The journalist suggested Ms Pryce could inflict "maximum and perhaps fatal damage" on Huhne.

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The race is on to uncover the key molecular triggers of artery inflammation and develop ways to detect and treat it before it does fatal damage.

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And like the treatment of appendicitis, most of the offending organs of television economics should be removed from the air before they can do any fatal damage.

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If there is any hint that the patient may have a spinal injury, it is vital that the neck cannot move around and possibly cause further permanent, or even fatal damage.

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Not fatal damage, to be sure.

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Potential side effects can include fits, memory loss, potentially fatal heart problems and brain damage.

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Psoriasis is rarely fatal, but the psychological damage people can suffer because of the disfigurement can have a devastating effect on their lives.

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Some still think the damage done then proved fatal to Mr Carter in the general election in November, which was won by Ronald Reagan.

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The logic was that this is a particularly vulnerable time for a missile, since it is moving relatively slowly and because even minor damage to an accelerating rocket could prove fatal given the enormous stresses it is subjected to.

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Experts say the effects are only more serious if the substance is ingested, when it can cause damage to lungs and the digestive system, and could prove fatal in some cases.

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