Sentences with phrase «fighting diseases by»

Fighting diseases by attacking the insects that spread them is not a new idea.

«Rep. Johnson's legislation is a good first step in fighting these diseases by raising awareness,» said Phelan, in an email.

Eventually, scientists might even be able to learn how to re-modify damaged genes to reduce the risk for diseases, and the finding could help researchers identify chemical compounds and foods that fight disease by repairing those genes.

Alkalizing your body is important because it helps to fight disease by strengthening our immune system.

Detox Drops assist in the elimination of toxins in the body; improve liver functioning; stimulate bile production and the breakdown of dietary fat; boost the effectiveness of Weight Management Programs; increase energy and stamina; reduce feelings of fatigue and listlessness; improve skin condition and improve the body's ability to fight disease by facilitating immune functioning.

Antioxidants fight disease by destroying free radicals, which can cause cell damage that results in the mutations that often lead to arthritis, dementia, and even cancer.

Antioxidants fight disease by neutralizing dangerous metabolic waste products, known as free radicals.

Antioxidants are believed to prevent and fight disease by neutralizing dangerous, highly - changed waste products, called free radicals, in the body.

Research suggests that antioxidant - rich foods fight disease by neutralizing highly charged metabolic waste products called free radicals.

Although therapeutic nutrition may take longer than traditional medications to achieve a desired outcome, ultimately it provides the body with a better support system to fight disease by supporting the immune system and enhancing the healing process.

Not exact matches

The video is part of the Ice Bucket Challenge, launched by the ALS Foundation to raise money for fighting ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.

And a third, different kind of gene therapy from Spark Therapeutics — to treat a rare inherited form of blindness — is likely to be approved by the end of 2017, too, making this year a landmark for treatments that manipulate the body's own biological mechanisms in novel new ways to fight deadly diseases.

Additionally, as a heart disease survivor and National Volunteer for the American Heart Association, Star uses her international public platform to positively impact the lives of all women by empowering them to take action, stand stronger and join the fight against heart disease.

Another company has made real progress in the fight to cure Alzheimer's disease — while other cures fall by the wayside this company seems to be on the leading edge of technology.

ICHurch has incorporated science, but science is small window of reality infact the first vaccine to fight plague and other diseases was by catholic priest lousi Pastuer, infact the whole scientific philosophy of science was postulated Rene Descartes another devout catholic.

Though disease germs know nothing of prayer, the spirit of the person on whose body they feed can by calmness and care fight a good fight against their onslaughts.

People refusing medical treatment because they think they can pray disease away, The demoralizing way religion makes you feel about yourself (I am a wretch, a sinner, a bad person by nature), the religious wars that have been fought for millenia, the self righteous passing laws based on THEIR beliefs (change to the pledge of allegience which now excludes anyone who does not believe in a fairy godfather, the change to the national motto that turned it into the lie «in god we trust», the bigotry that «my religion is the right one and you are wrong so I'll pray for you» kind of crap... don't you realize that it is insulting to me when someone says they will pray for me... its the same as saying I'm going to do something for you but there won't be any effect, so it is just a waste of time.

«By maintaining a healthy environment for the animals, this approach prevents diseases that antibiotics might otherwise be needed to fight,» the company says.

It is high in lauric acid, which is used by the body to make disease - fighting fatty acids.

[1] It is comprised of a network of cells and organs working together to defend the body against infection and sickness by producing secretions and disease - fighting cells.

Support stockings help to fight off this disease by providing hours of compression on the feet and ankles.

If you don't know ONE, it is a non-partisan, grassroots advocacy organization, co-founded by Bono, that fights extreme poverty and preventable disease, particularly in Africa.

Following on the point above, doctors are also finding that many Moms» physical stamina and their bodies» abilities to fight disease for better or worse is changed by this tissue invasion, where some of baby's tissues simply lodge themselves into Mom's tissues while baby is still living in the womb.

Guardian Angels founder and WABC radio personality Curtis Sliwa says he's been treating his chronic Crohn's disease by smoking pot, and he's going to make it legal on 4/20 — the aptly chosen day he'll officially begin a medical marijuana regimen to fight the illness» nausea and pain.

It's the science that explains how medicines work and are processed by the body — crucial for discovering new medicines to help fight diseases such as cancer, depression and heart disease.

Kelly released a statement Thursday through his publicist saying he is «shocked and deeply saddened» by the news, and vows to once again to fight to overcome the disease.

She chronicled her fight against the disease in unusually frank, heart - rending — and sometimes even funny — Facebook posts, trying to give hope and encouragement to other women in similar situations by posting photos and videos on the page Lauren vs. Cancer, which gained the attention of thousands of people.

Pro AIDS treatment activists, led by VOCAL NY's Reginald Brown, center, announce plans to stay at the Capitol until the budget includes more money to fight the disease.

The fight against tobacco use is global: approximately 1 person dies from a disease caused by tobacco use every six seconds around the world.

«This legislative action will be the first of its kind for a major American city, as well as the first set of regulations by any state in the union, and it will establish new registration, cleaning and monitoring standards for cooling towers in the fight against Legionnaires» disease,» Mr. de Blasio said.

«Oneida County has continually made it a priority to proactively raise Breast Cancer awareness by engaging with our employees and the public through various educational efforts and events,» said Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente Jr. «Many of us have had our lives impacted by this disease in some way and know that preventative measures and early detection are big keys to winning the fight.»

One secret to fighting pandemics is knowing their real cause: disease factories built by people.

Workers in Chinese factories exposed to high levels of formaldehyde had lower counts of white blood cells that fight germs and diseases, according to a 2010 study led by Zhang.

We know that they are under stress when they are fighting cancer or other diseases, so I wondered whether anything measureable could be seen if we put them under further stress with UVA light.We found that people with cancer have DNA which is more easily damaged by ultraviolet light than other people, so the test shows the sensitivity to damage of all the DNA — the genome — in a cell.»

Until now, researchers have tracked disease - fighting bacteria in the body by genetically engineering them to glow green in ultraviolet images.

Scientists have devised a clever form of bug - to - bug combat to fight Chagas» disease, a potentially fatal muscle infection transmitted by the aphidlike kissing bug.

«Our immune system is made up of specialised cells that move through blood and tissue, preventing disease and fighting infection by distinguishing between what is the body's own healthy tissue and what is foreign.

Immunologist Ralph Steinman was honored today by the Nobel Committee for his discovery of dendritic cells, a class of immune cells that help rally the body's natural defenses to fight disease.

Dr. De Carvalho says: «Another important implication of our finding is that since decitabine induces an anti-viral response, which is highly immunogenic, it may be useful to combine this agent with immune therapy to further advance personalized cancer medicine by boosting an individual's natural defenses to fight disease.

Vtesse is currently running a late - stage clinical trial of the drug, a large sugar molecule known as a cyclodextrin, in which it is injected by lumbar puncture into the spinal fluid of children with the disease (see «Why are people fighting over a promising treatment for a fatal childhood disease»).

The United Nations has attempted to fill this gap by securing a pledge from developed countries to halve the number of people without any form of sanitation — whether basic outdoor latrines or indoor toilets — by 2015 as part of its Millennium Development Goals (a series of goals for world development, ranging from alleviating poverty to fighting diseases like AIDS).

The struggle in Brazil shows that the fight against the Zika virus, and against other diseases transmitted by Ae.

This is largely due to life - threatening infections, as well as brain inflammation, activated by the body's natural disease - fighting immune response, called «complement».

New research has identified new molecules that could help in the fight to prevent diseases caused by faulty ion channels, such as cystic fibrosis.

M.I.T.'s Robert Langer is being recognized for his efforts to fight cancer and other diseases by melding nanoscale engineering with science and medicine

These findings, which could suggest new ways to fight disease, are presented in PLOS Pathogens by Dr Kyle Burrows of the University of British Columbia, Canada, and colleagues.

A new study by researchers from the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Research Institute (CHORI) shows that a modest 4 milligrams of extra zinc a day in the diet can have a profound, positive impact on cellular health that helps fight infections and diseases.

By JUDITH HAMPSON In the 1880s, Louis Pasteur carried out what must be one of the most unpleasant series of animal experiments in the history of the fight against infectious disease.

Once testing was complete, brain images, tissue and blood samples were used to analyze changes to brain structure and cytokine activity (proteins released by the immune system to help fight off infections or diseases).

Now, researchers have found that a very small subset of anti-viral immune cells, transplanted along with a donor's blood stem cells, could be enough to fight and even prevent the disease caused by CMV, in research conducted in mice and published Jan 16th in the Journal of Immunology.