Sentences with phrase «as damaging to our hearts»

Although most cases of strep throat heal on their own, antibiotic treatment reduce symptoms decrease transmission to others, and can prevent rare but serious complications such as damage to heart valves.

It is known to cause serious health conditions such as damage to the heart and liver.

The research showed that air pollution from the burning of coal for electricity generation was something like five times as damaging to our hearts as was general air pollution.

Not exact matches

As always, our team worked with local partners to carefully assess the damage and identify communities with the greatest need for help» noted Erik Dyson, C.E.O. of All Hands and Hearts.

A debased notion of conscience — a barely concealed enthusiasm for autonomy disguised as an appeal to the primacy of conscience — weakens our sense of obligation, damages our purity of heart, and makes it harder to see God.

Some profess to have witnessed other supernatural events and miracles, such as the visage of Mary appearing in the sun, or the sacred heart pulsating in the sun — and that their lengthy staring at the sun does not damage their eyes.

Olives and olive oil are an underestimated source of antioxidants that have been shown to protect the body from the damaging effects of diabetes such as neuropathy and heart disease.

Eggplant is loaded with phytonutrients that act as antioxidants that help to reduce the number of free radicals in the body which damage cells and may contribute to certain diseases, including some cancers and heart diseases.

Juventus change of heart will now also damage Chelsea's hopes of signing Alex Sandro, as the Blues hoped to use Matic as leverage in their attempts to sign the Brazilian, report the Daily Mail.

Results began to slide, and Michael Owen, Fabricio Coloccini and Jose Enrique, and even Alan Shearer — installed as manager in what was surely an appointment of the heart rather than of the head, were all unable to stop the rot and a shock relegation became a reality on the final day as they were unable to overturn Aston Villa, thus damaging Alan Shearer's managerial credentials.

According to a recent article in Daily Mail, Dr. Nils Bergman, of the University of Cape Town, South Africa, says that «Their hearts were also under more stress... Sleeping alone makes it harder for mother and child to bond — and damages the development of the brain, leading to bad behaviour as the child grows up...»

«But the zebrafish heart robustly regenerates missing or damaged tissue in as little as 30 to 60 days.

Acute myocardial infarction, commonly known as a heart attack, can be classified according to the extent of damage to the heart muscle.

As long ago as the 1950s, scientists discovered that many diseases — including heart disease, strokes, cancer, diabetes, cataracts, arthritis and neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's — were linked to damage caused by highly destructive chemicals called free radicalAs long ago as the 1950s, scientists discovered that many diseases — including heart disease, strokes, cancer, diabetes, cataracts, arthritis and neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's — were linked to damage caused by highly destructive chemicals called free radicalas the 1950s, scientists discovered that many diseases — including heart disease, strokes, cancer, diabetes, cataracts, arthritis and neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's — were linked to damage caused by highly destructive chemicals called free radicalas Parkinson's and Alzheimer's — were linked to damage caused by highly destructive chemicals called free radicals.

Since Lipton's group co-discovered the SNO reaction some 20 years ago, scientists have linked the reaction to protein misfolding and nerve cell damage in cases of Alzheimer's, Huntington's, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS / Lou Gehrig's disease) and Parkinson's disease, as well as heart / cardiovascular disease and cancer.

This is partly because obesity and other illnesses such as hypertension and elevated cholesterol contribute to both diseases, but there are concerns that some of the medications that help control blood sugar may also damage the heart.

Zebrafish have emerged as an important vertebrate model for cardiovascular research for a number of reasons, including the ability to regenerate its heart if damaged, and because the transparency of the embryos allows easy observation of internal processes like blood vessel development.

In research published in Molecular Cell, Rutgers scientists discovered that a protein (p62), which is supposed to act as an antioxidant to prevent cell damage, was not working efficiently in laboratory mice with liver and heart disease that mimicked these conditions in humans.

Rutgers scientists said this study indicates how critical it is to carefully control oxidative stress — which can also lead to neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, chronic fatigue syndrome, cancers and gene mutations as well as liver and heart disease — so that cell or tissue damage doesn't occur.

The naturally occurring arsenic kills human cells, leading first to skin scarring and then, as it slowly builds up in the body, to brain damage, heart disease and cancer.

In lower animals, such as zebrafish, the heart retains that ability throughout their lives: up to 20 percent of a zebrafish's heart can be damaged or removed, and within days the heart's capacity has been fully restored.

Anthracycline drugs, such as doxorubicin, are known to cause heart failure because they cause changes in the DNA structure of the heart muscle cells, leading to irreversible cardiac damage.

The spleen, which is 4 inches long and sits in the upper abdomen, acts as a reservoir of immune cells that speed to the site of heart injury after a heart attack to begin clearance of damaged tissue.

At the same time, when mice that lacked the RGS6 protein were treated chronically with alcohol, they experienced less damage to heart and liver as well as the lining of the gut compared to mice with the protein.

The potential of iPS cells to help treat everything from damaged heart tissue to Parkinson's disease, has prompted intensive research that has looked into the use of skin fibroblast cells as an alternative to controversial embryonic stem cells.

Through the UCSD Clinical Cardiovascular Cell Therapy program, Dib and collaborating cardiology faculty plan to conduct clinical studies in a number of areas, including the effectiveness of adult stem cell transplant as a treatment for congestive heart failure; as a way to minimize heart damage after a heart attack; and in the formation of new blood vessels (angiogenesis) to increase blood flow to the heart for patients experiencing chest pain.

However, prior to heart failure, damaged mammalian heart muscle cells enter a save - yourself state known as «hibernation,» in which they cease contracting in an effort to survive.

CAD can progress to a condition known as Congestive Heart Failure, which occurs when damage to the heart becomes so extensive that it can not adequately fulfill its job as a Heart Failure, which occurs when damage to the heart becomes so extensive that it can not adequately fulfill its job as a heart becomes so extensive that it can not adequately fulfill its job as a pump.

One of the most serious classifications of this disease is known as diffuse scleroderma wherein the «sclerosis» (hardening of the tissue) occurs in the internal systems of the body, causing damage and widespread scarring to the skin as well as to various internal organs such as the lungs, kidneys, heart and gastrointestinal organs.

Adult stem cells have the ability to become specialized cells and heal injured tissues, such as those found in a damaged heart.

After a heart attack has occurred, inflammatory cells known as monocytes rush to the damaged tissue.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has announced that it will grant a patent to MDI Biological Laboratory scientists Voot P. Yin, Ph.D., and Kevin Strange, Ph.D., and their collaborator Michael Zasloff, M.D., Ph.D., for use of the small molecule MSI - 1436 to stimulate the repair and regeneration of heart tissue damaged by injuries such as a heart attack.

These penetrate tissue and heat up when excited by radio - frequency waves; and they have been shown to thaw arteries and heart valve tissue from pigs, as well as human skin cells, rapidly and evenly, without the typical damage.

High blood sugar can cause long - term damage to organs such as the heart and kidneys.

In short, he explains that regenerative medical techniques can be used as preventative maintenance to repair damage that accumulates during the course of life and leads to such aging - related diseases as heart disease and cancer.

Although they continue to grow, the inability to proliferate renders the heart unable to regenerate cells after they have been damaged as occurs in heart attacks.

By studying them, we are beginning to gain insight into human disease — to understand why organs such as the heart can not repair themselves or why, as we age, the incidence of debilitating diseases such as cancer, heart disease and Alzheimer's increases so rapidly, and we are developing new therapies that will enhance our abilities to regenerate damaged tissues and prolong healthy lifespan.

We are also pursuing gene therapy as an avenue for treating patients, trying to bypass the need for introducing genes and instead use a cocktail of drug - like molecules to generate beating heart cells and regenerate damaged hearts.

As the era of regenerative medicine dawned, stem cells seemed a perfect candidate to rebuild damaged hearts.

As explained by cardiologist Dr. Alfred Bove, a STEMI heart attack is characterized by certain readings on an electrocardiogram, and «is usually associated with pretty significant damage to the heart muscle.»

This can lead to some effects such as tissue damage but it can also meddle in your muscle, heart and brain function if left unfixed.

Endocarditis generally occurs when bacteria, fungi or other germs from another part of your body, such as your mouth, spread through your bloodstream and attach to damaged areas in your heart.

The other half is likely due to a combination of factors, such as early treatment to restore blood flow to the damaged part of the heart, improved hospital care and better management of high blood pressure and high cholesterol, he said.

People with type 1 diabetes need insulin injections to survive, and like all people with diabetes, are at risk for complications such as heart disease, blindness, nerve damage, and kidney damage due to high levels of blood sugar.

This may lead to iron overload, which can cause damage to the joints and certain organs, such as the liver, skin, heart, and pancreas.

Here's why... Reason # 1 — Vegetable oils usually contain deadly trans fats, even if non-hydrogenated You already KNOW that trans fats are deadly, so I won't go into all of the science as to why trans fats kill you and DAMAGE your cell membranes in your body... leading to all sorts of scary health problems like cancer, obesity, Alzheimer's, heart disease, and more.

Even when overdosing for years on end, as Mr. Karason obviously did, there has still been no apparent damage to his blood cells, and no disruption whatsoever of heart, liver or kidney function.

«If you have too much sodium and too little potassium, it's worse than either one on its own,» said Dr. Thomas Farley, New York City's health commissioner, who has led efforts to get the public to eat less salt... «Potassium may neutralize the heart - damaging effects of salt,» said Dr. Elena Kuklina, one of the study's authors at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention... The research found people who eat a lot of salt and very little potassium were more than twice as likely to die from a heart attack as those who ate about equal amounts of both nutrients.

Philip Day, in his book health wars, describes heart disease as a «slow motion scurvy» caused by nutritional deficiencies of the 2 amino acids above + vitamin C — which cause damage to the arteries, which is then repaired by cholesterol (which then builds up eventually blocking arteries)(I'm pretty sure it was lysine and proline — you'd have to check).

A damaged endothelial cell wall means low performance during physical activity as well as an increased risk in heart attack since a healthy endothelial cell wall does not allow arterial blockages to form.