Sentences with phrase «as damaging to the brain»

Now, in a recent study, a team at the University of New South Wales in Australia found that sugar is as damaging to the brain as trauma or abuse.

Not exact matches

But the brains of the powerful are different (some would even go so far as to call them damaged).

Repeated head injuries such as these concussions have been linked to eventual brain damage — a fact that the NFL only publicly admitted last year.

Well, not as in made to not be brain damaged (that would be too EASY)... instead he'll find «peace», yeah, that's the ticket.

As helpless and as hopelessly brain damaged as you are portraying Doug to be, I have to wonder why your best friend or the Senator wasn't cognizant of that fact, and why they continued to let him live alonAs helpless and as hopelessly brain damaged as you are portraying Doug to be, I have to wonder why your best friend or the Senator wasn't cognizant of that fact, and why they continued to let him live alonas hopelessly brain damaged as you are portraying Doug to be, I have to wonder why your best friend or the Senator wasn't cognizant of that fact, and why they continued to let him live alonas you are portraying Doug to be, I have to wonder why your best friend or the Senator wasn't cognizant of that fact, and why they continued to let him live alone.

Instead, I began to see alcoholism as a physical disease, the outcome of a powerful physical addiction to alcohol that gradually inflicts mortal damage to brain and body chemistry» (p. 23).

Maybe, the gastric flu I have been sick with — and still am — which forced me to keep to my bed, has had a damaging effect on my brain as well.

i have been very affected by the control of the amygdala, so it is extra important that i call my fears and adrenalin release in to question... others may be less aware of how the brain works and leads them because they have not experienced the damaging effects of fight or flight quite so dibilitatingly... as i understand it, it drives us all to some degree.

And as for people in PVS, we will never know what their damaged brains are capable of relearning unless we are willing to nurture them.

«we'll keep our status as «laughing stock» of this era, if that makes us according to your brain damage then what makes the trophyless spuds Poch would you call eh, smart boy.

Damaging your brain at a younger age gives you a important advantage when it comes to dealing with adversity and prepares you for the memory loss and confusion that your likely to experience as a elderly.

As for Tagliabue, his waving off of the concussion issue in the»90s, and the league's turning a blind eye to head injuries for much of his tenure, no doubt damaged his candidacy for joining in Canton the very men at risk for long - term impacts of brain trauma due to the sport.

«There may be certain messages that are more likely to encourage athletes to report concussive symptoms, such as focusing on short - term outcomes (concussions affect one's ability to play well) rather than long - term outcomes (playing with a concussion can cause brain damage).

The high percentage of athletes reporting that they continued to play despite experiencing concussion symptoms, while similar to the rates reported in other studies, is concerning, as the failure to diagnose concussions in athletes can lead to further damage to the brain before full recovery, expose them to the cumulative effects of injuries and increased risk of second impact syndrome.

Interestingly, just days before the NFL's decision to suspend the use of impact sensors was announced, my local paper, The Boston Globe, came out with a powerful editorial in which it urged college, high school, and recreational leagues in contact and collision sports to consider mandating use of impact sensors, or, at the very least, experimenting with the technology, to alert the sideline personnel to hits that might cause concussion, and to track data on repetitive head impacts, which, a growing body of peer - reviewed evidence suggests, may result, over time, in just as much, if not more, damage to an athlete's brain, as a single concussive blow, and may even predispose an athlete to concussion.

However, if a child suffers brain damage after a pertussis vaccination, this is denied as being related to the vaccine.

A 2010 study finds no support that purposeful «heading» of a soccer ball leads to either short - term (acute) or cumulative brain damage, such as cognitive dysfunction.

He had to stay in NICU for a while and later on he was diagnosed with cerebral palsy as his brain was damaged (lack of oxygen in - utero).

Irriversable brain damage starts to occur in as little as 4 minutes due to lack of oxygen.

If such conditions and life events, known as Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), are not attended to the developing brain can suffer actual damage.

The boy, Frank Nelson, who suffered brain damage and partial paralysis from the fall, was granted a settlement Monday guaranteeing him a minimum of $ 9.5 million and as much as $ 29.8 million if he lives to be 75.

Apparently brain damage doesn't mean the same thing to these people as it does to me.

You can either choose to labor at home and have a much higher chance of being that heartbroken woman outside the NICU for weeks praying desperately that medical technology and a team of specialists will keep your baby alive and as minimally brain damaged as possible, or you can have a higher chance of having a 4 inch scar somewhere nobody will never see.

I don't think the article referring to children getting brain damage from CIO is referring to children when it is done responsibly such as we did it.

As Larry Leverenz, Ph.D, ATC, a co-author of the groundbreaking 2010 study (4) that was the first to identify such athletes noted, because such athletes have not suffered damage to areas of the brain associated with language and auditory processing, they are unlikely to exhibit clinical signs of head injury (such as headache or dizziness), or show impairment on sideline assessment for concussion, all of which test for verbal, not visual memorAs Larry Leverenz, Ph.D, ATC, a co-author of the groundbreaking 2010 study (4) that was the first to identify such athletes noted, because such athletes have not suffered damage to areas of the brain associated with language and auditory processing, they are unlikely to exhibit clinical signs of head injury (such as headache or dizziness), or show impairment on sideline assessment for concussion, all of which test for verbal, not visual memoras headache or dizziness), or show impairment on sideline assessment for concussion, all of which test for verbal, not visual memory.

Perhaps most concerning, four of the Purdue studies found that damage to the brain from RHI persisted after the football season was over, as did a 2014 study by Bazarian and his URMC colleagues, [23] which found changes in brain white matter in a small group of college football players which persisted six months after the season was over.

Although scientists have long suspected that RHI caused brain damage, especially in boxers, a 2010 study of high school football players by researchers at Purdue University [1,13] was the first to identify a completely unexpected and previously unknown category of players who, though they displayed no clinically - observable signs of concussion, were found to have measurable impairment of neurocognitive function (primarily visual working memory) on computerized neurocognitive tests, as well as altered activation in neurophysiologic function on sophisticated brain imaging tests (fMRI).

And if the baby gets exposed to too much mercury, he or she can have brain damage and serious development issues as a result.

The parents are always upset with US as they view it as us intervening and ruining their birth experience (when on head cooling they often can't hold, breastfeed, and do all the other fun and crunchy things they wanted to do after delivery), instead of seeing it as us trying to save their child from a lifetime of brain damage.

Babies should never be shaken, as the fragile brain bangs against the inside of the skull and can lead to death or serious permanent damage of the brain and it's function.

Overheating, as mentioned, can lead to a number of serious issues, such as dehydration, coma, and even brain damage.

Safe infant sleep therefore begins when your baby is sleeping and developing in your womb, especially as regards how much damage maternal smoke can do to the fetal brain.

The average triplet is born two months premature, significantly raising the risk of disabilities such as cerebral palsy and of lifelong damage to the infant's lungs, eyes, brain and other organs.

Products with acetylsalicylic acid (such as Aspirin) should not be given to children and teenagers for fever from colds, chickenpox and influenza (flu) because it can cause Reyes syndrome, a sickness that can cause brain and liver damage.

The apnea is significant as it leads to hypoxemia (oxygen blood content is less), which causes the brain damage.

Do NOT decline this shot as without vitamin K, your baby could be at risk for sudden and serious bleeding in the brain or intestines which could be life threatening or lead to permanent brain damage and even death.

Moderate to severe jaundice however, is more serious as the bilirubin can travel up to the brain, staining the brain, thus resulting in permanent brain damage.

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...»

We had to make sure he got a sufficient amount of nourishment in each feeding to avoid brain damage as we went through the process of supporting his birth parents through possible reunification.

Cuomo's proposal would cap non-economic damages — also known as pain - and - suffering awards — to $ 250,000 and would create an insurance fund for babies that suffer brain damage at birth.

However, one third of cases are triggered by damage to the brain from causes such as head injury, stroke, tumours or infection.

«The regions in these networks are not talking to each other as much as healthy adults of the same age, even in networks where brain damage didn't occur.

Damage to human chromosome 9 (of the cell's 24 pairs) where the gene that codes for E-NTPDase2 resides is known to cause eye and brain defects, such as microphthalmia — literally, small eyes.

However, they had signs of mild brain damage to almost the same extent as the cardiac arrest patients,» says Dr Tobias Cronberg, Associate Professor at Lund University and consultant neurologist at Skåne University Hospital in Lund.

In fact, the authors report in Science this week that damage to that region is 136 times more likely to result in a «disruption of smoking addiction» — defined as the ability to quit easily without relapse — than injury to other parts of the brain.

As Harvard University psychologist Alfonso Caramazza will explain in a lecture, scientists often make inferences about how the normal language system works by examining people who have damage to the areas of the brain that process language.

The study showed that 13 trauma patients who had hit their heads and had CT scans showing new brain damage, as well as 39 trauma patients who had hit their heads and had normal CT scans, had significantly less ability to coordinate their eye movements than normal, uninjured control subjects.

To look for the vessels, Dr. Reich's team used MRI to scan the brains of five healthy volunteers who had been injected with gadobutrol, a magnetic dye typically used to visualize brain blood vessels damaged by diseases, such as multiple sclerosis or canceTo look for the vessels, Dr. Reich's team used MRI to scan the brains of five healthy volunteers who had been injected with gadobutrol, a magnetic dye typically used to visualize brain blood vessels damaged by diseases, such as multiple sclerosis or canceto scan the brains of five healthy volunteers who had been injected with gadobutrol, a magnetic dye typically used to visualize brain blood vessels damaged by diseases, such as multiple sclerosis or canceto visualize brain blood vessels damaged by diseases, such as multiple sclerosis or cancer.

It is critical for physicians to monitor these secondary tissue damages, as they are frequently the origin of significant long - term effects, including brain damage, cognitive deficits, psychosocial / behavioral / emotional changes, bodily damage and biochemical changes at the cellular level.

Currently there is no tool seen as a gold standard for diagnosing concussions, and imaging tests like CT - scans and MRIs are ineffective in the absence of structural damage to the brain.