In middle-income countries, insurance was associated with protection from catastrophic spending and increased possession of medications for diabetes.
However, in countries where catastrophic spending is prevalent (countries in the Asia region with generally lower per capita GDP), insurance is not associated with less catastrophic spending or increased possession of medications, and diabetic individuals are more likely to suffer catastrophic medical spending than nondiabetic individuals (difference 7.2%; P = 0.002).
As knowledge of human genetics increases, possession of an individual's genetic sequence will continue to be the level at which invasion of individual rights and privacy must be protected.
In the 13th century, the number of accusations of demonic possessions increased (possessed people were called "demoniacs") and it was often saintly men that came to the rescue to cleanse them.
Red flags include talking about self-injury, suspicious-looking scars, wounds that don't heal or get worse, cuts on the same place, increased isolation, possession of tools such as shards of glass, wearing long-sleeved shirts in warm weather, avoiding social activities, wearing a lot of band aids, and refusal to go into the locker room or change clothes in school.
By contrast, the extent of UBQ pathology (irrespective of histological subtype) increased with possession of H2 allele.
Dr. Levine's new research builds on a report he co-authored last year, and shows that beginning in the early 1990s, under then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani, the New York City Police Department dramatically increased arrests for possession of marijuana.
HB 3466 would have increased penalties for possession of under an ounce of marijuana from an infraction (traffic ticket-like offense) to a Class A misdemeanor, the worst non-felony offense, with a fine of $100 to $1,000 per gram, up to a maximum of $5,000.
Smoking appears to be associated with an increased risk of possession of anti-Jo-1 in HLA-DRB1*03-positive IIM cases.
He supported giving more authority to law enforcement, including the ability to search people on parole and probation without warrant, making attempted murder a crime with lifelong sentence, and increasing penalties for possession of illegal guns.
They could have all sorts of possessions but possessions only increased that feeling of emptiness".
