Sentences with phrase «such afflicted people»

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While some addictions, such as to drug and alcohol, are easier to recognize (and be videotaped) by those close to the afflicted person, problem gambling usually comes to light when financial and legal issues arise.

But as more and more of us find ourselves called upon to provide such prosthetic support to afflicted parents, relatives, or friends, we may find it a challenge to remember that such patients are never less than persons.

Eye diseases — such as age - related macular degeneration, as well as a genetic condition called Stargardt's macular dystrophy that afflicts young people — are considered excellent candidates for stem cell therapy because the eye is an immune - privileged site, meaning transplanted cells are not as likely to be rejected as foreign compared with transplants elsewhere.

Join us below at 1 P.M. Eastern on Wednesday (August 1) for a live 30 - minute online chat with engineer and energy writer Melissa C. Lott, who will discuss the blackouts that have afflicted hundreds of millions of people in India this week and whether such a catastrophe could occur in the U.S..

Dry eye disease afflicts millions of people worldwide, with symptoms such as pain, dryness, redness, reduced visual acuity, and feelings of grittiness.

Spinal cord injuries and disorders afflict millions worldwide, from disabled veterans to people with neurodegenerative disorders such as Lou Gehrig's disease, yet there is currently no way to repair a damaged spine.

In particular, widespread ocular diseases such as age - related macular degeneration (AMD) and retinitis pigmentosa (RP), as well as a genetic condition called Stargardt's macular dystrophy (STGD) that afflicts young people, are all potential disease targets for therapeutic approaches.

Instead of looking at people afflicted with disease symptoms, this highly - respected dentist and dental researcher chose to focus on healthy individuals, and challenged himself to understand how they achieved such amazing health.

... except for «all idiots, imbeciles, feeble - minded persons, epileptics, insane persons; persons who have had one or more attacks of insanity at any time previously; persons of constitutional psychopathic inferiority; persons with chronic alcoholism; paupers; professional beggars; vagrants; persons afflicted with tuberculosis in any form or with a loathsome or dangerous contagious disease; persons not comprehended within any of the foregoing excluded classes who are found to be and are certified by the examining surgeon as being mentally or physically defective, such physical defect being of a nature which may affect the ability of such alien to earn a living; persons who have been convicted of or admit having committed a felony or other crime or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude; polygamists, or persons who practice polygamy or believe in or advocate the practice of polygamy; anarchists, or persons who believe in or advocate the overthrow by force or violence of the Government of the United States.»

It is recognized as afflicting people who survive traumatic events — wars and conflicts, natural disasters, terrorist attacks and school shootings, but can also be experienced by others such as first...

Opioid addiction is often described as an «equal opportunity» problem that can afflict people from all races and walks of life, but while true enough, this obscures the fact that the opioid crisis has particularly affected some of the poorest regions of the country, such as Appalachia, and that people living in poverty are especially at risk for...

Although some diseases are specific to cats — such as Feline Immunodeficiency Virus and Feline Leukemia Virus — others can afflict a wide variety of species, including people.

Marco, GP, Willard: You should know by now that it is a waste of time to argue with someone severely afflicted by Dunning - Kruger; I have not once seen any such person change their mind.