Sentences with phrase «by blows to the head»

But horseradish as a food can trace its roots back at least 3,000 years, when some adventurous eater first bit off a piece of the pungent root and was knocked backward by the blow to his head.

It is caused by a blow to the head OR body that results in the brain moving rapidly inside the skull and hitting the inside wall of the skull.

«It is highly likely that damage caused by blows to the head accumulate towards an executive impairment in later life.»

How could a person's identity be snuffed out so easily, just by a blow to the head?

It is usually caused by a blow to the head or by striking the head against a stationary object — blunt traumas that are differentiated as either acceleration or deceleration, respectively.

If certain areas of the brain that process visual information are activated — by a blow to the head, for example — tiny stars of light appear.

Typically caused by a blow to the head, TBI is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide.

But they added that it isn't clear if these differences are caused by blows to the head because the study only showed an association.

But I have found that with children, the biggest risk to a big dollar cost is a trip to the emergency room induced by a blow to the head or a broken bone in some biking or sports - related activity.

The skull is very hard and protects the brain from damage caused by a blow to the head.

A traumatic brain injury is caused by a blow to the head, a jolt, a bump, or a penetrating head injury.

TBI is caused by a blow to the head, usually from an external force, that results in a temporary or permanent disruption to brain function.

Not exact matches

CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a progressive degenerative disease caused by a severe blow or repeated blows to the head) can result from impacts that don't even reach the concussion level.

I'd like to think that's the direction things are heading, but I'm blown away by some of the statistics I'm seeing that might actually prove me wrong.

Microsoft says it's been «blown away» by the interest in Game Pass, but Xbox head Phil Spencer declined to share users numbers for the service in an interview ahead of Tuesday's announcement.

It only takes one hot - head «young - gun» trader to think he is «sure» of something to blow - up a huge fund by taking an extremely over-leveraged bet on some company or some news event.

Hugh was struggling to support his growing family... And there was I, absolutely stuck in bucology, with the washing machine freezing at least once a week, the kitchen never above 55 degrees when the wind blew from the northwest, not able to write until after my little ones were in bed, by which time I was so tired that I often quite literally fell asleep with my head on the typewriter.»

STONER»S PRAYER Now I pass out into sleep I pray the Lord my soul to keep Grant no other stoner take My weed and bong before I wake Keep me safely in thy sight And grant no crackhead's thrill tonight And in the morning let me awake Breathing scents of wake «n bake God protect me in my dreams and make this better than it seems Grant the time may siwftly fly When myself shall be so high In a green grass weed bed Where I long to rest my head Far away from all these scenes And the smell of bammer smoked by beans Take me back into the land Where the cops never take you out Where the weed won't burn my throat like sand; Where the scent of chronis blows Where the good Mary Jane grows; Take me back and I'll promise then Never to leave BC again... - Anonymous

If the plan happens to say that you will get hit by a bus tomorrow, or that terrorists will blow you up, or that you will be shot in the head four times, then that's what will happen.

Heading into their Big East matchup with the visiting 2 - 3 Huskies, nearly 8 out of 10 bets expect WV to blow out UCONN by nearly 3 TDs.

Too many games were marred by sickening sights such as Zednik's being strapped to a gurney last Thursday; the Islanders» Kenny Jonsson's lying unconscious on the ice a day later after Toronto Maple Leafs left wing Gary Roberts skated 60 feet and drove Jonsson's head into the glass; Islander Michael Peca's writhing in pain in that same game following Maple Leaf Darcy Tucker's low blow to Peca's knees; and Islander Eric Cairns's just missing getting kicked by the Leaf's Shayne Corson following a brawl two nights later.

A blown blitz pickup led to Wilton Speight taking a serious hit to the head by the second Purdue defender:

A blown blitz pickup led to Wilton Speight taking a serious hit to the head by the second Purdue defender: Dude...

Despite being blown out by LSU 41 - 11 last week and falling out of the AP Top 25, Florida heads to # 24 Auburn as a two - point favorite.

After crushing Washington last weekend, the Cornhuskers head to Wyoming as massive favorites, with the line expecting # 9 Nebraska to blow out the undefeated Cowboys (3 - 0) by at least three TDs.

Meanwhile Conte expected Andreas Christensen to be fit to face Arsenal despite the centre - back being replaced after suffering a blow to the head, with the substitution apparently encouraged by referee Jon Moss.

Last night in Turkey, both Laurent Koscielny and Wojciech Szczesny took blows to the head, with Kos having to be substituted with a horrendous gash to his head doled out by the can - can kicking of Pierre Webo.

We checked out Looking Glass Falls — you'll know you're there by all the parked cars on the side of the road, and the kids waded in the creek for a bit before we headed to the Cradle of Forestry, which I'm so glad we didn't blow off.

If your child or teen has received a hard blow to the head or is demonstrating any of these symptoms, get them checked out by a doctor right away.

But changes during practice could make the game safer for kids by cutting total blows to the head in half.

Supporters of amateur boxing state that the sport is beneficial to participants by providing exercise, self - discipline, self - confidence, character development, structure, work ethic, and friendships.14 For some disadvantaged youth, boxing is a preferential alternative to gang - related activity, providing supervision, structure, and goals.14 The overall risk of injury in amateur boxing seems to be lower than15 in some other collision sports such as football, ice hockey, wrestling, and soccer.4, 16 However, unlike these other collision sports, boxing encourages and rewards direct blows to the head and face.

All the studies were conducted on athletes, and all concussions were defined by a witnessed or reported blow to the head with neurological symptoms.

A concussion is a brain injury caused by a blow, bump or jolt to the head.

In fact, it was such a blow - by - blow intellectual rejection of her entire purpose in government that there were points where it honestly seemed it might be some sort of coded cry for help — a desperate message to the country at large, shouted above the heads of her Brexit captors.

As a high school running back stretches forward to get that extra yard, he is met with a ferocious blow to the head by the opposing team's linebacker.

In most cases, CTE is thought to be caused by repeated blows to the head, which damage brain tissue and lead to a buildup of an abnormal protein called tau, according to the CTE Center.

As defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a traumatic brain injury is caused by a bump, blow or jolt to the head, or a penetrating head injury that disrupts the normal function of the brain.

The injuries were caused by motor vehicle accidents for 20 people, falls for seven people, recreational or sports injuries for two people and a blow to the head for one person.

Once a year, she undergoes a battery of medical tests here at the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, an outpost of the Cleveland Clinic, to help suss out the toll of a career marked by concussions and blows to the head.

For example, many scholars have hypothesized that Tutankhamun's death was attributable to an accident, such as a fall from his chariot or a kick by a horse or other animal; septicemia or fat embolism secondary to a femur fracture; murder by a blow to the back of the head; or poisoning.5 - 10 We had access to mummies that had never before been studied with the methods we used.

While much has been made about Mr. Ali's boxing career and its connection to his development of Parkinson's, there are many factors that could have played a role in his illness, including genetics, concussions, and inflammation of the brain caused by repeated blows to the head.

Perhaps even more alarming to pediatricians is the creeping possibility, based on studies of professional boxers, that young boxers could develop chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a condition caused by repetitive blows to the head that can lead to dementia - like symptoms later in life.

After you take care of the enemy in the garage, start heading up the staircase and toss a C - 4 on the door and wait for it to be opened by another enemy and then blow the C - 4.

By leaping into fantasy and heading for its own version of a happy ending with all guns blazing, however, it blows the competition - not to mention the Houses of Parliament - out of the water.

When Gen loses his grip in the face of adversity — the boycotting of his chess group by his players» parents, for instance, when it's discovered he's both mentally ill and sleeping on the steps of a local landmark — it amounts to a thoroughly convincing meltdown, replete with voices in the head, nervous agitation and a scampering along the edge of full - blown insanity.

Written and directed by Stacie Passon in an auspicious directing debut effort, and produced by Rose Troche, CONCUSSION is a poignant sexual examination of Abby (Robin Weigert in a star making breakout turn), a forty something married wealthy, lesbian housewife who, after suffering a blow to the head from getting smacked by her son's baseball — walks around every corner of her suburban life to confront a mounting desire for something else.

Written and directed by Stacie Passon (making her debut), the film is a poignant sexual examination of Abby (Robin Weigert), a forty - something, married, wealthy, lesbian homemaker who, after suffering a blow to the head from getting smacked by her son's baseball — walks around every corner of her suburban life to confront a mounting desire for something else.

Starting the show out with a chorus line of topless men with faces painted on their torsos and heads covered by oversized top hat appearing to whistle, Miller later pretended to have his head blown off by a cannon and ended the show dressed as a headless man carrying his bloody head on a platter.

Yes, it's got some funny lines and the odd mildly sexy moment too, but it's also serious, revealing and touched by enough reality for us all to think we now know what it's like to be a female, fortysomething desk - bound television reporter who, on a whim, decides to «blow it all up» and head off to be a war reporter in Kabul.

Directed by award - winning investigative journalist Peter Landesman (who was included in the list of film - makers on the rise), Concussion centers on Omalu (Smith), the Nigerian forensic pathologist and neuropathologist who inadvertently found himself in a war against the National Football League after discovering chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in football players who took countless blows to the head playing the sport.