the case of cancer, which is what we call the most serious of the chronic
in the chronic stage of living with a severe brain injury.
And the biggest gains are in the chronic disease arenas.
And lockdown itself exposed the chronic long-term vulnerabilities, which are ever present, and which as a society, we don't seem willing or able to deal with,
So what are the chronic diseases?
But it's also the brain and the chronic influence of that low-grade inflammation on the brain may play a major role in neurodegenerative diseases
basically you name the chronic neurologic illness, microglial activation is implicated.
When you have the chronic release of these types of hormones-- cortisol, epinephrine, norepinephrine-- it suppresses your immune system.
And then there are the chronic age-related diseases, which are the subject of so much concern and so much expenditure today.
For example in the case of substance use whether that be alcoholism, heroin dependence or some other form of substance use it may be the chronic use of the drug is leading to changes
because one of the things that you did when you went into Oakland was, you helped fix some of the chronic crime problems.
I'm not aware of studies in the chronic phase long after the recuperation processes have stabilized.
We've done this a lot in the chronic disease space-- sleep deprivation being one, a big topic.
Well, one of the biggest is the chronic underfunding of indigent defense.
And what was becoming much more important were the chronic diseases-- the sort of diseases that we think about nowadays-- cancer, heart disease, and so on.
In fact, the real need is to address the chronic malnutrition that exists.
this was this, The Chronic was like the first credible album that had massive appeal.
And I want to spend some extra time on insulin resistance because this really is the root cause for most of the chronic health conditions that I'm seeing in my clinic
And one amazed officials said, we have the chronic neurotics of peacetime driving ambulances.
that with Dr. Dre's The Chronic , you know, that was the first time that a credible hip hop artist actually created a product that sold in the millions, as opposed to you
And then there's also long-term uh uh uh you know the the the chronic effects like for example of
And then the chronic or the long-term impact of SCRD, we start at one level, which is daytime sleepiness,
of coping behaviors to help function through those challenges, through the chronic pain, through the emotional pain.
We do know that it creates inequality, regardless of the chronic condition.
You can have a lot of different kind of drainers, from the drama queen, to the chronic talker, to the narcissist, to the passive aggressive person.
namely, of course, the chronic progressive diseases of old age.
of homeless people, those long term homeless people, the chronic homeless I believe they've come to be called.
I hate to tell it to you, but there is no amount of money that you're going to get that the chronic mental pain is just
if you have to experience that amount of stress for a protracted period of time, it doesn't let up, the chronic effects of that are that they do result
But to speak generally about it, my understanding is that there's good stress and there's bad stress, particularly allostatic load, which is the chronic overload of stress.
And I thought, "You know, it is exactly this treatment of effect over cause, of symptom over sickness that's responsible for the chronic ills that business faces today."
It didn't seem to work for the chronic homeless.