chronic
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Coffee has repeatedly been associated with longer life and a lower risk of several chronic illnesses.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
These conflicts will become more common, said Hughes, as medical technology evolves, with scattered locations providing specialty care for chronic, critical and rare conditions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
They said that issues such as "chronic under-investment in forest thinning, fuel reduction, and prescribed burns, along with inadequate enforcement against arson", had not been addressed "adequately enough".
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
The drugmaker on Friday reported mixed results for camlipixant across two late-stage studies in adults with chronic cough.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
They found him in bed with one of his chronic sinus infections, resting up for the Nobel ceremony two days hence.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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