Sentences with phrase «cause brain problems»

In 2005 the magazines Rolling Stone and Salon copublished a story by environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (nephew of former President John F. Kennedy) alleging a government conspiracy to cover up evidence that thimerosal, a mercury - containing preservative once used in vaccines, can cause brain problems, including autism.

Yet until now, scientists have been unclear about the underlying cellular process causing the brain problems.

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To help his followers get ahead financially, he recently gave this advice on Twitter: «You can not solve a problem with the same brain that caused the problem; first you must change your mindset.»

You don't have to be a brain surgeon to realize that everyone selling at the same time could cause problems.

Inherited or acquired abnormalities in brain chemistry create an altered response to alcohol which in turn causes a wide array of physical, psychological, and behavioral problems.

At the heart of the problem of consciousness, in other words, is the problem of qualia: to show how «brain processes, which are publicly observable, objective phenomena, could cause anything as peculiar as inner qualitative states of awareness or sentience, states which are in some sense «private» to the possessor of the state (MC 60).6 Searle thus prompts an even more basic question: whether it is possible to distinguish clearly and distinctly between private and public aspects of perception.

Glucose has many fates, most of which are to be utilized by the brain and muscles, while fructose is generally metabolized in the liver, causing a whole host of problems.

Franks determined that Joseph's brain injury, or injuries, had caused a series of ocular motor problems.

The problem with Turge wearing a tie is that he ties the knot to tight and he loses oxygen to the brain which causes him to make strange coaching decisions.

SDB can restrict the oxygen supply to a child's brain and cause serious health problems.

This problem does not harm brain development or cause any lasting appearance problems.

Through her own personal life experience, in combination with several years of intense training with Dr. Stephanie Mines (http://tara-approach.org), Jeanice has come to a deep understanding of how early overwhelming experiences can influence one's health and personality throughout life and can cause a variety of disorders later in life including, but not limited to, repetitive relationship problems, chronic health issues, drug and alcohol addiction, uncontrollable violence and criminal behavior, chemical imbalances in the brain, fertility issues, severe depression, and an inability to lead a joyful, healthy life.

There is a small risk that your baby may develop foetal varicella syndrome (FVS) which can cause issues with your baby including damaged skin, eye problems and issues with their brain, bladder and limbs.

I have a genetic condition that causes problems in the motor sensory areas of the brain, and it ain't fun, lady.

Evidence suggests learning disabilities such as dyscalculia may be inherited or can be caused by problems with brain development.

Team physicians, athletic trainers, and other personnel responsible for the medical care of athletes face no more challenging problem than the recognition, evaluation and management of concussions (generally defined as injury to the brain caused by a sudden acceleration or deceleration of the head that results in any immediate, but temporary, alteration in brain functions, such as loss of consciousness, blurred vision, dizziness, amnesia or loss of memory).

It can cause problems with the babies» developing brains including behavior, memory and judgment problems.

Last week, the National Toxicology Program of the Health and Human Services Department found there was some concern the chemical could disrupt development of the prostate gland and brain, and cause behavioral problems for infants and children.

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

Research has found it hugely increases cortisol levels in the brain for a significant time after the child has been left which can cause mental health problems later in life.

Some common causes of a headache can be tight muscles in the scalp or a problem related to the brain.

While it is absolutely true that ongoing stress is bad for a baby's brain, the stress that is shown to cause developmental problems is the chronic stress suffered by babies who are abused or neglected, or void of any parental figure in their life (such as babies born in orphanages in China).

This can eventually cause problems in various body structures, including the brain, heart, and liver.

Doctors take jaundice seriously because of the problems a high bilirubin level can cause — cerebral palsy, brain damage or deafness.

The condition can have many effects on sufferers including children born with abnormal facial features and lifelong learning and behavioural problems, caused by damage to the developing brain and central nervous system.

Physical punishment is associated with a range of mental health problems in children, youth and adults, including depression, unhappiness, anxiety, feelings of hopelessness, use of drugs and alcohol, and general psychological maladjustment.26 — 29 These relationships may be mediated by disruptions in parent — child attachment resulting from pain inflicted by a caregiver, 30,31 by increased levels of cortisol32 or by chemical disruption of the brain's mechanism for regulating stress.33 Researchers are also finding that physical punishment is linked to slower cognitive development and adversely affects academic achievement.34 These findings come from large longitudinal studies that control for a wide range of potential confounders.35 Intriguing results are now emerging from neuroimaging studies, which suggest that physical punishment may reduce the volume of the brain's grey matter in areas associated with performance on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, third edition (WAIS - III).36 In addition, physical punishment can cause alterations in the dopaminergic regions associated with vulnerability to the abuse of drugs and alcohol.37

Breathing lead dust or fumes or swallowing anything with lead in it can give a child lead poisoning, Lead poisoning can cause learning disabilities, kidney disease, brain damage, delayed growth, and other problems.

Repeat concussions while the brain is still healing can cause long - term problems or permanent brain damage.

These are problems with how the brain works that can cause a person to have trouble or delays in physical development, learning, communicating, taking care of himself or getting along with others.

Lead poisoning can cause lower IQs, long - lasting brain damage and many other health problems.

The study also discovered that microscopic spasms in capillaries occur, albeit with lower frequency, during normal brain function, too, suggesting that one problem caused by epilepsy is that seizures drive these vasospasms to abnormal levels.

This is causing a serious brain - drain problem in some Eastern European countries.»

In most cases of spinal cord injury, the loss of this link from the brain to the locomotion center causes problems with walking.

«We think these molecules are important for limiting connections,» she adds, noting that if synapses are too malleable they can set off a host of problems, ranging from shaky brain circuits to seizures, which are caused by excessive neuronal firing.

In fact, the idea that the brain itself could be causing the problem has been difficult for headache researchers to accept.

Arguments abound over whether the hallmark protein clusters that accumulate in the brain are a cause or an effect of the illness, and current treatments do not address the main problem that causes impaired thinking: broken synapses, the junctions that allow neurons to communicate with one another.

He surmises that the root cause of the brain drain that is afflicting many countries stems from «structural problems in the world of science.»

His visual problems and headaches may have been caused by compromised blood flow to the brain and eyes.

The study adds to a growing body of evidence suggesting that toxoplasmosis — usually a mild or nonsymptomatic infection from a protozoan parasite called Toxoplasma gondii — may somehow alter people's brain chemistry to cause long - term behavior problems.

By placing electrodes on top of the brain, they hope to avoid the problems associated with devices that use implanted probes, which may cause scarring and swelling.

Concussions result from the brain slamming against the skull, usually causing short - term issues that some research suggests may evolve into long - term problems such as memory loss and depression when the brain is subjected to repeated trauma.

Mad cow prions are found all over the body, but they cause problems only in the brain.

Spinal implants have suffered similar problems as those in the brain — they tend to abrade tissue, causing inflammation and ultimately rejection by the body.

«Understanding the mechanisms that promote aberrant neurogenesis caused by traumatic brain injury and subsequent seizures may open new therapeutic avenues to prevent epilepsy and associated memory problems caused by impact,» said senior author Dr. Jenny Hsieh, Associate Professor of Molecular Biology and a member of the UT Southwestern Hamon Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine.

Tau is a hallmark of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a disease that causes the gradual appearance of mental and emotional problems in people who have experienced repeated brain trauma.

For instance, one experiment will look at changes in the blood - brain barrier to learn more about why space travel can cause cognitive and visual problems.

«The idea that psychiatric disorders were caused by problems in brain development was a little bit radical.

Autism and other specific mental disorders may be caused in part by «specific circuits or regions of the brain [that] had problems with connectivity,» Krienen says.

But helmet makers are just now starting to tackle the problem of concussions, caused by jarring accelerations and decelerations of the brain within the skull.

Eisenstat believes the findings have revealed a new pathway scientists could use to treat developmental brain disorders by getting to the root cause of problem.