"It is true in some cases, based on the level of damage and other factors, owners may want to voluntarily sell their homes and relocate, " Bloomberg said.

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Co-author Professor Sheena Lewis stressed it was not possible to say whether the DNA damage caused by diabetes would have the same effect on fertility as DNA damage caused by other factors such as smoking.

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But the damage is done: those temporary factors triggered a collapse in global demand that has now spread way beyond the Anglo-Saxon economies at the heart of the credit crisis.

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At present, damage to the gut is one of the factors that limits the intensity of radiotherapy and chemotherapy treatments.

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Doctors estimate that someone refusing all liquids, depending on factors such as climate and metabolism, could suffer irreversible damage or even die "within five or six days".

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Those factors could be weighing down Blackstone and Fortress and could potentially damage the capital-raising plans of other alternative investment firms.

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The study shows association, not causation, meaning there could be some other factors linking the Mediterranean diet to resilience against this form of brain damage.

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Ecologists warn that the threat from deer to woodlands consist of a number of factors, including a reduction in the growth and density of saplings, bark damage and a change in the composition of under-storey vegetation.

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Multiple factors could affect revenue loss, including the amount of finished goods inventory available, extent of the damage to the building and the equipment, the length of time for operations to resume back to full production.

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