Dr.James Hospedales is a chronic disease expert at the WHO.

VOA: special.2011.05.11

That you put together diseases of the heart, cancer, stroke, and then chronic respiratory diseases, those first top four are accounting for a huge number of deaths.

心脏病,癌症,中风,和慢性呼吸道疾病,这四大疾病加起来造成了大量死亡

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The second area that we've looked is in a context of mental health, which one can reframe as chronic biases and some of these components are going to decision making.

我们观察的第二个区域则负责人的心理健康，这一区域在长期偏好,以及类似成分对决策作出影响时发生重组。

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C.O.P.D.is a new name for emphysema and chronic bronchitis.

VOA: special.2009.06.23

Chronic diseases have a major role in the healthcare costs, so if you look at these chronic diseases, heart disease, stroke, cancer and Diabetes we find that seven out of ten of all deaths are now due to chronic diseases, whereas, it was a very small fraction in 1900.

慢性疾病是医保费用中的一个大头,你看看这些慢性疾病,心脏病,中风,癌症和糖尿病,就会发现如今十分之七的死亡,都是源于慢性疾病,然而,这在1900年仅占很小一部分

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But chronic pain can last a long time.

VOA: special.2009.02.10

His parents died of tuberculosis. So when Bolivar developed a chronic cough, fever and weight loss, the same bacterial infection was suspected.

VOA: standard.2010.06.09

Meet Dr.Francis Welch, a retired dentist and now a patient diagnosed with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

VOA: standard.2010.06.21

"It had a tremendous impact on children and adults with chronic medical conditions so it would be a mistake to characterize the pandemic as being mild."

VOA: standard.2010.04.29

The same thing a doctor would take." They learn how to diagnose and manage common illnesses like colds,or chronic problems such as diabetes and heart disease.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14

Other symptoms include wheezing, a chronic cough producing yellow mucous, and frequent respiratory infections.

VOA: standard.2010.06.21

Dr.Sullivan says there will be a chronic shortage of doctors in the country as a whole, as more medical schools transform from training and education, into medical research.

VOA: standard.2010.03.05

The study found that half the women who died were obese and that 56 percent had a chronic illness, such as high blood pressure, heart disease or asthma.

VOA: standard.2010.06.23

Mohammad Akhter,Executive Director of the National Medical Association, said reform is needed to deal with an explosion of chronic disease in the United States, adding that failure to pass a bill now would mean more expense for the country later.

VOA: standard.2009.07.21

Reagan hopes that someday it will be possible to change the status of Alzheimer's from the lethal condition that destroyed his father's mind, to a chronic disease that victims and their families can manage with dignity and even hope.

VOA: standard.2009.12.04

"Just imagine,a severe pandemic coming at such a fragile time in a world where there are many people suffering from chronic diseases like heart disease, lung disease,including asthma, cancers,with many more people suffering from HIV, obesity and the list goes on,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.29