Sentences with phrase «brain damage results»

Of course, some fetal or early brain damage results in deficits that affect functions other than motor control, and so they can get classified differently.

Thanks to the work of several dogged journalists, and despite the NFL's best efforts to subvert the truth, we now know that repeated blows to the head experienced in the normal course of football play can lead to chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a type of brain damage resulting in early onset dementia and severe (and, in the worst cases, suicidal) depression.

Omalu told The New York Times that he believes the depression and brain damage resulted from his career - related head injuries.

Jimmy «Supafly» Snuka, King Kong Bundy, and Paul Orndorff, better known by his stage name «Mr. Wonderful,» are just a few of the more than fifty former athletes who are demanding some kind of compensation for what they claim was brain damage resulting because the «WWE placed corporate gain over its wrestlers» health, safety, and financial security,» according to the wording of the lawsuit.

A person who is the victim of a head injury, physical trauma, or the adverse effects of medical treatment may experience brain damage resulting in permanent disability.

Brain damage resulting in CP may be sustained by negligent use of forceps or vacuum devices to assist a difficult delivery.

Not exact matches

Of the 399 eligible claims, 124 were deaths and 17 were victims with physical injuries that resulted in quadriplegia, paraplegia, double amputation, permanent brain damage, or pervasive burns.

To examine the effect of strategic laziness on memory, the scientists asked a group of study subjects with brain injuries resulting in memory damage to try and memorize a list of words.

Massive damage to a brain results in death.

Many other and quite unusual effects, however, appear only as a result of brain damage.

Struthers believes our brains are being dulled by pornography, and that our relational abilities are being damaged and eroded as a result.

This very small change in brain size means there's less free room for the brain to move inside the skull, resulting in less damage from hits, where traditionally the brain would slosh around inside the skull.

Ultimately, we learned that, when Sarah's head snapped back in her fall, the whiplash caused a tear (dissection) of her vertebral artery, which cut off the blood to her brain, causing her to go into cardiac arrest and resulting in irreversible brain damage.

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.

newborn anemia, respiratory distress leading to brain damage and / or death (rare, yes, but it happens), inadequate blood supply resulting in a need for transfusion, possible heart defects resulting from problems closing off the hole in the heart valves following birth.

The Board recognizes that concussions and other head injuries are serious and could result in significant brain damage and / or death if not recognized and managed properly.

Consider, too, that breastfeeding is now the leading cause of kernicterus (jaundice induced brain damage) responsible for 90 % of the cases of this serious complication that often results in long term disability or even death.

The authors chose to evaluate the results by creating an index of primary events comprising intrapartum stillbirths, early neonatal deaths, neonatal encephalopathy [brain damage] meconium aspiration syndrome, brachial plexus injury, and fractured humerus or clavicle.

The virus and resulting fever have been connected to several birth defects, including microcephaly, where babies develop smaller - than - normal heads and possible brain damage.

Purposeful «heading» of a soccer ball does not appear to result in either short - or long - term brain damages, says two studies, one from 2010 and another from 2012, but experts still think reducing the risk of potential injury from heading the soccer ball is a good idea.

Extreme (but plausible) results of sitting for extended periods of time include: heart disease, overproductive pancreas, colon cancer, foggy brain, strained neck, sore shoulders and back, mushy abs, tight hips, limp glutes, inflexible spine, disc damage, poor circulation, and soft bones.

Such brain damage can result in life - long behavioral, learning, and physical health problems.

A baby's neck can't yet support its head, and shaking can result in brain damage, spinal injuries and death.

It can result in poor fetal development, heart failure, brain damage, or even fetal death if left untreated.

Left untreated, exertional heat stroke results in death due to organ damage across all body systems (liver, kidney, brain, etc..)

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

then the resulting injuries are very often to the brain and could cause permanent damage.

Without this, a very small number of babies born each year would suffer brain damage or die as a result of VKDB.

Premature Clamping of the Umbilical Cord may Result in Brain Damage to Newborns 3/8/03.

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.

Stuebe in the past has pushed back against Fed Is Best's campaign for all parents to be warned about rare brain damage risks that can result from insufficient breast milk supply, writing that it could threaten the effort to normalize exclusive breastfeeding and unnecessarily expose newborns to supplemental formula feeding, which could jeopardize the establishment of a consistent breastfeeding routine.

A fever above 100 degrees that does not subside should be treated quickly or it could result in brain damage in the baby or other fetal malformation.

The measure, which limits practices with full - on tackling during the playing season and prohibits them during most of the off - season, comes amid growing concern nationwide over brain damage that can result from concussions among student as well as professional athletes.

Doing so may result in permanent brain damage or even death.

When left undetected, concussions can result in long - term brain damage and may even prove fatal.

There is a kind of brain damage that results from genetics or birth trauma.

Without a suspicion of child abuse and any resulting intervention with the parents or caregivers, these children may be shaken again, worsening any brain injury or damage.

Shaking your baby sometimes results in severe head injury to the baby, permanent brain damage or even death.

Younger children who contract cerebral malaria suffer brain damage that may result in life - long learning difficulties.»

The gas does not disperse equally throughout the sett and many animals which do not die as a result of the gas poisoning will be left brain damaged.

He said the abuse of Tramadol could result in erectile dysfunction, infertility, brain damage among others.

At 11 a.m., NYC mayoral candidate and state Sen. Tony Avella demands that the Montefiore Hospital release information on the investigation into the assault on Seong Soo Kim that resulted in severe brain damage, Montefiore Hospital, Moses Campus, 111 E. 210 St., Bronx.

Also at 11 a.m., Sen. Tony Avella holds a press conference with Helen Kim, Christine Colligan and members of the Korean community to demand that the Montefiore Hospital release information on their yearlong investigation into the assault on Seong Soo Kim that resulted in severe brain damage, Montefiore Hospital, Moses Campus, 111 E. 210th St., the Bronx.

An unknown number of these hospitalizations result in permanent disability, including brain damage.

A 2006 study of 77 pregnant women infected with West Nile virus reported that two had infants with microcephaly, the birth defect lately associated with Zika that results in unusually small and damaged brains.

That might mean patients who suffer traumatic brain injury not only suffer from the physical damage of the blow to the head but also from the resulting inflammatory response, especially within the first 24 hours.

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.

Failing this, a good anticonvulsant would prevent the spread of the seizure within the brain and offer protection against possible excitotoxic effects that may result in brain damage.

Such movement makes the brain bump into the interior of the skull at the point of impact, as well as on the opposite side of the skull, resulting in contusions (bruises) that damage two sites in the brain, called the coup and contrecoup injuries.

UCI's Charles Limoli and colleagues found that exposure to highly energetic charged particles — much like those found in the galactic cosmic rays that will bombard astronauts during extended spaceflights — causes significant long - term brain damage in test rodents, resulting in cognitive impairments and dementia.