumberland, after a Con - led Government in the pocket
of the insurance industry condemned
victims of this terrible lung
disease to die in poverty.
The coordinator said the agency in collaboration with some aid organisations assisted the
victims with shelter and evacuated carcasses
of dead animals to guard against outbreak
of diseases.
Experts and
victims of the debilitating illness recently met at Ryder Park in DeWitt in an effort to put a personal face on the
disease.
People who have never been exposed to the
disease also run the highest risk
of infection, so mosquitoes may spread malaria to countless new
victims as they follow the rains into fresh territories, say experts.
The Latin American insects are named after their habit
of night time feeding on the face
of the
victim, often spreading the deadly Chagas
disease.
But what we don't see are all the failures: the countless numbers
of creatures that died in the egg or in the womb, or hatched or were born with terrible defects, or fell
victim to predators or
disease because
of some weakness.
But over the last decade or so, the bees have fallen
victim to a number
of problems like parasites, pesticides, and
disease, causing their numbers to dwindle 30 % each year since 2006.
Some
victims had ALS - like symptoms, others exhibited the rigid posture
of Parkinson's
disease, and still others displayed the mental fogginess typical
of Alzheimer's.
Overhyped microbes include anthrax (famous for the U.S. mail attacks in 2000), the Ebola and Marburg viruses (which can cause dramatic bleeding and high fever in their
victims), and the prion agent
of mad cow
disease (otherwise known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE), which kills people by making their nervous systems degenerate.
In the style
of HIV, it can keep the
disease carrier alive for a long time, infecting new
victims over the course
of months or years.
Uganda and South Sudan, where nodding
disease is prevalent; map courtesy
of Wikimedia Commons / CIA World Factbook A strange illness has been killing thousands
of young people each year, and recently it has started claiming even more
victims in Africa.Called nodding
disease, it usually strikes children at the age
of 4 or 5 years and starts with occasional bouts
of uncontrolled nodding.
«The treatment
of alcoholism involves a complete psychological, spiritual and emotional shift, whereby
victims of the
disease are released at the core
of their being from the compulsion to drink.»
The
disease can confer a kind
of early dementia and may shorten its
victims» lives by 20 years.
The study comes out as chronic
diseases are rising rapidly and Alzheimer's
disease is called «the
disease of the century» — expected to rise from 5 million
victims in 2008 to 12 million in 2030.
Tali Sharot, a University College London neurology researcher, and her colleagues asked 19 individuals between the ages
of 19 and 27 to estimate their odds
of experiencing 80 unfavorable events, such as contracting various
diseases or being the
victim of a crime.
The multi-author study, by the Global Alliance for Rabies Control's Partners for Rabies Prevention Group, also shows that annual economic losses because
of the
disease are around 8.6 billion US dollars, mostly due to premature deaths, but also because
of spending on human vaccines, lost income for
victims of animal bites and other costs.
The most dangerous and virulent pathogens, like the Ebola virus, kill their
victims too quickly, so an infected person is able to spread the
disease to only a relatively small number
of people before succumbing.
Stealthy Trypanosoma cruzi, the parasite responsible for Chagas
disease, mixes its DNA with that
of its
victims.
The second problem terrorists face is how to infect
victims with their
disease of choice.
The more years
of education people have, the longer it takes for them to fall
victim to memory - robbing
diseases like Alzheimer's.
DALYs, aptly enough, rhymes with tallies, and the metric allowed important new comparisons: not only between what kills you and what merely makes you sick, but also between, say, life in Latin America and the Caribbean; between homicide and heart
disease victims; and between the relative risks
of iron deficiency and alcohol abuse.
But, ultimately, these cities died; most likely a
victim of the
diseases brought by European explorers in the early 16th century, according to Heckenberger.
Promoting a radical new therapy, they liken the
diseases to the torture endured by prison camp inmates and encourage
victims, with the aid
of first - person narratives, to resist the voice
of their inner dictator.
Preventing an outbreak
of disease among survivors has become a top priority as hope for
victims not already found in the rubble dwindles to nil.