Sentences with phrase «abnormal calcium deposits»

The discovery helps explain why some people who survive heart damage develop abnormal calcium deposits — the main component of bone — in the valves or walls of the heart.

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Linda Shavit, MD (University College London Medical School, in the UK, and Shaare Zedek Medical Center, in Israel) and her colleagues wondered whether the heart problems experienced by kidney stone formers might be due to abnormal deposits of calcium in their blood vessels.
About 40 percent of Americans have calcified pineals by age seventeen.50 «Calcium, phosphorus and fluoride deposits increase with aging and are likely to cause decreased melatonin production and abnormal pineal function, which could contribute to a variety of effects in humans.»
This rare condition is characterized by abnormal deposits within the cornea, which contain calcium and cholesterol.
Corneal degeneration is characterized by abnormal deposits (usually a combination of calcium and fats like cholesterol) within the superficial and deep layers of the cornea and is seen most commonly in older dogs.
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