For a child born in the 1960 s, the diagnosis of the most common form of childhood cancer, acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), meant almost certain death, with a survival rate of less than 10 .

Another detainee had been released after 19 years in jail, as he was suffering from leukaemia and an eye disease.

In Bahrain this week the disappearing sea, culture shock in the UK, Ramadan drama serials, a diagnosis of leukaemia and speaking 'Shia'!

Sami was diagnosed with acute depression.

Everywhere, long term unemployment became acute.

Latvia s example is the most acute.

Acute respiratory infections, shigellosis, diarrhoeal diseases.

(a) acute lethality toxicity (Chapter 3.1)

Modern societies are characterized by acute problems of belonging.

The acute crisis is over, at least for now.

Second, adjustment fatigue is widespread and becoming more acute.

Evidence is insufficient to support use in acute exacerbations.

These illnesses are more acute in women and children.

Symptoms are typified by diarrhoea with fever, and acute enteritis.

The disease may be acute, but typically will wax and wane.

Unemployment and non activity have become acute problems in rural areas.

So the struggle between democratic and anti democratic tendencies is becoming acute.

By the end of 2012, the crisis could be considered less acute.

That starts with strong leadership in countries where the challenge is acute.

Corruption and failure to embrace meaningful political reform have become acute shortcomings.

Approximately 20 of patients have a relapse of pain during acute pancreatitis.

The most common cause of death in acute pancreatitis is secondary infection.

It is also a sign of acute rejection after heart transplant surgery.

The process is particularly important in staunching hemorrhage and acute blood loss.

Figure 1 Evolution of per capita GDP and acute poverty (1990 2004)

According to the latest available data, the incidence of acute poverty is highest among the rural population (32 per cent), while acute poverty in urban areas was 9 per cent in 2004.

Today s crisis is acute, but there is no sense of an approaching apocalypse.

A similar divergence, though less acute, has appeared with respect to fiscal policy.

The country suffered occasional outbreaks of acute diseases (such as plague in 1994).

Acute myelitis accounts for 4 to 5 percent of all cases of neuroborreliosis.

If not carefully managed, it can also provoke acute social and political tensions.

Provide information on the most important symptoms effects, acute and delayed, from exposure.

The current crisis of Islam might not be congenital, but Islam s predicament is acute.

That issue is especially acute in the wake of a generalized real estate crisis.

Rather, it is a by product of its own acute fears of regime collapse.

These questions will become especially acute in areas such as education and health care.

This problem is shared by all deficit countries, but is acute in Southern Europe.

The mechanism of CD4 T cell depletion differs in the acute and chronic phases.

Deforestation, often the result of illegal logging, is an acute problem in the Philippines.

The knee joint is vulnerable to both acute injury and the development of osteoarthritis.

Acute liver failure may rarely occur with this being more common in the elderly.

About 20 of the acute pancreatitis are severe with a mortality of about 20 .

In some cases, acute kidney failure may be the primary clinical manifestation of toxicity.

The Committee notes with concern that the problem is especially acute for migrant workers.

Acute care Acute care is the early and specialist management of adult patients suffering from a wide range of medical conditions requiring urgent or emergency care usually within 48 hours of admission or referral from other specialties.