Sentences with phrase «functioning of affected people»

However, following therapy, the researchers observed that the tics were significantly reduced and the brain functioning of affected people was similar to that of participants without TS.

Not exact matches

It may be in relation to the mother and it may affect other people, but regardless of its potential to sustain itself outside the womb, the unborn fetus functions more like an object for our projections.

Any inherited trait that actually makes a difference in what a person can do is significant within, but not beyond, the scope of the functions it affects.

The severity to which the person over or underreacts to the sensory information affects the level of difficulty the person will have functioning in daily life situations, like going to school, trying new foods or going to crowded places.

As was much discussed during the Psychoactive Substances Act's progression through Parliament, the government's definition of psychoactivity that «A substance produces a psychoactive effect in a person if, by stimulating or depressing the person's central nervous system, it affects the person's mental functioning or emotional state,» was about as vague as it could possibly be.

So the poppers exemption rests solely on the definition of psychoactivity: that a substance, «by stimulating or depressing the person's central nervous system... affects the person's mental functioning or emotional state».

The new definition reads: «A substance produces a psychoactive effect in a person if, by stimulating or depressing the person's central nervous system, it affects the person's mental functioning or emotional state; as measured by the production of a pharmacological response on the central nervous system or which produces a response in in - vitro tests qualitatively identical to substances controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, and references to a substance's psychoactive effects are to be read accordingly.»

Under the definition of psychoactivity the Home Office is using - «something which affects a person's mental functioning or emotional state by stimulating or depressing their nervous system» - these products are plainly psychoactive and their regulation does not go anywhere near the level of a ban.

In the past researchers have observed an association between poor mitochondrial function and Parkinson's disease, a neurodegenerative disorder of the central nervous system that impairs speech and motor functions and affects five million people worldwide.

The first subproject looks at how changes in physical activity and fitness affect cognitive function, academic achievement and educational attainment at different stages of a person's life.

Not surprisingly, the area where the people with stroke were most affected was physical functioning, where 63 percent had scores considered meaningfully worse than those of the general population, with an average score of 59, where a score of 50 is considered the population average.

Even among people of normal weight, individual differences in brain functioning can directly affect eating behaviors, according to a 2009 study by Michael Lowe, a research psychologist at Drexel University.

Parkinson's disease affects approximately 7 - 10 million people worldwide and is characterised by progressive loss of motor function, psychiatric symptoms and cognitive impairment.

«Addressing chemo brain will help improve a patient's quality of life since these side effects can lead to emotional and mental health issues that affect a person's ability to function in society.»

One theory of autistic savantism suggests that during fetal development or early in life, some developmental abnormality affects the brain's left side, resulting in the difficulties that many autistic people have with words and social interaction, functions typically processed by the left hemisphere.

Analyzing data from more than 8,000 married couples — with an average age in the early 60s — researchers found that the physical health and cognitive functioning of a person's spouse can significantly affect a person's own quality of life.

The mutation, which has been found in people with ADHD, autism and bipolar disorder, affects the function of DAT, a protein that regulates the brain's supply of the neurotransmitter by removing excess dopamine from the synapse, or the space between nerve cells.

«Because we have shown that mutated forms of alpha - synuclein, which are associated with early onset familial forms of Parkinson's Disease, affect this process, we also now know that this is a function that may be impaired in people who carry these mutations.»

Health improvement (allowing to post - pone / escape the diseases and thus live, healthier / disease - free longer, but not above human MLSP of around 122 years; thus these therapies do not affect epigenetic aging whatsoever, they are degenerative aging problems not regular healthy aging problem (except OncoSENS - only when you Already Have Cancer - which cancer increases epigenetic aging, but cancer removal thus does not change anything / makes no difference about what happens in the other cells / about what happens in the normal epigenetic «aging» course in Normal non-cancerous healthy cells) Although there is not such thing as «healthy aging» all aging in «unhealthy» (as seen from elders who are «healthy enough» who show much damage), it's just «tolerable / liveable» enough (in terms of damage accumulating) that it does not affect their quality of life (enough yet), that is «healthy aging»: ApoptoSENS - Clearing Senescent Cells (this will have great impact to reduce diseases, the largest one, since it's all inflammation fueled by the inflammation secretory phenotype (SASP) of these senescent cells) AmyloSENS - Dissolving the Plaques (this will allow humans to evade Alzheimer's, Parkinsons and general brain degenerescence, allowing quite a boost; making people much more easily reach the big 100 - since the brain is causal to how long we live; keeping brain amyloid - free and keeping our memories / neuron sharp / means longer LongTerm Potentiation - means longer brain function means longer heavy brain mass (gray matter / white matter retention seen in «sharp - witted» Centenarians who show are younger brain for their age), and both are correlated to MLSP).

«The physical symptoms that affect people with Parkinson's — including tremors and rigidity of movement — are caused by an imbalance between two types of medium spiny neurons in the brain,» said Dr. Kreitzer, whose lab studies how Parkinson's disease affects brain functions.

After all, «the majority of these infections are affecting young people — the demographic that is on their mobile phones all day long,» said Whitney Engeran Cordova, the senior director of the public health division for AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), in a press release applauding Tinder's new function.

Originally, Lilly was going to determine the success of solanezumab by looking at two measures: how it affected thinking skills such as memory and reasoning, and whether it changed a person's ability to function independently and perform daily activities such as dressing, bathing and feeding.

Each person reacts differently to changes in temperature, which can affect the production of various hormones, organ function and bodily processes.

Improperly functioning cilia There are people who suffer from a medical condition that affects the cilia's ability to move mucus out of the sinus cavities.

A person with type 1.5 diabetes may have aspects of both: diet and lifestyle affect pancreatic function, as does an autoimmune reaction which may or may not have been identified.

The foods and drinks we consume have a multitude of known, and unknown affects on the function and health of a person.

This affects the function of all organs including muscles, gut, brain, adrenals and heart causing a variety of symptoms that are different from person to person.

The human microbiome, a term that refers to the collective genome of micro-organisms that live within a person's gut, not only influences digestion as one might expect, but can also affect brain function, immunity, tendencies towards insulin resistance, and a host of other factors.

The important thing that people either tend to forget or don't know about the thyroid is that it not only affects all aspects of the body (metabolism, neurological function, energy, etc), but it is also affected by so many factors within and outside of the body.

«Inactivity, sleep disturbance, psychiatric comorbidity, medication, and ongoing stress experienced by people with CFS will affect HPA axis function, and the findings that HPA axis dysregulation is more prominent in patients with a longer duration of illness suggest that the endocrine changes may be secondary.»

Without minimizing the importance of the presidential office itself, remember that state and local elected officials frequently function as the people who make decisions regarding issues that affect our day - to - day lives.

Professor Paul Montgomery, lead researcher, University of Birmingham said: «We want people to be aware that sleep deprivation in adolescents is a real problem which affects their functioning, their wellbeing and even their academic performance.

Lighting design is the process of using the qualities and functions of light to affect people, objects and space.

It shall be the function of the Service to provide assistance to communities and persons therein in resolving disputes, disagreements, or difficulties relating to discriminatory practices based on race, color, or national origin which impair the rights of persons in such communities under the Constitution or laws of the United States or which affect or may affect interstate commerce.

-- It shall be considered discrimination, for purposes of section 202 of this Act and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), with respect to alterations that affect or could affect the usability of or access to an area of the station containing a primary function, for the responsible person, owner, or person in control of the station to fail to make the alterations in such a manner that, to the maximum extent feasible, the path of travel to the altered area, and the bathrooms, telephones, and drinking fountains serving the altered area, are readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs, upon completion of such alterations, where such alterations to the path of travel or the bathrooms, telephones, and drinking fountains serving the altered area are not disproportionate to the overall alterations in terms of cost and scope (as determined under criteria established by the Attorney General).

Dozens of drugs affect thyroid function and thyroid function tests in people, so many others likely affect animals as well.

Serious impairment of body function (impairment of an important body function that affects the person's general ability to lead his or her normal life)

Brain injury involves life - changing harm that can affect the injured person's ability to work and properly function for the rest of their lives.

I think the main argument against substituting terms for functions like this is that it may just insert new buzzwords without addressing underlying issues that affect the ability of people to achieve their mission regardless of what the activity is called.

«an objectively manifested impairment of an important body function that affects the person's general ability to lead his or her normal life.»

Michigan law defines serious impairment as «an objectively manifested impairment of an important body function that affects the person's general ability to lead his or her normal life.»

The present threshold as to «serious impairment of important body function» requires an observable or perceivable impairment from actual symptoms or conditions, that affects a body function of value, significance or consequence to the injured person, and that influences some of the victim's capacity to live in his or her normal manner of living.

These types of injuries can be devastating to the injured person, as they can affect the ability of the person to be able to function normally.

The judge rejects the city's argument that purely personal e-mails are not public records; he acknowledges there is high public interest in conflicts of interest that would affect the functioning of government; he says the people have a right to know.

Facebook has the potential to be part of the infrastructure that connects people across the world; if that's the plan, it seems like some degree of government oversight around how it handles critical functions that affect large numbers of people will help both the company and its users.

Assessment of Sexual Function in People With Cancer General Factors Affecting Sexual Functioning Evaluated in Assessment Current Sexual Status Premorbid Sexual Functioning VIII.

Attention - deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects 3 % — 5 % of children and young people under 18 years old.1 The core symptoms include inattention, impulsivity and hyperactivity leading to significant impairments in academic and social function and increased risk of substance misuse, unemployment, criminality and mental health problems.2 3 Early treatment is crucial to improve symptoms and reduce the burden on the family and wider social and healthcare systems.4 With the increasing rates of diagnosis of ADHD, spending on ADHD medication has increased sevenfold between 1998 and 2005,5 and expenditure on medication treatment costs in the UK is now estimated at # 78 million per year.5 6 This has placed increasing financial burden on health services and highlighted the need for more efficient and cost - effective services to diagnose and treat the condition.

Attachment - based therapy leverages the vast scientific literature on attachment theory, which has revolutionized our understanding of how early relationships affect a person's neurological functioning, emotional responses, and ability to relate to others throughout life.

Employing a process - person - context model, this study extends these literatures to examine whether various neighborhood conditions — both positive and negative — affect mothers» mental health and the overall functioning of families with a child with an ASD.