Sentences with phrase «plagued by illness»

Families living without cement floors are often plagued by illness caused by unsanitary living environments.

But this image belies the truth: that Kennedy had been plagued by illnesses and discomfort since he was a small child and required strong medication to perform his tasks as president.

Not exact matches

Mozart laughed often, Barth says, although in a life plagued by money problems, illness, and professional disappointment, there was not much for him to laugh about.

Wie, who is coming off a T16 at the Evian Championship — one of her best finishes in a year plagued by injuries and illness — absolutely shines in the biennial competition between the U.S. and Team Europe.

One major study has concluded that nearly 40 percent of Europeans are plagued by stress - related mental illness — and substance abuse along with chronic disease are just as big an issue in other countries.

Inspired by grave robbers during the plague in 15th century England, this blend was historically believed to protect them from illness when robbing dead plague victims.

They all believe that chronic illnesses, including obesity, plaguing modern Western society, are generally caused by an unhealthy diet and lifestyle, and that improved health comes from regular exercise and by eating less food generally, consuming fewer animal protein products and having a diet rich in plant foods.

Laura Hillenbrand — she writes such amazing nonfiction even though she is plagued by major illness

The decrepit city has been plagued by a mysterious illness which transforms citizens into violent beings.

If, as Harry Gaugh first demonstrated, Nijinsky could reliably serve Kline as a surrogate in self - portraiture during the 1930s and 1940s, including in his breakthrough to abstraction, the historical and artistic figure of Charles Meryon could arguably fulfil a similar function in Meryon in 1960, albeit under different circumstances.41 Meryon was, like Nijinsky, celebrated as a virtuoso by his contemporaries and famously plagued by mental illness, dying in an asylum at Charenton in 1868 at only forty - seven years of age.

Floods, droughts, wildfires, windstorms, water contamination and illnesses plague the 1.3 billion people who live in the watersheds directly supplied by glacial melt from the Hindu Kush - Himalaya (HKH) region.

For example, substantial evidence exists that families most plagued by domestic violence are least likely to respond to home - visiting support.23 Other factors that hamper success of home visiting include limited family resources, family mental illness, and families not motivated to participate in the programs.24 Thus, the very risk factors that make children vulnerable interfere with the effectiveness of the programs that are designed to help them.