Sentences with phrase «concentrations in the blood»

Higher concentrations in the blood are linked to a decrease in negative moods and clinical depression.

Their iron content also promotes immunity by raising oxygen concentration in the blood.

New research from the University of Copenhagen and Herlev and Gentofte Hospital shows that high vitamin C concentrations in the blood from the intake of fruit and vegetables are associated with a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease and early death.

The researchers reported a 24-fold increase in adenosine concentration in the blood of the animals after acupuncture, which corresponded to a two - thirds reduction in discomfort, as revealed by how quickly they recoiled from heat and touch.

Bloom and colleagues measured BPA concentrations in the blood of 44 women undergoing IVF at the University of California, San Francisco Center for Reproductive Health.

«Positive results for THBS2 or CA19 - 9 concentrations in the blood consistently and correctly identified all stages of the cancer,» Zaret said.

Women with the highest flame retardant concentrations in their blood were significantly more likely than those with lower concentrations to have a thyroid problem.

Lead concentrations in the blood are currently being re-evaluated on an international level.

Previous studies have shown that they have lower oxygen concentrations in the blood of their arteries (ScienceNOW, 16 September 2004).

«We also found that increasing muscle weakness — possibly due to decreasing testosterone concentration in the blood — could explain most of this relationship,» said Benjumin Hsu, MPH, the study's principal investigator and a PhD candidate at the University of Sydney.

Such anti-GalC antibodies were also found in the aforementioned patient, and there was a correlation between their concentration in the blood and the progression of the illness.

«When their concentration in the blood reaches a certain level, it can turn up the thermostat and increase fat burning for energy and heat production.»

«Many autopsy studies have shown there is no association between the degree of arteriosclerosis in the arteries and cholesterol concentration in the blood, taken either shortly or immediately after death,» Ravnskov says.

However, spironolactone was associated with increased serum creatinine levels and a doubling of the rate of hyperkalemia (high potassium concentration in the blood), but conversely led to reduced hypokalemia (low potassium concentration in the blood).

It is found in its highest concentrations in blood, vomit and feces.

When the company tested the treatment in 27 patients, it reduced fat concentrations in blood within one to three months, and reduced the frequency of pancreatic pain attacks by 50 to 60 per cent.

The results showed that the expression of vitamin D dependent genes in adipose tissue and monocytes, i.e. white blood cells, correlated only in half of the study participants with their vitamin D concentrations in the blood.

Since the chemicals were discovered, researchers have found a relationship between PCB concentrations in blood and decreased cognitive and thyroid function, and elevated risk of diabetes, cardiovascular disease and hypertension among the Mohawk Nation, said David Carpenter, director of the Institute for Health and the Environment at the University at Albany.

When sea lampreys (Petromyzon marinus) mature, growing their jawless toothy gapes and sucking blood of other fishes, iron concentrations in blood drop — to about 10 times healthy human levels.

Sugar concentrations in the blood were also assessed.

That's a major achievement because some of these drugs are so potent that users only take a tiny amount, so the drug concentration in blood is very low.

Similarly, levels of glucose in sweat are related to its concentration in the blood.

After 3 - 4 days, when the stem cell concentration in the blood is suitable, their stem cells are collected by the apheresis process.

Hormones, neurotransmitters and sugar molecules that are consumed and antibodies within the blood cells show variably alternating concentrations in the blood throughout the day.

In healthy people, glucose concentrations in the blood increase soon after they eat a meal.

While PSA is found mostly in semen, it is also found in smaller concentrations in the blood.

Moreover, immunizations produce antibodies whose concentration in the blood can be measured, but high - dilution homeopathic products produce no measurable response.

Calatinol circulates as a hormone and regulates mineral concentration in the blood (including calcium), function of the neuromuscular and immune systems and gene proliferation (this is the reason for the link between Vitamin D deficiency and cancers).

You need to get the concentration in your blood up to about 10ppm to be effective.

The calcium concentration in the blood is tightly regulated, and any excess is stored in bones.

Autophagic waste recycling happens mainly in the fasted state — in man, mainly at night — when amino acid and insulin concentrations in the blood drop off, protein synthesis largely shuts down, and autophagy is allowed to proceed.

Individuals must supply themselves with fresh protein daily, since proteins are constantly needed to replace the wear and tear of the tissues and keep up the protein concentration in the blood serum.

[A] In the figure below the B curve represents the creatine concentration in the blood of test subjects who only took creatine.

Eating a meal rich in animal protein, compared to one heavy in protein from plants, may also lead to higher concentrations in the blood of branched - chain amino acids, protein building blocks that have been linked to an inability to process insulin and an increased diabetes risk, the authors speculate.

A gout diet isn't likely to lower the uric acid concentration in your blood enough to treat your gout without medication.

While studies in humans are still ongoing, the rise in arginine concentrations in the blood after consuming watermelon may one day be linked conclusively to improved weight loss.

It seems to lower calcium and phosphate concentration in the blood.

It has a high concentration of unsaturated fatty acids, such as oleic acid, a monounsaturated fatty acid that can lower the concentration in the blood of harmful forms of cholesterol.

Postprandial glucose concentration in the blood is thus lower after the consumption of viscous fiber than after consumption of digestible carbohydrate alone (Benini et al., 1995; Holt et al., 1992; Leathwood and Pollet, 1988).

Calcium concentrations in the blood and fluid that surround cells are tightly controlled in order to preserve normal physiological function.

Hypoglycemia results from too much insulin, which in turn causes the sugar concentration in the blood to be too low and important organs will begin to improperly function.

Dogs with liver shunts have increased bile acid concentrations in the blood because the liver does not get a chance to remove and store these chemicals after they are reabsorbed.

Peak concentrations in the blood are achieved within 30 minutes to three hours, although the presence of food in the stomach can slow the absorption.

Parameters often monitored include oxygen concentration in the blood stream (pulse oximetry), electrocardiogram (EKG), core body temperature, respiratory rate, heart rate, blood pressure and carbon dioxide level.

A diagnosis of diabetes is confirmed if glucose is present in the urine and its also at a persistently high concentration in the blood.

The diagnosis is considered as confirmed when glucose is found at consistently high concentrations in blood and in urine.

A diagnosis of diabetes only becomes definite when glucose is found in the urine and at a persistently high concentration in the blood.

Both PSVA and MVD are recognized by testing bile acid concentrations in a blood sample.

Parameters often monitored include oxygen concentration in the blood stream (pulse oximetry), electrocardiogram (EKG), core body temperature, respiratory rate, blood pressure and carbon dioxide level.

Previous studies show BFRs found in higher concentrations in the blood of cats with feline hyperthyroidism than healthy cats.