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- noun Plural form of
illness .
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From the LA Times "Cost of food-borne illnesses is deemed much higher than earlier estimates":
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From the LA Times "Cost of food-borne illnesses is deemed much higher than earlier estimates":
Archive 2010-03-01 2010
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For example, certain illnesses (like cancer and Alzheimer's) are also associated with intensive financial and emotional costs and time constraints on a patient's family.
Should U.S. Import U.K. Model For Medicare And Medicaid? Tomas J. Philipson 2010
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WASHINGTON (CNN) – Top Obama administration officials outlined several new initiatives to safeguard the country's food supply Tuesday, saying the recent spate of food-borne illnesses is unacceptable.
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Did you know they actually raided strawberry growers for claiming that strawberries can prevent certain illnesses?
What Do You Want to Be Free to Choose?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Camp Simcha, a kosher camp for children with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses, is located on 125 acres in Glen Spey, New York.
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According to this theory, children from homes that are spacious and clean are moer likely to develop certain illnesses, including EE.
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Immunization against many childhood illnesses is now available.
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Anti-biotics treat certain illnesses, but can also cause new more resistant diseases to terrify us.
MIND MELD: Why is Genre Fiction Bleak and What Can Be Done About It? 2009
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The onset age for most serious mental illnesses is between 16-28 (or there abouts), and with the exception of depression (which is unlikely to result in incarceration alone), it strikes males and females in roughly the same proportions.
Matthew Yglesias » Prisons and Mental Institutions Revisited 2009
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