Sentences with phrase «cognitive damage»

It's still uncertain whether he sustained cognitive damage but his family was told he would be permanently deaf in his left ear.

A common blood sugar medication or an extra dose of a thyroid hormone can reverse signs of cognitive damage in rats exposed in utero to alcohol.

Nonetheless, Sonntag plans to study whether short - term therapy with either hormone might protect people against cognitive damage from stroke without causing cancer.

The single largest damage judgment recorded by the Legal Scan in 2001 was the $ 5.35 million awarded to the family of a 13 - year - old girl who suffered permanent cognitive damage from lead - based paint dust.

Studies like this point to the possibility of detecting Alzheimer risk much earlier in life and may provide clues to the progression of the illness long before the more serious cognitive damage takes hold.

Restating, the researchers now think that children who have autism as a consequence of inherited factors have less general cognitive damage than those with severe de novo mutations, which, says Wigler, in puzzling on the face of it.

The amount of the metal in a child's blood has proved to be a reliable indicator of the amount of neurological or cognitive damage following exposure to leaded gasoline or paint chips.

Unlike other physical injuries, these head traumas are particularly worrisome because of the lingering possibility of cognitive damage that may affect memory, motor skills, and core personality traits.

Breastfeeding also plays an important role in preventing stunting (low height for age), a condition that can cause irreversible physical and cognitive damage, and which is viewed as a key indicator reflecting inequities in society.

Certainly not all children who go into day care will end up with weak parental bonds, aggressive tendencies, academic problems, personal insecurities, difficulties in peer relations, or other evidence of emotional or cognitive damage.