Sentences with phrase «differences in disease»

The unique characteristics of heartworms in the feline host help explain the differences in disease progression that cats undergo after infection.

The reason for these differences in disease expression is not known, but at present only a liver biopsy will disclose whether a dog is storing a level of copper that has the potential to seriously damage the liver.

Compared with those not on a raw diet, they reported more symptom relief while on the diet, but researchers found no objective differences in disease activity, duration of morning stiffness or pain.

The Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health (CRGGH) aims to facilitate a global understanding of the relationship between human genetic variation and population differences in disease distribution, with the ultimate goal of informing health inequalities.

They found significant differences in disease progression, immune system response, and neurological effects between the two models.

The findings may also explain differences in disease susceptibility between men and women.

These gene expression variances could explain the differences in disease risks, or disease symptoms, between males and females, Clark says.

In various empirical studies, researchers have uncovered possible mechanisms that may explain differences in disease severity between dengue - infected individuals.

«It's important for us to understand differences in disease risk, symptoms, and responses to treatments between sexes,» says senior author Carey N. Lumeng, M.D., Ph.D, associate professor in pediatrics and physiology at the Medical School and a pediatric pulmonologist at U-M's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital.

The study did not ascribe a specific cause for the racial disparities but offered six possible explanations: conscious or unconscious provider biases; patient mistrust; health literacy; patient - physician communication breakdown; healthcare access barriers; and / or race - based differences in disease biology.

But comparing these consequences of infection did not provide hints as to why RSV and PIV3 produced such differences in disease severity.

«The genetic and molecular basis of ancestry - related differences in disease susceptibility has been a mystery,» Barreiro said.

One of the perks of working in the biotechnology industry is that one's colleagues occasionally send along gems like the following: «Health Disparity focuses on understanding and / or addressing factors that contribute to differences in the disease experience across populations....

«If, as we postulate, the combination of chemotherapy and PARP inhibition is successful in treating patients with HRD tumors, I expect that others will start exploring whether similar drugs or analogous therapies can make a difference in these diseases,» Heeke concludes.

«How male and female sex hormones can affect the immune system is important for understanding the molecular and cellular basis of sex differences in diseases like asthma,» says Nicola Heller, an immunologist at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine not involved in the study.

It was a huge disappointment when the two groups showed only a marginal difference in disease manifestation — the previous benefits, it turned out, were largely placebo effect.

Early detection, diagnosis and treatment can make all the difference in this disease.

Not exact matches

They see, day after day, that what they do makes a difference in the world, whether it's providing clothing to needy families or raising money to find a cure for a life - threatening disease.

The difference can not be explained by an outbreak of Dutch Disease in Canada, as the Australian dollar has appreciated faster than the Canadian dollar over the last decade.

And just as there are individual differences in susceptibility to diseases, there are differences in response to food, too.

When we hear of those who have died in the «war on terror,» or from hunger and preventable diseases like AIDS, we often don't believe our voices and actions can make a difference.

We must take a clear view of the medical realities of disease and the spiritual realities of sin, but it makes a difference in the pastor's understanding of all human ills that he sees every person as created for a life of love to God and his neighbor.

Flechsig goes so far as to say that he finds a difference of symptoms in general paralytics according as their frontal or their more posterior association - centres are diseased.

Certainly there is a difference between health and disease and between life and death in trees, flowers, weeds, and grass.

I ad peach yogurt to almond milk, water, and spearment chlorophyl and it is grear, I noticed a difference in three days, I have diseases from aaaaaaaaaagent Orange used in NAm, new hios, new k nees, total shoulder replaced, cancer, and lift wieghts dailt and I am 68 6» 5» and 280 pounds.

While the difference in molecular make - up and easier solubility of proteins in spelt means it may be easier for humans to digest than wheat, it does however contain gluten and is not suitable for anyone with a gluten intolerance or Coeliac disease.

If you are open to the differences in the culture and lifestyle and not fixated on diseases and other things that can go wrong, your children will enjoy an unbiased view, free of fear and disdain of a fascinating country and you will not regret taking them there.

ANSWER: The main reason for the difference in survival rates is that breast cancer is not just one disease.

Your child won't know the difference once the pasta is mixed in with sauce or veggies, and using whole grains instead of the refined flour type on a regular basis has been linked to lower blood pressure and reduced risks of heart disease and type 2 diabetes.

After adjusting the results for some confounds — such as differences in sociodemographics and lifestyles — the researchers concluded that Waldorf graduates did not differ from the general population in most examined diseases, including high blood pressure, heart disease, cancer or diabetes.

For the infant with respiratory or cardiac disease, this difference in flow may the difference that allows them to maintain oxygenation throughout feeding and keep from becoming fatigued to the point that they are no longer able to continue.

Differences in weight patterns continue even after complementary foods are introduced.4 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend that health care providers in primary care settings use the 2000 CDC growth reference charts for children and teens aged 2 to 20 years to monitor growth in the United States.

I didn't see any evidence (1) actually connecting the former to the latter, (2) that the differences at birth are lasting, (3) that the purported diseases associated with the microbiome in adulthood are the same ones associated with c - section (the author cites obesity, but we know that those observational studies re: c - section and obesity are deeply flawed by confounding)(4) that the «microbiotic» benefit of vaginal birth exists regardless of maternal health and matenral microbiome.

One study finds an association with disease x, but not y or z, another finds one with y but not x. None of these studies are able to fully control for the critically important confounding variable of maternal health, and none of the decent quality ones have demonstrated a large difference in risk.

We estimated the variability of differences in the population prevalence of maternal cancers, type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, MI, and premature mortality when women breastfed at current compared with optimal rates and the proportion of current disease burden that this change would reflect.

The difference between infant formula and breast milk can mean life or death for a child prone to diseases and living in poor conditions.

Sometimes, the difference between infant formula and breast milk can mean life or death for a child prone to diseases and living in poor conditions.

The disease - specific cost differences shown in Table 4 were calculated using the cost estimates provided in Appendix 2 (http://links.lww.com/AOG/A399).

There were no differences in the prevalence of infectious diseases from the age of 7 through 12 months between those with (35 %) and without (36 %) breastfeeding data.

In multiple studies, lactation is associated with reduced maternal risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus.12, 22 Several studies have found differences in diabetes prevalence among postmenopausal women.22, 23 However, the only study to measure incident disease found that the association between breastfeeding and incident type 2 diabetes mellitus disappeared after 15 years after a woman's last birth.12 Thus, we limited the effect of lactation on type 2 diabetes mellitus accordinglIn multiple studies, lactation is associated with reduced maternal risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus.12, 22 Several studies have found differences in diabetes prevalence among postmenopausal women.22, 23 However, the only study to measure incident disease found that the association between breastfeeding and incident type 2 diabetes mellitus disappeared after 15 years after a woman's last birth.12 Thus, we limited the effect of lactation on type 2 diabetes mellitus accordinglin diabetes prevalence among postmenopausal women.22, 23 However, the only study to measure incident disease found that the association between breastfeeding and incident type 2 diabetes mellitus disappeared after 15 years after a woman's last birth.12 Thus, we limited the effect of lactation on type 2 diabetes mellitus accordingly.

Breastfeeding makes a difference for the infant in issues of nutrition, growth and development, as well as protection from infection, allergy and some chronic diseases.

However, in contrast, the observational arm of this study (in which infants were not at high risk of developing atopic disease) did not demonstrate differences in the incidence of atopic dermatitis.

Additional human studies are needed to explore how individual differences in maternal breast milk composition could predispose to intestinal inflammatory conditions, such as allergic disease.

There is a difference between «physiologic reflux» which is common in babies and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) which is a popular term these days.

The difference here is that in the case of IV fluids for lactivist purposes, there's a perfectly safe and healthy alternative in formula, whereas with vaccines, the alternative to not vaccinating is the diseases themselves, which aren't perfectly safe nor healthy.

Farming minister George Eustice insisted the cull had been «worthwhile» because, by removing a significant number of badgers, it would «make a difference to disease control in the area».

Other collaborations that are currently being discussed focus on the development of small molecules that could disrupt «kidney» (Malphigian tubule) function in mosquitoes, on the differences in the ability to transmit disease among various populations of Aedes aegypti and other mosquitoes, and on advances in the surveillance of adult mosquitoes.

It has been suggested as an aid in diagnosing melasma depth, but this is the first study to find a significant quantitative difference between viewing the skin under natural light versus under a black light when evaluating extent in those with subtle disease.

Such clear differences in biomarker signatures are an important step in identifying new disease markers, and perhaps therapeutic targets.

When the researchers compared their data with figures from the US Centers for Disease Control, they found they could accurately predict the number of cases in the country two weeks earlier and with a difference of just 0.27 per cent.