In a study published in january in the european heart journal , researchers found that prolonged bouts of sitting - practiced by legions of office workers - led to increased risks of two major heart disease indicators : larger waist size and higher levels of blood fats .
After this week 's revelations about north korea 's latest nuclear initiative followed by today 's exchange of fire between north korean and rok troops , it would be easy to suggest that the country is once again going through one of its periodic bouts of irrationality .
Symptoms , including bouts of intense diarrhea , come and go in cycles -- an observation that led dr. turek and his colleague , ali keshavarzian of rush university medical center , to ask if circadian rhythm might play a role .
President hosni mubarak , now 82 , has recently suffered bouts of ill health .
总统hosnimubarak现今已经82岁,最近正遭受疾病发作的影响。
Bouts of depression , restless nights and thinking I could have saved him , has damaged my spirit .
不断发作的抑郁,不得安睡的夜晚还有一直想着我本可以救他,这些都摧残着我的精神。
Severe or repeated bouts can lead to respiratory distress , mental disability , wasting disease and , at the extreme , rupture of the spleen .
严重或者频繁的发作会导致呼吸困难,神志不清,体力不支以至于脾脏破裂。
Even before an operation in germany took him out of action for six weeks this spring , egypt 's president had suffered bouts of illness in full view of the public .