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Tolerance of the Intolerant? [PDF]

open access: possibleRatio Juris, 1997
In the first part of the essay, the author analyzes the difference and the relation between two different ideas of toleration, the passive and the active meaning. While the former is related to opportunistic and prudential purposes, the second is grounded in an ethical framework and presupposes the individual's freedom of conscience.
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Chemical Intolerance

Current Rheumatology Reviews, 2015
Chemical intolerance (CI) is a term used to describe a condition in which the sufferer experiences a complex array of recurrent unspecific symptoms attributed to low-level chemical exposure that most people regard as unproblematic. Severe CI constitutes the distinguishing feature of multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS).
Thomas M, Dantoft   +3 more
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Food intolerances

Nursing
Abstract: Food intolerances are prevalent and often confused with food allergies. This article reviews the complex landscape of adverse reactions to food, distinguishing between immune-mediated responses (food allergies) and nonimmune reactions (food intolerances).
Mercedes, Day   +5 more
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Debt Intolerance [PDF]

open access: possibleBrookings Papers on Economic Activity, 2003
This paper introduces the concept of debt intolerance,' which manifests itself in the extreme duress many emerging markets experience at debt levels that would seem manageable by advanced country standards. We argue that safe' external debt-to-GNP thresholds for debt intolerant countries are low, perhaps as low as 15 percent in some cases.
Reinhart, Carmen   +2 more
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Statin intolerance

Current Opinion in Lipidology, 2015
Adherence to hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase reductase inhibitor (statin) therapy correlates with cardiovascular mortality. Muscle symptoms are the most significant side-effects of statin therapy. This review article summarizes the current concepts of the diagnosis and clinical work-up of patients with statin-associated muscle symptoms (SAMS).SAMS ...
Ulrich, Laufs   +2 more
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Carbohydrate intolerance

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology, 2004
The small intestinal mucosa is highly specialized for terminal digestion of nutrient polysaccharides and disaccharides and absorption of monosaccharides. However, in the case of digestive or absorptive deficiency, symptoms of carbohydrate intolerance result. Significant progress has been made toward defining the molecular genetic mechanisms responsible
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Lactose Intolerance

Annual Review of Medicine, 1990
Lactose intolerance is a prevalent clinical problem. Low lactase levels result either from intestinal injury, or as in the majority of the world's adult population, from alterations in the genetic expression of lactase-phlorizin hydrolase. Progress is being made in the basic understanding of the molecular and cellular biology of this enzyme and of the ...
H A, Büller, R J, Grand
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Lactose Intolerance

Journal of the American College of Nutrition, 2000
Lactose maldigestion has been under intensive research since its discovery in the 1960's. We know the prevalence of lactose maldigestion in a great number of countries and ethnic groups. However, there is often no provision made for the secondary type of maldigestion, and the study populations have sometimes been selected rather than picked at random ...
T H, Vesa, P, Marteau, R, Korpela
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