Jeffrey Kluger

Scarily, football helmets, which do a fine job of protecting against scalp laceration and skull fracture, do little to prevent concussions and may even exacerbate them, since even as the brain is rattling around inside the skull, the head is rattling around inside the helmet.

American Writer

Henry Louis Gates

I think that the roots of racism have always been economic, and I think people are desperate and scared. And when you're desperate and scared you scapegoat people. It exacerbates latent tendencies toward - well, toward racism or homophobia or anti-Semitism.

American Critic

Eugene Kennedy

Facebook may not only propagate cyber-loneliness but exacerbate the pain of loss that estranged family members feel when they hear only indirectly, through a third-party posting, news of a child or parent with whom they have not spoken in years.

American Psychologist

John F. Kerry

The bottom line is that the impacts of climate change can exacerbate resource competition, threaten livelihoods, and increase the risk of instability and conflict, especially in places already undergoing economic, political, and social stress.

American Politician

Indra Nooyi

Anything that's done to address unemployment in terms of massive stimulus spending is going to exacerbate deficits. And anything that's done to address deficits in the short-term is going to exacerbate unemployment.

Indian Businesswoman

Christine Todd Whitman

The climate has always changed - after all, we've had numerous ice ages without human influence - but human activity has undoubtedly exacerbated Earth's natural trends beyond its capacity to adjust.

Sharan Burrow

Democracy is becoming collateral damage in a world where global risks have been ignored or exacerbated by those with the power to act.

Welsh Activist

Gary Weiss

With such enormous bucks devoted to trading in oil and other commodities, the distortions that they cause have been exacerbated.

American Journalist

Bob Beckel

The media role in highlighting racial incidents only serves to exacerbate tension. We rarely write about racial harmony.

Jimmy Gomez

I believe everyone deserves access to clean air and water, and that climate change has exacerbated this challenge.

Exacerbate implies a negative impact, often associated with escalation of trouble or conflict.

Negative Tone

Often used in situations with a strong emotional aspect, like anger, frustration or urgency.

Emotionally Charged

Indicates that an action or event has significantly increased the severity of a situation.

Severity of Situation

In medicine, exacerbate is used to indicate worsening of symptoms, diseases or pain.

Medical Context

In healthcare, exacerbate suggests a progression that could affect treatment or patient care plans.

Clinical Implications

Exacerbate shows a clear precision in how much worse something has become, especially useful in charts or reports.

Precision in Severity

 it would be the most momentous change in the history of our species, right? Initially, it would intensely -- increase the health inequalities in the world because people could -- only rich people could afford these treatments originally. It would greatly exacerbate our runaway population growth problem

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 Do you believe the people who tell you that all we need to do is to spend money? That we know how to eradicate poverty, we just need to do more? Or do you believe the people who tell you that aid is not going to help, on the contrary it might hurt, it might exacerbate corruption, dependence, etc.?

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 that exacerbate TB and trigger latent cases. Worse still, accessing treatment can be difficult in many of these countries, and the stigma towards TB can discourage people from getting the help they need. Health experts agree we need to develop better diagnostics,

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 of the land by plants that helped create the benign climate we currently enjoy. The converse is also true. The more vegetation we lose, the more that's likely to exacerbate climate change and lead to further desertification. And this animation,

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 such calorie restriction will improve memory capacity, whereas a high-fat diet will exacerbate symptoms of depression -- as opposed to omega-3 fatty acids, which increase neurogenesis, and also help to decrease the symptoms of depression.

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 and military influence than some emperors and kings. This tension was exacerbated by the transformative social and intellectual period known as the Renaissance. In particular, this period involved the rise of humanism.

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 a condition that can exacerbate the symptoms of PTSD, insomnia, anxiety, and depression. There’s no known cure for subjective tinnitus. So the most important thing doctors can do

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 communication and compassion to each individual equally. Educational technology no longer exacerbates class divisions. With digital twins enabled by natural language processing

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 or at least not exacerbating them? What if we work and save and invest, only to find that the world we retire into is more stressed and less secure than it is now?

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 whose policies are not pro citizen and this tends to exacerbate inequality so we have a huge issue on our hands and I believe