Thanks to our financial regulations, Facebook decided to go public because it had over 500 shareholders a condition which triggered its need to report to the public its financial condition on a quarterly basis.

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The condition is triggered by an intolerance to gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley and rye - and therefore a common ingredient in many processed foods.

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Psoriasis is a genetic condition which, when triggered by certain factors such as injury or throat infection, leads to an over-production of skin cells.

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Then there are regulators at FDA, NICE, the EMA, and the German IQWiG who have shaken cautious bureaucracies, streamlined decision-making, pushed for transparency, and, in some cases, triggered an uproar by demanding that the industry delivers the breakthroughs it keeps boasting about, as a condition for charging premium prices.

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The surprise of a fire alarm at school triggered the cardiac arrest - her body was unable to cope with the flood of adrenaline due to rare undisguised heart condition.

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