Sentences with phrase «abnormalities which»

More good news — radiographs showed no lung abnormalities which means her mammary tumors are unlikely to be cancerous.

He is looking for signs of heart murmur and other abnormalities which may point to heart disease.

Furthermore, mass commercial breeding can not be an exact science and if the breeding establishment is to maximise profits there is the ever present problem in that the profit interest will supersede good breeding practices resulting in some inherent genetic abnormalities which can later affect behaviour and health as the animal matures.

The word «rare,» may mask abnormalities which have associated health problems, and it is used as a cover for scams.

Telomeres protect a cell's chromosomes from fusing with each other or rearranging — abnormalities which can lead to cancer — and so cells are normally destroyed when their telomeres are consumed.

The most significant outcome of the research was that cortical abnormalities which take place in individuals with migraine are a consequence of the balance between an intrinsic predisposition, as indicated by modification of cortical surface area, and processes related to disease, as indicated by abnormalities of cortical thickness.

The short form of the serotonin transporter gene promoter does not explain autism, insists Dr. Cook, who heads a nationwide consortium of researchers looking for the genetic underpinnings of this disease, but it does appear to play a significant role, perhaps in concert with other abnormalities which we've not yet uncovered.

There were also early signs of processing abnormalities which may give rise to heart disease and diabetes.

Speaking at the ceremony in Accra on Wednesday, the Minister for Health, Hon. Alex Segbefia said the ultrasound machine will help in the diagnoses of pregnancy related abnormalities which could have been missed till delivery and resulting in unexpected emergencies.

The second one was dispersed following discovery of so many abnormalities which two thousands of them were sent home.

That doesn't change the fact that an animal born with an abnormality which makes it more complex but also better suited to survive would live to pass on that gene to it's children and slowly to the entire species.

It is caused by a single gene abnormality which leads to the production of a mutant form of a protein called huntingtin (mHtt).

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Her constipation may be due to her kidney abnormality which sometimes causes a low blood potasium.

Not exact matches

That's because interpreting blood tests is complex and there's a good chance you could often find something «abnormal» if you are just looking for any abnormalities, which aren't as clear as one might think.

Pregnancy, however, falls comfortably into none of the usual definitions of disease: it is not a state inimical to the way one is supposed to feel; it is not a condition in which body components and systems are acting inharmoniously (to the contrary, infertility would more likely fall within that definition); it is not a state of abnormality — for the pregnant woman functions satisfactorily within society, and the social and physical environment tolerates the pregnant woman perfectly.

Certainly the terms could be invested with new meanings, but I prefer using a term which does not imply either spatial positioning or abnormality.

The MP for Strangford told Premier the majority of people in Northern Ireland support current laws - which prohibit a termination, even on the grounds of rape, incest or fatal foetal abnormality.

Inherited or acquired abnormalities in brain chemistry create an altered response to alcohol which in turn causes a wide array of physical, psychological, and behavioral problems.

The fallen path which includes natural selection, disease, mutation, etc. (i.e. your suggestion regarding cancer and abnormalities) all leading to death is the process that leads to separation of good and evil (light and dark) which is what God created.

They could tell there was some digested blood, so they took an ultra sound to see if they could see any abnormalities in his stomach, which they didn't.

With respect to the replacement of electrolytes, Dr. Yeargin agreed withthe report that electrolyte intake in children is usually «taken care of by normal dietary intake,» but also, as the report noted, that there were «some situations, particularly in the heat, or in the setting of prolonged, vigorous exercise, in which electrolytes foundin sports drinks might be warranted, and encouraged parents to remember» that severe electrolyte abnormalities can occur in each of these settings and and, as the report notes, «are serious and potentially life - threatening.»

This test, which can help detect liver abnormalities, only takes seconds and is usually done in conjunction with the other tests.

Intestinal tract blockages or neurological abnormalities are other birth defects which may affect the amniotic fluid levels.

There were also two home births in which more regular intrapartum monitoring might have shown some heart rate abnormality in the absence of any other sign of trouble.

However, do keep in mind that many hospital IBCLC's have to abide by specific hospital rules and regulations which may make it difficult for them to offer advice on some issues, most commonly lip and tongue tie abnormalities in babies.

But it added: «Women need to be counselled on the unexpected emergencies — such as cord prolapse, fetal heart rate abnormalities, undiagnosed breech, prolonged labour and postpartum haemorrhage — which can arise during labour and can only be managed in a maternity hospital.

Another way doctors monitor any abnormalities in baby which could lead to preterm labor is to place a monitor on the woman's abdomen to check the baby's heart rate.

What is most unsettling is that many of the heart rate abnormalities are easily resolved with simple measures such as position changes, which the mother is hindered from doing while attached to the electronic fetal monitor.

Week 15: Ask your doctor about the multiple marker test, which screens for chromosomal abnormalities, neural - tube and other defects; it's normally done between 15 and 20 weeks.

However, the most common sign indicative of uterine rupture is fetal heart rate abnormality, which has been associated with up to 70 % of cases of uterine ruptures.

The tenth week is usually the time that a chorionic villus sampling (CVS) is performed, which will check for genetic abnormalities like sickle cell anemia, Down Syndrome, cystic fibrosis and Tay - Sachs disease.

The AAP supports the recommendations of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, which state that infants with gastroesophageal reflux should be placed for sleep in the supine position, with the rare exception of infants for whom the risk of death from gastroesophageal reflux is greater than the risk of SIDS84 — specifically, infants with upper airway disorders for whom airway protective mechanisms are impaired, which may include infants with anatomic abnormalities, such as type 3 or 4 laryngeal clefts, who have not undergone antireflux surgery.

The abnormalities were found in patients not currently experiencing depression or mania, which suggests that there is a structural basis for altered neural processing that may help explain why cognitive deficits persist even during periods of normal mood.

Scientists have gained a better molecular understanding of the region of the brain in individuals with epilepsy which — due to a developmental abnormality, trauma, stroke, or a growing tumor — has stopped responding to control signals, and this results in recurrent seizures.

The researchers measured cortisol levels in the participants, both under normal conditions and after the participants had completed a so - called dexamethasone suppression test, which is sensitive to early abnormalities in the stress system.

Flavio Alves Lara of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute, and colleagues searched for blood clotting abnormalities among 638 leprosy patients and identified 35 patients who had unusual fatty clots, which the researchers dubbed «leprosum clots.»

«As we noticed such a spectrum of abnormalities, it's fair to say this is a constellation of findings, which defines a congenital syndrome,» says Nielsen - Saines.

Many have disorders such as Down's syndrome and fragile X syndrome, which are linked to known genetic abnormalities and so are easily diagnosed.

Cultures representing two other hereditary liver diseases, alpha 1 — antitrypsin deficiency (a protein - folding disorder that leads to cell death and liver failure) and glycogen storage disease, type 1a (in which a liver enzyme deficiency impairs the body's glucose metabolism), also displayed disorder - specific abnormalities.

Another staining technique called comparative genome hybridisation (CGH), which labels all chromosomes, has previously been used to analyse abnormalities in the polar body — a chromosome - containing sac expelled from the egg shortly after fertilisation.

The press release combined and altered two of the committee's statements — «Homosexuality is not a disease» and «Homosexuality is not an abnormality» — to read, «Homosexuality is not a disease but merely an abnormal behavior which may be learned through experiences in life.»

Investigators at Duke University, led by Erica Davis, PhD, a co-senior author of the report, blocked the gene's expression in zebrafish, which resulted in abnormal facial cartilage, smaller eyes and structural abnormalities of neurons involved in the development of reproductive organs.

Over the 15 - year study period, there were 1473 pregnancies, 118 (8 %) of which resulted in live births; of those, 11 (9 %) were identified as having congenital abnormalities.

Folate deficiency can result in several different complications — the most important of these are neural tube defects (such as spina bifida, an abnormality of the spine and spinal cord) in babies and anemia (in which the number and function of red blood cells is affected leading to an inability of the blood to carry sufficient oxygen).

Different abnormalities such as cleft palates, small skulls, and problems with higher brain function were seen depending on which cell types lacked Smc3 expression, but the phenotypes were similar to those seen in CdLS patients.

Mutation around the region of the human SOX9 gene, which encodes the Sox9 protein, causes campomelic dysplasia, a congenital disease that is accompanied by skeletal abnormalities and other conditions.

The two main abnormalities of the disease are microscopic lesions called plaques and tangles, which occur in the brains of patients.

In autistic children neurons seem to connect haphazardly, causing widespread abnormalities, especially in the cerebellum, which integrates thinking and movement, and in the limbic region, which integrates experience with specific emotions.

The most striking abnormalities were a markedly elevated white blood cell count of 28,500 per cubic milliliter (the normal level is about 5,000 to 10,000) and what is called a shift to the left, which refers to a large increase in the number of mature and immature granulocytes, cells that increase in number when an acute infection must be fought off.