Although 62 percent of owners in the survey felt that blindness was the most important factor
in decreased quality of life, few thought that euthanasia was appropriate.
In hypothyroidism low thyroid function can compromise your physical abilities, affect your exercise tolerance and
decrease quality of life through its known effects on glycogen metabolism.
To others, altering a dog can
actually decrease its quality of life, as removing their ability to reproduce also removes chemicals that are crucial for their maintenance and development.
If the pet experiences significant discomfort, distress or
decreased quality of life during this time, your veterinarian may recommend euthanasia as the most compassionate way to relieve pain and suffering.
Sentinel node biopsy reduces the possibility of patients having to undergo extensive lymph node surgery and its associated side effects such as tissue swelling, lymph accumulation at the surgery site, pain, discomfort, and
overall decreased quality of life.
An adult GH deficiency (AGHD) syndrome has been documented, consisting of deleterious alterations in body composition (increased visceral adipose tissue, sarcopenia, and decreased bone mineral density), an atherogenic lipid profile, decreased muscle strength and aerobic capacity, low energy, apathy, and
greatly decreased quality of life.8
One large study found seniors with eye exams were less likely to develop challenges with daily living, while other research has found undetected eye disease and vision loss associated
with decreased quality of life, Parke added.
Morris said that breakups are important because most of us will experience an average of three by age 30, with at least one affecting us strongly enough that it
substantially decreases our quality of life for weeks or months.
«Perhaps it is not surprising that profit margins take precedence over public health, but with transport emissions the main contributor to urban air pollution, resulting in nearly 10,000 early deaths a year in London alone and
hugely decreasing quality of life for children, the elderly and those with pre-existing health complaints, the public should be utterly outraged by this news.»
In «Adverse health effects of industrial wind turbines,» a 2013 paper in the magazine of the College of Family Physicians of Canada, Dr. Roy D. Jeffery, Carmen Krogh, and Brett Horner explained, «People who live or work in close proximity to IWTs have experienced symptoms that
include decreased quality of life, annoyance, stress, sleep disturbance, headache, anxiety, depression, and cognitive dysfunction.»
Therefore, screening could result in over-treatment and consequently
in decreased quality of life and ability to function in older breast cancer patients, without lowering the incidence of advanced stage breast cancer or deaths from the disease,» he said.
Recognizing that no dog is genetically perfect; that maintaining a rich and diverse gene pool is important for the long - term health of the breed; and that good breeding decisions must balance many factors, it is suggested that breeders give the highest health priority to selection against heritable disorders that
significantly decrease quality of life and that have the greatest likelihood for improvement through careful breeding decisions.
If you are the victim of a pedestrian accident in Massachusetts, you have rights under the law to recover compensation for your injuries, pain and suffering, medical bills, rehabilitation expenses, lost wages, and
overall decreased quality of life.
This strategy can be a lifesaver in some cases, as oversupply (aka «hyperlactation» or «overabundant milk production») can
decrease quality of life for both mother and baby.
However, that's too disruptive and
decreases the quality of my life, which is the wrong direction.
People with these illnesses live with depressive or manic symptoms for about 50 per cent of the time, experience
a decreased quality of life and have an expected life span of 10 - 15 years shorter than that of the general population.
In many patients diagnosed with LUAD, tumors cells have already spread to the brain, leading to
decreased quality of life and low survival rates.
The researchers noted a 2012 report which concluded that negative attitudes about Alzheimer's disease and dementia can result in shame, guilt, hopelessness, and social exclusion among stigmatized individuals, leading to delay in diagnosis, inability to cope, and
decreased quality of life.
Severe OSA is associated with an increased risk of death, cardiovascular disease and cerebrovascular events, diabetes, cognitive impairment,
decreased quality of life and motor vehicle crashes.
Facial defects also were perceived to
decrease quality of life, the authors report.
In particular, insomnia can lead to
decreased quality of life, increased rates of depression, and even increased risk of heart disease,» said senior author, Michael Grandner, PhD MTR, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology and Medicine, and Director of the Sleep and Health Research Program at the University of Arizona.
That doesn't include indirect costs such as patient or caregiver frustration, economic loss and
decreased quality of life.
«Research has shown that even mild cognitive deficits lead to depression, anxiety, decreased participation in society, increased unemployment, and
decreased quality of life,» says Dr. Chiaravalloti, director of Neuropsychology, Neuroscience & Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Research at Kessler Foundation, and project director of the Northern New Jersey TBI System (NNJTBIS).
And perhaps most profoundly, heavy drinkers and their families tend to have
decreased quality of life.
Likewise, Dr. Misono says that clinicians and researchers may need to pay greater attention to common risk factors for prostate cancer and suicide, such as depression, pain, and
decreased quality of life.
Getting stressed about the expected results and how fast they're going to happen causes stress hormones to rise, which promotes storage of more belly fat, decreases our ability to get good rest (another way to pack on more fat), and
decreases quality of life and life enjoyment.
So getting stressed about your expected results and how fast they're going to happen can also cause our stress hormones to rise, which in turn promotes storage of more belly fat, decreases our ability to get good rest and
decreases quality of life and life enjoyment.
Most of us live in states of chronic stress today and this is having a negative impact on our physical, mental and emotional wellbeing,
decreasing the quality of our lives.
Mastering Diabetes: This statement is not only factually inaccurate, it results in adopting a low - carbohydrate diet or ketogenic diet that increases your risk for a wide variety of chronic health conditions that may ultimately shorten lifespan,
decrease your quality of life, and accelerate your risk for chronic disease.
It is important to understand that the statement that carbohydrates are «nonessential» is not only factually inaccurate, it results in adopting a low - carbohydrate diet or ketogenic diet that increases your risk for a wide variety of chronic health conditions that may ultimately shorten lifespan,
decrease your quality of life, and accelerate your risk for chronic disease.
These compensations negatively impact quality of movement leading to
a decreased quality of life.
Intended primarily for use by patients for whom loss of muscle mass (sarcopenia) may contribute to poor clinical outcomes in chronic illness and
decreased quality of life.