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EnglishVoice Age
Middle Aged (35-54)Accents
British (General) British (Received Pronunciation - RP, BBC)Transcript
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In the golden light before the searing heat and the blinding sun swamp. The vibrant colors of dawn. The pride hangs out at the dwindling water hole. The lions Kalahari lions have been out all night when the temperature was more conducive to traveling and hunting. But their target was outside the park in which they normally live. Game is few and far between in the Kalahari and stalking is difficult due to the open nature of the desert. Domestic animals are far easier to catch but the pride has suffered. A young female was shot, the rest escaped. Now they prepare for the stifling day. In this image, we've used the artist Roy Lichtenstein to capture something of the devastating power, rheumatoid arthritis has on the lives of people suffering from this debilitating disease once there was little or nothing to be done. Some like the impressionist artist Pierre Auguste Renoir devised their own coping mechanisms and managed to continue doing the things they loved. But for many others like the pioneering heart surgeon Chris Barnard, the effects of R A has cut short careers, dreams lives just 30 years ago, patients diagnosed with R A in the UK were destined for a lifetime of pain and disability, taking an average of 40 days off sick compared to the national average of 6.5 days. And even more recently, a survey showed that one in three R A patients retired, switched or quit jobs altogether because of their condition. But today with available treatments, many more patients are able to control their disease and continue living the lives. They want to live without having to rely on wheelchairs and caregivers.