Indeed, some antacid therapies can increase vulnerability to traveler's diarrhea.
LH: Because the fundamental processes of aging increase vulnerability to all age-associated diseases.
Anna Flora Werneck of the charity Childhood Brazil, based in São Paulo, says: "Major sports events increase vulnerability.
Fluctuating hormonal levels observed during the menopausal transition may increase vulnerability to depression in susceptible women.
The most commonly recognised factors that increase vulnerability to depression have been identified as "gender, genetics, family factors, adverse childhood experiences, personality factors and social circumstances".
While geographical isolation may increase vulnerability to excessive drinking, similar spikes in use exist in a wide range of rural, suburban and urban communities.
The Congressional Research Service's report on forest fires (news article, Sept. 1) admirably addresses management practices that increase vulnerability to fire.
This information has great therapeutic value and may provide insight into how environmental and genetic factors increase vulnerability to addiction.
Slow fetal growth might also heighten the body's stress responses and increase vulnerability to poor living conditions in later life.
But in the last decade, researchers have convincingly demonstrated that psychological stress can increase vulnerability to disease and have begun to understand how that might occur.
In this process, some personal characteristics can increase vulnerability to psychopathology, while others can prevent it.
