Sentence examples for afflicted among from inspiring English sources

In 2010 it was estimated that 4% of the general population were afflicted; among gay men the figure was 17%.While the public system fails to treat gays, some donor-funded clinics are working overtime.

When new sexually transmitted diseases appear such as Aids, which in merely 20 years has killed millions of persons - while tens of millions are afflicted, among them many mothers and children, although palliative measures now exist - the price of medications per patient could add up to 5,000, 10,000 or up to 15,000 dollars each year.

The afflicted among us become exceedingly adept at obscuring our feelings.

A distinctive case is Mrs. D. At the age of 63 she was afflicted – among other disorders – with food intolerance.

Of the six potential biases investigated for, we observed that a compilation of "other biases" explained 18% of the among-study heterogeneity (p = 0.0309) while the remaining five biases did not individually afflict the among-study heterogeneity in a significant way.

Sixteen of the nineteen reviewed studies were ecological surveys, in which cancer incidence or mortality in regions defined as exposed or unexposed was assessed without attention to individual variations of exposure among the afflicted and non-afflicted.

She is heartened by the sharing of information among afflicted states, the raised awareness about the issue among health departments nationwide, and the new recommendations from the CDC's vaccination advisory panel to make hepatitis A vaccination routine for the homeless — a public health first.  .

Alterations in glutamatergic neurotransmission have long been associated with psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders (PNDD), but only recent advances in high-throughput DNA sequencing have allowed interrogation of the prevalence of mutations in glutamate receptors (GluR) among afflicted individuals.

Verification assessment showed that the DHS questionnaire had 92% sensitivity, 83% specificity with 47% positive predictive value and 98% negative predictive value for identifying women afflicted by fistula among women who came for the screenings.

Among the afflicted, some lost the will to live.

John McPhee, who teaches writing at Princeton University, is also among the afflicted.