starvation

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She says that studies in mice have shown that starvation enhances the animal’s tolerance to chemotherapy doses but can’t cure the disease outright.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

Shipper survived two concentration camps, including Auschwitz-Birkenau in occupied Poland, a death march, and the Lodz ghetto - a Jewish ghetto established by the Nazis which was plagued by disease, starvation and forced labour.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026

Nine in the bay were killed by ship strikes last year while another 12 appear to have died of starvation.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

“The old protein guidelines were designed to prevent starvation and withering away,” said Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary on Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

In Carvajal’s account, pain and sickness alternate with starvation.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann