In the study, 117 participants were studied, a mix of current smokers, ex-smokers, non-smokers, and a positive control of participants with a disease, COPD ( Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

By sheer luck, they land in the dressing room of James Van Der Beek ( of Dawson's Creek ) and Jason Biggs ( of American Pie ), who happen to be playing Jay and Silent Bob in The Bluntman and Chronic Movie ; Silent Bob is somewhat upset that his comic-book counterpart is being played by the " pie fucker ".

In response, the two visit Holden McNeil ( Ben Affleck ), who was one of the writers of Bluntman and Chronic, and demand that he give them the royalties of the film.

Chronic hay fever prompts him to see a doctor, where he meets and falls quickly in love with Kate ( played by Emma Thompson ), who works there as a nurse.

The oldest person to suffer from Chronic Granulomatos Disease was Mr. Jackie Ray Johnson of Fredericksburg, Virginia who died in 2002 at the age of 63.

* Chronic renal failure ( no previous symptoms, presents with anemia, hypertension and other symptoms of renal failure, in people who probably had longstanding undetected microscopic hematuria and / or proteinuria )

She is an anti tobacco campaigner with a key interest in campaigning for greater recognition of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ( COPD ) and helping those who have the condition have better treatment.

In a smaller group of 85 patients who suffered from symptoms resembling Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and had their amalgams replaced with composites and metal-free ceramics, " over 78 percent reported improvement in health status as compared to the period prior to metal removal.

Saunas may be useful to those who cannot sweat from exercise due to their health problems, such as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

Chronic mercury exposure was common in hatters who used a mercury solution during the process of curing animal pelts.

In the Collaborative Initiative to Help End Chronic Homelessness ( CICH ), participants who had been homeless for an average of eight years were immediately placed into permanent housing.

Over the years many sociologists have contributed theories and research which has enlightened psychiatry in this area ( e. g. Avison and Robins ); The relationship between social factors and mental illness was demonstrated by the early work of Hollingshead and Readlich in Chicago in the 1930s, who found a high concentration of individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia in deprived areas of the city has been replicated numerous times throughout the world, although controversy still exists as to the extent of drift of vulnerable individuals to these areas or of a higher incidence of the disorder in the socially disadvantaged ; the Midtown Manhattan Study conducted in the 1950s by Cornell University hinted at widespread psychopathology among the general population of New York City ( Srole, Sanger, Michael, Opler, and Rennie, 1962 ); the Three Hospitals Study ( Wing JK and Brown GW, Social Treatments of Chronic Schizophrenia: a comparative survey of three mental hospitals, 1961, Journal of Mental Science, 107, 847-861 ) was a very influential work that has been replicated, that demonstrated forcefully that the poverty of the environment in poor mental hospitals lead to greater handicaps in the patients.

The episode produced spoofs of a number of cultural icons, including passing references to Chronic the Hedgehog and Dungeons & Dragons, as well as a Richard O ' Brien stand-in named " Robin O ' Hood " who in the episode leads Gary and Graeme through the Merry Men's version of The Crystal Maze.

NKF holds hundreds of other KEEP and kidney-health screenings throughout the year to identify individuals who are at risk for Chronic Kidney Disease.

Chronic infections are typically asymptomatic during the first few decades, and thus are most commonly discovered following the investigation of elevated liver enzyme levels or during a routine screening of high risk individuals.

* Chronic Diseases ( 1828 ), an explanation of the root and cure of chronic disease according to the theory of miasms, together with a compilation of " homoeopathic proving " reports, published in five volumes during the 1830s.

Chronic exposure to phenytoin during pregnancy has been suggested to present a risk of acquiring the fetal hydantoin syndrome which is manifested by intrauterine growth restriction and microcephaly.

While this constant cycle of damage followed by repair can lead to mistakes during repair which in turn lead to carcinogenesis, this hypothesis is more applicable, at present, to hepatitis C. Chronic hepatitis C causes HCC through the stage of cirrhosis.

Recordings of multiple-unit neuronal activity from rabbit INP during eyeblink conditioning have been possible with Chronic Electrode Implants, and have revealed a population of cells that discharge prior to the initiation of the learned eyeblink CR and fire in a pattern of increased response frequency that predicted and modeled the temporal form of the behavioral CR ( McCormick et al., 1981 ; 1982 ; 1983 ; Thompson, 1983 ; 1986 ; Foy et al., 1984 ; McCormick & Thompson, 1984a ; b ; Berthier & Moore, 1990 ; Gould & Steinmetz, 1996 ).

Chronic myelogenous leukemia can be treated with relative safety at any time during pregnancy with Interferon-alpha hormones.

Chronic hemodialysis is usually done three times per week, for about 3 – 4 hours for each treatment, during which the patient's blood is drawn out through a tube at a rate of 200-400 mL / min.

# Chronic current account balance deficits, re-exported profits of foreign investments, and deficient business cycles at the periphery that provide important markets for the centers during world economic upswings

Matson suffered from Chronic traumatic encephalopathy ( CTE ) in his later years, which is a result of numerous hard hits to the head Matson sustained during his time in the NFL.

OEP was used to study chest wall kinematics in healthy subjects during exercise, patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, patients with neuromuscular disorders and in Intensive Care Unit.

In the HERB-CHF ( Hawthorn Extract Randomized Blinded Chronic HF Study ) clinical study, 120 patients took 450 mg of hawthorn extract twice daily for 6 months in combination with standard therapy and a standardized exercise program.

: Headache, Fibromyalgia, Chronic fatigue syndrome and Depression: A study of 97, 593 individuals with IBS identified comorbidities such as headache, fibromyalgia, and depression.

In 2004, a study was undertaken to determine both the efficacy and cost effectiveness of the Feldenkrais Method for treatment of Medicaid recipients with Chronic pain.

Chronic use of benzodiazepines seemed to cause significant immunological disorders in a study of selected outpatients attending a psychopharmacology department.

Chronic toxicity is irreversible and although MCC can be surgically corrected in some cases, most of the malformed animals are lost.

Chronic indirect tumor viruses, on the other hand, can be lost ( at least theoretically ) from a mature tumor that has accumulated sufficient mutations and growth conditions ( hyperplasia ) from the chronic inflammation of viral infection.

Chronic wounds produce fewer growth hormones than necessary for healing tissue, and healing may be accelerated by replacing or stimulating growth factors while controlling the formation of other substances that work against them.

Chronic sleep deficit occurs when a worker sleeps for fewer hours than is necessary over multiple days or weeks.

Chronic inflammatory conditions of the brain may affect cognition in the long term, including Behçet's disease, multiple sclerosis, sarcoidosis, Sjögren's syndrome and systemic lupus erythematosus.

Chronic pain of different etiologies has been characterized as a disease affecting brain structure and function.

Chronic stress is seen to affect parts of the brain where memories are processed through and stored.

Chronic pretreatment of caffeine in animals has shown to reduce ischaemic brain damage, in addition to reducing the risk of Parkinson ’ s disease.

Chronic secretion of stress hormones, glucocorticoids ( GCs ) and catecholamines ( CAs ), as a result of disease, may reduce the effect of neurotransmitters, including serotonin, norepinephrine and dopamine, or other receptors in the brain, thereby leading to the dysregulation of neurohormones.

* Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis: Chronic infection of the brain by a form of the measles virus causes subacute sclerosing panencephalitis.

Post-mortem analysis of the brain tissue of former contact sports athletes was revealing that repetitive brain injuries, both concussions and non-concussive blows, could lead to a neurodegenerative disease known as Chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

Chronic stimulation of the STN, called deep brain stimulation ( DBS ), is used to treat patients with Parkinson disease.

Both men were suspected of suffering form Chronic traumatic encephalopathy ( CTE ), a disorder linked to repeated brain trauma.