Sentences with phrase «impaired brain»

This type of natural experiment, combining a longitudinal design with a twin differences design, provides one of the most powerful approaches that can be applied to study how substance use affects brain development, and in turn, how impaired brain development affects subsequent mental health and psychological adjustment in adulthood.

Studies linking excess screen time to childhood obesity and impaired brain development in babies and toddlers is also concerning.

This is due to the complex interaction of biopsychosocial factors such as impaired brain function, cognitive deficits, and social stress through ostracism and rejection.

From the point of view of the children of separating families, the costs of conflict can include: impaired brain development; higher incidences of truancy and delinquency, alcohol and drug use and other maladaptive behaviours; higher levels of stress and psychological disorder; and, in their lives as adults, problems forming stable, trusting relationships and dispute resolution strategies modelled on their parents» approaches.

Deficiencies are linked to Alzheimer's disease, anemia, impaired brain function, mental disorders an even a decreased brain size.

A gastroenterology research team revealed that certain types of microbial ecosystems are linked to anxiety and impaired brain function (17).

Impaired brain function — again, children drinking 3ppm of fluoride have an IQ with 5 less points than average.

Other symptoms include impaired brain function and elevated homocysteine levels, which is a risk factor for several diseases (29, 30).

Magnesium deficiency can result in coronary heart disease, chronic weight loss, obesity, fatigue, epilepsy and impaired brain function.

Research shows that sleep deprivation leads to moodiness, depression, weight gain, impaired brain activity, and so much more.

Over the long - term, excessive drinking can lead to impaired brain function and even dementia.

Consuming MSG can lead to migraine headaches, brain cell death, and impaired brain development in young children (source).

«The lesions slow down neural signals, and over time, neural messages can't get where they need to go, resulting in impaired brain function.

Alzheimer's was first identified by Alois Alzheimer in 1906 in Germany and is the most common type of dementia, a general term for impaired brain functioning.

Efrati's earlier trials found HBOT induces neuroplasticity that leads to repair of chronically impaired brain functions and improved quality of life for post-stroke and mild traumatic brain injury patients, even years after the initial injury.

The push to prevent skin cancer may have come with unintended consequences — impaired brain function because of a deficiency of vitamin D.

Without a bystander using AED shock therapy, 70 percent of cardiac arrest patients either died or survived with impaired brain function.

Ultimately this can result in poor birth outcomes which can have long - term effects on babies who survive, including impaired brain and behavioural development,» says Dr. McDonald, adding that research on safe, effective ways of promoting healthy birth outcomes are urgently needed.

Such «couch - potato» animals develop a range of health problems, including insulin resistance, diabetes, high blood pressure, impaired brain function, increased oxidative stress and inflammation.

Furthermore, workaholics often suffer sleep deprivation which results in impaired brain and cognitive function.

In adults, elevated blood mercury levels are associated with impaired brain function [pdf], and acute mercury poisoning has been documented in people who consumed substantial amounts of high - mercury seafood in a short period of time.

«Attention deficit disorders could stem from impaired brain coordination: Researchers uncover link absent between brain regions in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, schizophrenia.»

Lead exposure can result in impaired brain development, neurological problems and other ailments.

Health officials on Friday reported the first baby born in New York City with the Zika - related birth defect known as microcephaly, a condition marked by an abnormally small head and impaired brain development.

Harold said there are a few explanations for why smoking may influence later conduct, including that babies of mothers who smoke may be born smaller or have impaired brain development.

«Skipping sleep impairs your brain function across the board,» he says.

Office clatter impairs our brain function.

(Surviving the First Three Months with a Newborn) Stress causes our bodies to release a hormone called cortisol which, when present for prolonged periods, can dramatically undermine brain development in babies and permanently impair brain function for life.

Going with natural activities for toddlers is important because some of the newer, electronic activities such as watching TV and playing electronic games can actually impair brain development at the same time the make it harder for your child to calm down and interact thoughtfully with their surroundings.

Forty - three babies also had intracranial calcifications (deposits of calcium in the tissue), which can impair brain function.

Since most cognitive processes involve multiple parts of the brain working together, injury to white matter can impair the brain's communication network and may result in cognitive problems.

Drug use in this stage can impair the brain programming process and lead to the loss of important connections,» said Paulo Jannuzzi Cunha, a professor at FM - USP and principal investigator for the project.

The loss of a single gene in mice can affect social behavior and impair their brains» ability to filter out distractions — both characteristics of several neurological diseases in humans.

The researchers induced variations in the degree of demand on these brain regions — a method of assessing how genetic risk might impair the brain's ability to respond to attention challenges — by varying task difficulty.

A high cognitive load in the form of a visual task thus impairs the brain's response to sound not only in the cortex, but also in the parts of the brain that deal with emotions.

The abnormal brain circuitry of LKS patients renders the brain incapable of imprinting memory, further impairing brain function.

Research has shown that this is because ACEs may increase a child's risk for toxic levels of stress, which in turn may impair brain development, behavior, and overall physical and mental health.

The researchers said that pesticides could impair brain development and signaling in a way that affects social interactions, learning and behavior.

We have shown that the presence of extra centrosomes in proliferating embryonic neural stem cells is sufficient to impair brain development and culminates in microcephaly (small brains) at birth.

This great percent may be linked to their increased risk of cardiovascular issues that can impair brain function.

Research has also shown that a sedentary lifestyle impairs the brain's ability to self - repair by reducing serum IGF - 1 levels (12).

• EXOGENOUS INSULIN: Although insulin has been shown to improve memory and cognition acutely, chronically high insulin levels are known to impair brain function.42, 64 Exogenous insulin would serve to inhibit IDE more strongly, thereby preventing the clearance of Aβ, causing it to linger in the brain interstitial fluid even longer, where it is subject to glycation and oxidation.

Mercury: A known irritant and allergen that, with body accumulation over time, can impair the brain and nervous system.

Research shows loneliness impairs the brain's ability to exercise control over our desires, emotions, and behaviors --- the sort of qualities necessary to maintain healthy habits and avoid bad ones.

The article below also indicates that high fat diets impair brain health as well as cardiovascular health.

And for entrepreneurs, this epidemic impacts your productivity and your profits every single day because it impairs your brain.

What's even scarier is that artificial sweeteners may impair our brains ability to send the «full» signal.

The low blood sugar from being hangry deprives the brain of fuel and impairs brain function.

Cholesterol pills can disrupt the function of every cell in your body in different ways, as described in this post, impairing brain, kidney, and heart hearth.

The American Psychological Association also notes that stress impairs the brain's ability to block certain toxins and other large, potentially harmful molecules.