Sentences with phrase «devastating effect of the disease»

A promising treatment for a rare childhood disorder characterized by rapid aging and death prevented and even reversed the most devastating effect of the disease in mice.

By becoming aware of these potentially harmful substances, how they become produced and how we can control them, we can reduce the devastating effects of disease, and control the process of aging.

The owners were especially grateful to have their dogs vaccinated for Rabies as they are very aware of the devastating effects of this disease on both humans and animals but do not have access to regular veterinary care.

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«Addiction / alcoholism is a devastating family disease that is responsible for corroding communities as easily as it takes the lives of those individuals suffering from the direct effects of drinking and drugging,» said Zimmern.

«Pimavanserin: Relief from psychosis in dementia, without devastating side - effects: A new kind of antipsychotic has been found to relieve terrifying and disturbing symptoms suffered by millions of people with Alzheimer's disease worldwide.»

A dye used for more than a century to stain autopsied brain tissue can prevent the devastating effects of Huntington's disease in mice, new research shows.

It was eggshell thinning that devastated fish - eating birds and birds of prey, says Fry, and this effect is well documented in a report (pdf) on DDT published in 2002 by the Department of Health and Human Services» Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR).

The authors caution that unless the message about the importance of vaccinations is spread widely and effectively more parents will find themselves «in emergency rooms and isolation wards watching children suffer with the devastating effects of measles, whooping cough or some readily preventable infectious disease.»

The evidence is clear from this study that a Minimum Unit Price would not have a significant effect on low risk drinkers but would target those for whom the impact of alcohol - related liver disease is most devastating.

One key to counteracting the devastating effects experienced by patients is detecting the disease early, and another feat by Holtzman, with Randall J. Bateman, also at the Washington University School of Medicine, should make that possible.

BABA has long been known for its protective effects against devastating plant diseases, such as potato blight, but has so far not been used widely in crop protection because of undesirable side effects.

«Having studied Alzheimer's for many years, I am all too familiar with the devastating effects of neurodegenerative diseases,» said Longo.

The show highlighted the daily struggle that 6 - year - old Arya faces battling the effects of SMA and how she and her parents, Loren Eng and Dinakar Singh, are learning to live with her devastating diagnosis and the realities of the disease.

Alzheimer's is on the rise — but you can do something now to protect your brain from the devastating effects of this savage disease!

The agency could not have predicted the advances in science that would uncover not only the addiction - like process that compels us to gobble up these foods, nor could they have predicted the mechanisms that reveal how these foods can change the expression of our genetic material and predispose a generation of children to metabolic disorders, including obesity and diabetes.13, 14 The agency could not have guessed that its recommendations would have especially devastating effects on minorities whom scientists believe may be genetically susceptible to diseases related to a diet high in processed grains and cereal products.15, 16

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- Publisher's Weekly «Readers will find this a gripping picture of disease's devastating effect on people, and on the social fabric itself.»

To name a few, they sustain rather than solve the «overpopulation» issue; they effect an end run around responsible breeders; they open a door to potentially devastating diseases and parasites not currently found in our country; and they ensure a future in which the supply of healthy, well - bred dogs and cats will be severely limited.

This necropsy of a heartworm - positive dog shows the devastating, far - reaching effects of heartworm disease on canine heart and lungs.

Similar negative effects occur with worsening air pollution — higher levels of ground - level ozone smog and other pollutants that increase with warmer temperatures have been directly linked with increased rates of respiratory and cardiovascular disease — food production and safety — warmer temperatures and varying rainfall patterns mess up staple crop yields and aid the migration and breeding of pests that can devastate crops — flooding — as rising sea levels make coastal areas and densely - populated river deltas more susceptible to storm surges and flooding that result from severe weather — and wildfires, which can be ancillary to increased heat waves and are also responsible for poor air quality (not to mention burning people's homes and crops).

For more than a decade, EU countries led by Britain have set a rise of two degrees centigrade or less in global temperatures above pre-industrial levels as the benchmark after which the effects of climate become devastating, with crop failures, water shortages, sea - level rises, species extinctions and increased disease.

He recently revealed the devastating effects of his Crohn's disease, and vowed to get back to his best for fans.

It was of great importance for Ross students to be a part of Heart Month as cardiovascular diseases have devastating effects and claim more lives annually than all forms of cancer combined.