tolerance

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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

Over time, patients often develop tolerance, meaning they need increasingly higher doses to achieve the same level of relief.

From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026

And that tolerance for discomfort matters for reasons that go way beyond the accuracy of AI.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

That looks like a 30/60 allocation of stocks to bonds and 10% cash — or 50/40 stocks to bonds, if you have a higher risk tolerance.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

This experience will help me pass on the message of tolerance that Anne died for and that Gerda survived for.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers