Sentences with phrase «cause brain death»

Coimbra demonstrates that we might cause brain death by testing for it.

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When Stone's father attempted to sit on it, the tree's rotten trunk gave way and collapsed on him, causing massive brain damage and, with tragic swiftness, brain death.

For one, it would give them three specific biological markers to hone in on: The buildup of beta amyloid and tau proteins, which cause brain plaques associated with Alzheimer's, and brain nerve cell death.

In terms of possible physiological triggers, life - endangering events such as falling and a sudden drop of oxygen to the brain are thought to be potential causes - something which would correlate with a previous study which found that 1 in 5 people who'd suffered a heart attack and were resuscitated had reported a near - death experience.

@Vivienne: that near - death experience is probably caused by a massive release of chemicals in the brain to offset whatever trauma you've just suffered.

Since the 1920s there has been clear medical evidence to demonstrate that boxing can cause traumatic brain injury, irreversible neurological dysfunction, concussion, psychiatric conditions, eye and ear injuries, and death.

Hence, the greed of the brain would cause the death of the whole body.

The coroner revealed the cause of death of course... his brain had shrunk his heart was gone his neck stiff like a corpse.

It's sometimes said that nutritional yeast contains compounds similar to monosodium glutamate (MSG), an excitotoxin that overexcites your cells to the point of damage or death, causing brain damage.

Shaking a baby is a horrible tragedy that can cause certain brain damage and often death whereas letting the baby cry for a few minutes (not hours) while you get your bearings or call for help, will not hurt the child.

«VBACs carry a less - than -1-percent increased risk of a uterine rupture, which could cause brain damage in the baby or even death, according to the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists.»

Vigorous shaking by any chance may cause bleeding in the brain and can even lead to death.

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.

Although the causes of SIDS - related deaths are often unexplained, research suggests that there may be certain brain abnormalities present that make certain babies more susceptible.

Can cause brain swelling, permanent brain damage, or even death, if an athlete has a second concussion before fully recovering from a first one

But a second concussion before symptoms from the first one have cleared can be dangerous, possibly causing brain damage and even death.

Feeding babies on this unnutritious product for any period of time could cause grave and irreversible health problems, including brain damage and death.

Such effects might be strong enough to cause the baby's death, particularly if the baby has an underlying brain defect.

Shaking your baby violently can cause brain damage and even death.

This practice is used by doctors to detect complications like low oxygen and heart issues that can cause brain damage, seizures and even death in babies.

Shaking a baby can cause serious damage to the brain and death.

Hib meningitis causes death in 1 out of 20 children and permanent brain damage in up to 20 percent of those who survive.

Shaking that is vigorous can cause internal brain bleeding and even causes death.

Shaking a baby can cause brain damage and even death.

But health officials suspect it may be behind a surge in cases of microcephaly, a condition which causes babies to develop abnormally small brains and skulls — leading to permanent disability or death.

The spread of melanoma to Bob Marley's lungs and brain caused his death.

«We wondered whether some of those same genes could also cause seizures if they were expressed in the brain and, if so, whether those genes would also place people with epilepsy at risk not only for having epilepsy but also an abnormal heart beat and risk of death,» said Noebels.

Although long - debated in California, the issue of physician - assisted death gained momentum after Brittany Maynard, a 29 - year - old Californian who was terminally ill, decided to move to Oregon in 2014 to end her life rather than suffer the pain and debilitation caused by brain cancer.

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is caused by a misfolded protein — a prion — which accumulates in brain tissue, causing death.

At the same time, researchers have found that much smaller protein clusters called oligomers — made of only a few copies of these proteins — can be highly toxic to motor neuron - like cells grown in the lab and thus are more likely to be the chief causes of brain - cell death in these diseases.

«Sepsis is the leading cause of death in intensive care units in the United States, and patients with the diagnosis of sepsis have a minimum of a 30 percent chance of dying of their disease; if their vital organ systems — brain, heart, lungs, liver, kidneys — are affected, they have a 70 percent chance of dying.

Just as it does in dogs and humans, the disease attacks a wolf's brain, causing aggressive behavior and, eventually, death.

Cardiac arrest — an electrical malfunction in the heart that causes an irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia) and disrupts the flow of blood to the brain, lungs and other organs — is a leading cause of death.

The disease is caused by a genetic mutation that leads to abnormal clumps of protein in the brain, eventually resulting in the atrophy and death of nerve cells.

The precise cause of death was encephalitis, an inflammation of the brain.

Initially the innate immune system protects the tissue against these triggers, but prolonged activation becomes self - perpetuating, causing brain cell death to occur.

Men found to have milder brain pathology died younger, at a median age of 44, and suicide was their leading cause of death.

Neurodegenerative diseases are caused by the death of neurons and other cells in the brain, with different diseases affecting different regions of the brain.

Parkinson's disease is caused by the death of neurons in the brain that produce dopamine, a chemical that shuttles signals between neurons and is responsible for controlling the body's movement.

In addition to inflammation, previous microelectrode brain implants made of silicon or microwire have caused neuronal death and glial scarring, which is damage to connective tissue in the nervous system.

The rabies virus attacks the central nervous system, eventually causing disease in the brain and death.

Brain injuries, whether caused by trauma or neurodegeneration, lead to cell death accompanied by considerable functional impairment.

The disease is progressive and degenerative, wherein the death of brain cells causes an array of motor and non-motor symptoms, most recognizably tremor, rigidity, slow movement and unstable posture.

Cerebral vascular insufficiency (not enough blood flow to the brain) increases the risk of stroke and is a major cause of neurologic death and disability worldwide.

The research team found that the mutated virus was more likely to pass from the bloodstream to the brain in infected mice and it was more likely to cause inflammation of the brain and death.

Acetaminophen can cross the placental barrier, Ritz noted, and it is plausible that acetaminophen may interrupt fetal brain development by interfering with maternal hormones or through neurotoxicity, such as the induction of oxidative stress, which can cause the death of neurons.

«Severe stress affects the size of the structures in the brain, causes cell death, and affects the number of connections between brain cells,» observes Kalin.

PD is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder, primarily caused by the death of dopamine - containing neurons in the substantia nigra, a region of the brain involved in motor control.

A Michigan State University researcher is challenging a widely held African belief that a spinal tap, a procedure safely used to treat other diseases, could suck the brain from the base of the skull and cause death in malaria patients.

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