Sentences with phrase «affects other body functions»

When any of the hormone - producing glands malfunction, they affect other body functions besides the skin.

Not exact matches

Stress does not just affect your brain but also all the other body function.

While a Diastasis recti mainly affects the abdomen and may be harmless in most cases, sometimes it can also have implications on functioning of other organs and body parts.

The study adds to a growing body of research highlighting other cognitive functions affected by aphasia, and indicates that the consequences of brain damage in aphasia patients may be more extensive than originally thought.

«We are hopeful that a systemic dose and delivery of gene therapy would broadly affect whole - body strength and function, and we are working on a host of projects for such systemic delivery in Pompe and other neuromuscular conditions,» said Barry Byrne, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Powell Gene Therapy Center, a professor of pediatrics in the UF College of Medicine, and a member of the UF Genetics Institute.

It consists of millions of bacteria that interact with each other and with the body, thus affecting its functioning and health.

In other words, nerves in the arms activated and adapted to improve function of the spinal cord in other areas of the body, such as the legs, affected by stroke.

Other factors such as exercise regime, stress, sleep and body fat levels also affect insulin function.

Familial amyloid polyneuropathy is characterized by abnormal protein deposits that can affect the nerves and other functions of the body.

Since the body functions as a whole, it is logical that when one hormone or part of the endocrine system is suffering, the other would be affected as well.

Shrinkage and decreased functions affect the liver, kidneys, and other organs unless the body can maintain a proper ratio of growth hormone which protects them through restorative cellular regeneration.

This difference will affect your body composition, your rate of fat loss, your hormones, and many other metabolism influencing functions.

Specific physiological functions start to break down with excess stress, beginning in the brain, adversely affecting the adrenal glands, and other body areas.

Mind - body research has shown that tension, anxiety, and other emotional disturbances interfere with vital secretions of the pituitary gland, the master endocrine gland that affects all the body's hormonal functions.

Perhaps not to the extent that some of the more extreme folks would have you to believe (e.g. you probably don't have pounds and pounds of plaque built up in your colon), but there can certainly be enough toxins accumulated in your body to be able to affect the way your metabolism, brain and other important organ systems function and perform.

Because the human body functions through web - like connections among physiologic processes, each organ affects other organs; therefore, the entire body must be addressed.

Collectively, the intestinal microflora has metabolic activity on par with the liver; it is really like an organ and affects the function of all the other organs in the body.

During the Keto diet, the formation of excess ketones in the blood can affect kidneys making them work more to excrete Potassium, sodium and calcium which can lead to electrolyte loss in the body and can also affect other main functions of the kidney.

As heart function declines, other parts of the body that rely on blood flow are affected.»

We proposed to define «health care» to mean the provision of care, services, or supplies to a patient and to include any: (1) Preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitative, maintenance, or palliative care, counseling, service, or procedure with respect to the physical or mental condition, or functional status, of a patient or affecting the structure or function of the body; (2) sale or dispensing of a drug, device, equipment, or other item pursuant to a prescription; or (3) procurement or banking of blood, sperm, organs, or any other tissue for administration to patients.

Dan Siegel calls it Mindsight, it's also been called Reflective Function and Metacognition, but it all basically refers to being able to accurately see your own mind as it works — body, feelings, thoughts, and other people's minds as they are whirling away, to infer the attitudes, motivations, affect and feeling behind the thinking.

A growing body of evidence suggests that stressors associated with war - related events may predispose youth to adverse outcomes.10 - 17 This stream of research is consistent with family systems theory, which suggests that the experiences of a military - connected parent will affect the functioning of youth in that family system.18 Although some studies have considered the impact of military life during wartime, 12,17,19 to our knowledge, most researchers have examined negative outcomes associated specifically with deployments.1, 7,20 These studies have examined the psychosocial functioning of children during the deployment of a parent4, 14 or following 1 or multiple deployments.11, 13,21 Although many military - connected youth fare relatively well despite stressors, these studies concluded that a sizeable proportion appears to struggle with experiences of deployment and other war - related stressors.