Sentences with phrase «despite normal levels»

Female athletes who exercise to the point of having anovulatory cycles with subsequent loss of progesterone experienced bone loss despite normal levels of estrogen levels.9

In the cephalic response the brain is tricked by the sweet taste of aspartame and then tells the pancreas to secrete insulin, despite normal levels of glucose.

Not exact matches

«He's a guy who thinks at the highest levels — about government, about macroeconomic issues, about geopolitical issues and about what's happening in our industry,» says Colleen Johnston, TD's chief financial officer, adding, «Despite all he's achieved, he's also a guy who can put himself in other people's shoes and think like a normal person.»

Natural Gas Natural gas futures were among the quarter's key decliners -LRB--7.5 %, to US$ 2.73 per million British thermal units) as production growth outweighed seasonal consumption and higher exports of the fuel.1 Spot prices saw an even larger drop of 20.6 % (to US$ 2.81) as the support of December's weather - related demand spikes faded and a more normal winter pattern developed.1 Natural gas generally took its downward price cues from elevated US production and growth in the natural gas - focused rig count, which increased from 179 to 194 in March alone.2 Despite the price drop, traders remained optimistic given surging US shale - gas exports and a supply deficit that was 20 % larger than the five - year average at March - end, the biggest in four years.3 Moreover, total natural gas inventories of 1.38 trillion cubic feet were nearly 33 % below their year - ago level.3 Meanwhile, the market appeared focused on an anticipated production surge (2018 is projected to be a record growth year for gas supplies) and may have overlooked intensifying demand as US exports increasingly helped drain supplies.

But as Bernanke noted: «Despite this improvement, the job market remains weak overall: The unemployment rate is still well above its longer - run normal level, rates of long - term unemployment are historically high, and the labor force participation rate has continued to move down.

Interestingly, the study shows that although these animals have high levels of dopamine, they do not show the normal response that should occur when dopamine binds to its receptor, despite the fact that the levels of the receptor for dopamine are normal in these animals.

We call them resilient because they're able to maintain normal functioning despite being subjected to high levels of stress.

Mice with obesity - related diabetes, on the other hand, had normal levels of Tregs within the tissue, despite having more fat tissue.

However, in recent years, patient advocacy groups have helped draw attention to the plight of hypothyroid patients who feel sick despite taking levothyroxine and having normal TSH levels.

They found that the mice can develop damage to the optic nerve despite normal pressure in the eye following KPro surgery and identified TNFa and IL - 1 as inflammatory factors involved in this process, with high levels of TNFa mediating the damage to the optic nerve.

Despite higher glycogen levels, glycogenin - deficient mice underperformed normal mice, reaching exhaustion earlier and covering a shorter distance while running on a treadmill.

Despite (or perhaps because of) the silencing of subsets of Ubx enhancers, Ubx protein levels remain normal in the outcrossed progeny, and their halteres develop perfectly.

Despite ozone's participation as a greenhouse gas, it's still important that it return to its normal levels.

It is likely that despite having a slightly elevated total serum testosterone level, you still have a normal free testosterone.

Levels remain low — at least for some time — despite resumption of «normal» sleep or eating.

After full sleep recovery, their levels of blood glucose after breakfast were higher in the state of sleep debt despite normal or even slightly elevated insulin responses.

This means that, despite consuming enough folic acid from fortified food or synthetic dietary supplements, deficiency can commonly occur, even if blood levels of folic acid are normal.

Recent research has confirmed that the HDL molecule can be injured and weakened when one is ingesting a pro inflammatory western diet and conversely it appears despite a lower than normal level to be optimized by anti inflammatory plant based - nutrition.»

In order to be appropriately and thoroughly evaluated for thyroid dysfunction and obtain optimal treatment, it is important that patients find a thyroidologist who understands the limitations of standard thyroid testing and can clinically evaluate patients by taking an extensive inventory of potential signs and symptoms that may be due to low tissue thyroid levels despite normal standard thyroid tests.

Additionally, studies show that depressed patients have reduced T4 transport across the blood brain barrier due to a defective transport protein, transthyretin, resulting in significantly reduced thyroid levels in the brains of depressed patients despite «normal» serum levels and standard thyroid tests (23,39,40) as well as a reduced TSH response to TRH (28 -31,43-50).

The suppression of intracellular T3 levels correlates with the degree of elevation of CRP, despite serum thyroid tests being «normal» (112,270).

With chronic dieting, the thyroid levels and metabolism often do not return to normal levels; the body stays in starvation mode for years with significantly reduced metabolism despite the resumption of normal food intake, making it very difficult to lose or maintain lost weight (48).

Thus, replacement with timed - released T3 preparations to normalize the reduced intracellular T3 levels is appropriate in such patients despite so - called «normal» levels while, on the contrary, T4 - only preparations do not address the physiologic abnormalities of such patients and should be considered inappropriate replacement for obese patients or those with insulin resistance, leptin resistance, or diabetes, as they do not address the physiologic abnormalities in this group.

Integrative physicians have found that elevated levels of Reverse T3 may an suggest that thyroid hormone is not properly converted from T4 into T3, for use by the cells, and may result in hypothyroidism symptoms despite otherwise «normal» levels of Free T4, Free T3 and / or TSH.

Despite normal thyroid levels, a significant group of treated patients continued to experience exercise intolerance and were suffering from limitations in daily and sport activities as well as an impaired quality of life.

Consequently, the pituitary levels of T3 and the subsequent level of TSH are poor measures of tissue hypothyroidism, as almost the entire body can be severely hypothyroid despite having a normal TSH level.

It is no surprise that the majority of patients on T4 preparations will continue to suffer from symptoms of hypothyroidism despite being told their levels are «normal.»

We now know that PMS can occur despite normal progesterone levels when stress is present.

Integrative physicians have found that elevated levels of Reverse T3 may suggest that thyroid hormone is not properly converted from T4 into T3, for use by the cells, and may result in hypothyroidism symptoms despite otherwise «normal» levels of Free T4, Free T3 and / or TSH.

Another key finding: Despite their low intake of carbs, these fat - burning athletes had normal muscle glycogen levels — the storage form of carbohydrates — at rest.

It's Ozu's unique way of bringing realism to a film that allows for such speculations: despite his unusual editing style, tatami - level camera placement and generally fixed camera (though it moves more here than in any Ozu I can recall), everything in an Ozu film feels real: people talk like normal people about normal human issues.

Phosphate Binders: Despite low phosphate in the diet, blood phosphorus levels remain above normal in some cats.

Despite that explanation, many cases of chronic liver disease eventually result in lower than normal blood cholesterol levels when the liver eventually looses its ability to manufacture cholesterol.

A low T4 with a normal cTSH may indicate that the T4 was falsely lowered, perhaps by some other disease process in the animal, while a normal T4 and an elevated cTSH may indicate a dog that is hypothyroid, despite his normal T4 level.

The normal feedback system that maintains a balanced T4 level in the body has no effect on these tumor cells, so that they continue to pump out thyroxine despite signals to stop.

I do yearly antibody titers on Cardiff and his levels have been normal despite his last vaccination having been before his first IMHA episode.

The tumor produces excess cortisol despite ACTH levels being normal.

Despite the fact that this problem responds to giving the pet intravenous calcium along with medications to help lessen their muscle tenseness, blood calcium levels in these pets are more likely to be within the normal range when measured than to be low.

Tourism in Bali has remained relatively normal despite the alert level of Mount Agung on the island being at the highest level.

Or, parents who use excessive corporal punishment minimize their use to normal levels, and report continued aggression from the child despite their efforts to end it.

Despite the above, normal levels of anger and aggression in this age range do not usually disrupt the flow of activity in the family and normal daily activities, particularly in the later adolescent years.

Mild ID during pregnancy might have an impact on brain development, despite maintained normal thyroid hormone levels.19 — 22 In the UK, a longitudinal study19 found 8 - year - old children have an increased risk of being in the lowest quartile of verbal IQ, if their mothers had mild ID in early pregnancy, than children of mothers with normal iodine nutrition.

The findings suggest that, despite early exposure to trauma, many maltreated children display a low or normal level of externalizing behavior problems over time, providing empirical evidence of resilience in maltreated children.