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

Between 1846 and 1851, more than a million Irish people died from starvation or disease.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2026

RZSS, which took the three survivors into its care, said all four lynx had shown signs of starvation.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 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

If I didn’t succumb to starvation, I would be here for a long time, with hateful mistresses and with Hattie ordering me about.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine