Sentences with phrase «explain high disease»

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«Patients with the highest burden of chronic disease typically have the greatest transportation barriers,» he explained.

If this applies to gut bacteria too, it could explain higher rates of allergies and other inflammatory diseases in rich nations.

Tobacco, obesity, diabetes, high alcohol intake and a family history of pancreatic cancer are all recognised risk factors for the disease, but explain less than 40 % of cases and important causes of the increasing trends yet have to be identified.

«Based on epidemiological studies, the 9vHPV vaccine could prevent approximately 90 percent of cervical cancer, 90 percent of HPV - related vulvar and vaginal cancer, 70 to 85 percent of high - grade cervical disease in females, and approximately 90 percent of HPV - related anal cancer and genital warts in males and females worldwide,» explained Anna R. Giuliano, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Infection Research in Cancer at Moffitt.

Dr. Joaquín Espinosa is enthusiastic about the results of his study, «The constant activation of the Interferon response could explain many aspects of Down syndrome, such as cognitive deficit, stunted growth, increased prevalence of autoimmune disorders, high risk of Alzheimer's disease, and protection against solid tumors.»

The new findings revealing higher levels early on in the disease might help to explain why glycine supplementation hasn't worked as well as researchers hoped.

Because this estrogen - driven pathway would be much weaker in males, the work may both explain the heart disease gender gap and suggest that women who use COX - 2 inhibitors may be at higher risk for atherosclerosis than men, says FitzGerald.

«At these higher temperatures, this disease goes much faster,» Winton explains.

Taylor and Ehrenreich, however, found that higher - order interactions of five or more places along the genome can have major impacts, and may help explain the so - called «missing heritability» problem, in which additive genetic variants do not entirely explain many inherited diseases and traits.

Using the same methodology we employed for Parkinson's, our plan is to study other neurological disorders to determine whether there are disease - specific factors which explain any observed differences in the type of biomedical research most likely to receive a high Altmetric Attention Score.»

Once better understood, these genetic mechanisms may not only help to explain why not all of those who are obese develop related metabolic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes and high cholesterol, but could lead to possible ways to treat obesity or prevent metabolic diseases in those who are already obese.

In particular, we were interested in inflammatory bowel disease which has previously been associated with higher risk of acquiring this infection and obesity, which has never been examined,» explained corresponding author Nahid Bhadelia, MD, MALD, associate hospital epidemiologist at BMC and assistant professor of medicine at BUSM.

The «old friends hypothesis» proposes that the human immune system can not learn to regulate itself without exposure to common pathogens like helminths that have coevolved with people and that modern hygienic practices deprive people of this necessary exposure, possibly explaining the relatively higher and more recent prevalence of immune diseases in industrialized countries like the U.S. Loke plans to continue researching helminthic therapy in people and in monkeys.

A new paper from scientists at the John Innes Centre in Norwich explains why plant breeders have found it difficult to produce wheat varieties which combine high yield and good resistance to Septoria, a disease in wheat which can cut yield losses by up to 50 %.

By applying social network analysis — the mathematical theory behind Facebook that explains how different individuals are connected — Rushmore found that high - ranking mothers and their juveniles (as well as high - ranking males) were most likely to transmit diseases to other chimps because everyone in the community wants to be with them.

Warning: Smoking permanently damages genes Heavy smoking may trigger long - lasting changes in gene activity, possibly explaining the persistently higher risk of lung cancer and disease in those who kick the habit, according to a new study.

The team explains that the characteristics of disease outbreaks in the modern world have shifted since the advent of high - speed air travel.

«We wanted to isolate the effect of high blood pressure during pregnancy by comparing the risk of hypertension, heart disease, and stroke in women who had hypertension during pregnancy, and their sisters,» explained Dr. Garovic.

Then, commercial agriculture exploded after World War II, and tomato crops were bred for higher yields, disease resistance, redder color, and firmness, explains Harry Klee, a horticultural scientist at the University of Florida in Gainesville and one of the study's authors.

Dr Nelson added: «We also examined whether the association we found between shorter height and higher risk of coronary heart disease could be explained by an effect of height on known risk factors for coronary heart disease like cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes etc..

In addition, gut microbiota and bile acid profiles may explain gender difference in liver disease as liver cancer incidence is much higher in men than women.

The authors say that the study may also explain testicular cancer's high cure rate — virtually 100 % if the disease has not spread, and up to 90 % even if it has.

«To date, CAR T - cell trials have thus far shown the highest rate of complete and minimal residual disease remission rates of any other agent,» explained Bijal Shah, MD, of Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, during the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Annual Conference, held March 22 — 24 in Orlando, Florida.

«The abnormally high levels of acetylation at early stages of the disease could lead to the formation of toxic protein aggregates in AD and other neurodegenerative diseases,» explained Dr. Gan.

Higher inflammation and greater oxidative stress in diabetic women with end - stage renal disease, as well as modifiable gender differences in access to and modalities of treatment involved, were identified in some of these studies partly explaining excess mortality in diabetic women (319 — 322).

Several behaviors seem to be important to keeping your brain healthy, especially exercise and managing heart disease risks, such as diabetes, high blood pressure and cholesterol, she explained.

Stanton explains how these different types of fat contribute to excess weight, high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes and various types of cancer.

«Dr. Michael Greger, the internationally renowned nutrition expert and physician, examines the 15 top causes of premature death in America — heart disease, various cancers, diabetes, Parkinson's, high blood pressure, and more — and explains how nutritional and lifestyle interventions can sometimes trump prescription pills and other pharmaceutical and surgical approaches, freeing us to live healthier lives.»

«High blood pressure is a common risk factor for a lot of vascular diseases,» he explains.

Your high school crush might die in a drunk driving accident; your sister might have a physical and mental ailments that no one can ever explain; your mom might fall prey to a rare autoimmune disease that claims her life in a cruel, disheartening process; or something else entirely might befall you.

We've known for years that not all cases of heart disease, the # 1 killer in the Western world, are explained by the traditional risk factors such as smoking, elevated blood pressure, diabetes mellitus, high cholesterol, and a family history of premature heart disease.

«What's interesting is that many women will learn about their heart disease risk when they're pregnant because they might develop high blood pressure and gestational diabetes during this time,» Dr. Steinbaum explains.

The 2012 Nutrition study15 also concluded that the low intake of sulfur amino acids by vegetarians and vegans explains the origin of hyperhomocysteinemia (high blood levels of homocysteine, which may lead to blood clots in your arteries — i.e. heart attack and stroke) and the increased vulnerability of vegetarians to cardiovascular diseases.

Yes, we eat more phytonutrients, but the higher protection against chronic disease in vegetarians may also be explained by what are called epigenetic changes.

The authors propose that a process independent of our paradigm of high cholesterol and heart disease can explain this finding.

Researchers from the Mayo Clinic, publishing the results of their study in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, explain how people 70 and older who eat food high in carbohydrates have nearly four times the risk of developing mild cognitive impairment, and the danger is also present with a diet heavy in sugar.

The exact mechanism behind the hypoglycemic properties of chia is yet to be fully explained; however, studies suggest that the soluble fiber and antioxidants contained in the seeds reduce postprandial glycemia and blood pressure, helping with the prevention and treatment of metabolic diseases, such as hypertension, high cholesterol, and diabetes.

The higher the level of HDL cholesterol in your blood, the LOWER your chance is of getting heart disease,» explains an article called «What is Cholesterol?»

Nuts» high antioxidant content helps explain results seen in the Iowa Women's Health Study in which risk of death from cardiovascular and coronary heart diseases showed strong and consistent reductions with increasing nut / peanut butter consumption.

Researchers have made a discovery that could explain why a low - carb, high - fat diet can promote healthy aging and prevent age - related diseases.

They explain, in part, why Western people suffer so much from obesity, heart disease, high blood pressure and other life - threatening conditions.

Increased sucralose consumption may explain why Canada has the highest incidence of inflammatory bowel disease in the world >

The simultaneous exposure to mercury and dioxins in fish may also increase diabetes risk, and mercury or other contaminants may help explain why men with heart disease who eat more oily fish or take fish oil capsules have a higher cardiac death risk.

They further explain that a lower omega - 6 / omega - 3 ratio with increased levels of omega - 3 reduces the risk of many of the chronic diseases with high prevalence in Western cultures.

UCSF is the same institution where Dr. Robert Lustig launched his video lecture that went viral, «Sugar: The Bitter Truth,» which explains both the business end of sugar and HFCS (high fructose corn syrup) in so many processed foods with their consequences, which are wrongly blamed on saturated fats: Obesity; diabetes 2; coronary heart disease (CHD); coronary artery disease (CAD).

However, in the interest of being intellectually honest, I need those who do subscribe to this idea to explain why those who are seemingly «metabolically damaged» (chronic dieters, numerous diseases of civilization) lose weight on very high - carbohydrate diets like the ones espoused by McDougal, Ornish, Esselstyn, Furman, Barnard, Graham, etc..»

As women in the study aged, Missmer said, the influence of the endometriosis on their heart disease risk went down, probably because other risk factors — such as high cholesterol or high blood pressure — came into play, explaining much of the risk.

I wanted to recommend your book and diet to him, however, while I was researching» MS» and «diet», I came to learn about the Swank diet for the treatment of MS, which recommends a diet that is completely low in fat and high in carbs, it is quiet the opposite to what you have explained to us about low - fat in your book, and since MS is also a brain inflammation disease, I thought your diet would help but now I am confused and do not wish to recommend something I am not sure of.

A life expectancy of around 9 to 14 years should be expected, with the high degree of variance explained by the breed's propensity to a number of health problems and hereditary diseases.

Heart disease can be explained by high blood pressure, something that is connected to your pet being given table scraps and other foods that are high in sodium.