life-threatening
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Rosanna Brown, who lives near Waterlooville, Hampshire, was advised to end her pregnancy with son William in 2023 because he had a rare and life-threatening medical condition called Chaos syndrome.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Some have critiqued the low rate of serious findings from full-body scans, and Neko’s own research found that only about 1% of asymptomatic users in Sweden found anything life-threatening.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
The NHC said "life-threatening winds and flash floods" were expected across Mexico's Baja California Sur and Sonora states on Monday and Tuesday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
Overdiagnosis occurs when screening detects a breast cancer that would never have become life-threatening or caused symptoms during a woman's lifetime.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
Our mind, faced with a life-threatening situation, drastically limits the range and amount of information that we have to deal with.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
