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disease noun affliction, ailment, attack, bodily deviation from health, bout of sickness, breakdown, chronic disability, collapse, condition, contagion, defect, deterioration, discomfort, disorder, distemper, epidemic, handicap, ill health, illness, indisposition, infection, infirmity, invalidism, loss of health, malady, morbus, plague, scourge, sickness, taint, unhealthiness, unsoundness, unwholesome condition, virus, weakness See also: contaminate, disorder, pain, taint How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Over 100 risk factors have been associated with coronary heart disease and stroke and are now significant in all populations. The study found women who were responsible for caring for grandchildren for more than nine hours a week were 55% more likely to develop coronary heart disease than grandmothers without childcare responsibilities. New research shows that people who eat peanuts and tree nuts two or more times per week have a 47 percent lower risk of sudden cardiac death, and a 30 percent lower risk of coronary heart disease death. |
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