Sentences with phrase «important protective role»

Therefore, early father involvement has an important protective role against both later psychological maladjustment in children where parents have separated, and against adult psychological distress in women.

In addition, if ß amyloid does play an important protective role in the brain, it might make sense to treat it more like cholesterol — which is needed by all cells but dangerous in high levels — than something that needs to be completely eliminated, Tanzi says: «Slow it down, yes — but don't wipe it out.»

Melanocytes play an important protective role in human skin: In sunlight they form the pigment melanin which adsorbs harmful UV radiation and thus prevents sunburn.

«Another contribution of this study is that glia play an important protective role against oxidative stress in neurodegeneration,» Bellen said.

What's more, migraineurs who did not have a confidant had five times the odds of generalized anxiety disorder compared to those with at least one person to confide in; with social support being shown to play an important protective role in the mental health consequences of other chronic pain disorders.

Immune system cells known as natural killer (NK) cells play an important protective role against hearing loss in mice infected with cytomegalovirus (CMV), according to a new study published in PLOS Pathogens.

Garlic Garlic plays an important protective role against heart disease and stroke, due to its ability to affect the development of atherosclerosis and lower LDL cholesterol.

The friendly bacteria play an important protective role by crowding out pathogenic (disease - causing) bacteria and preventing them from surviving in the intestinal tract thus reducing the risk of colon cancer, constipation and hemorrhoids.

In addition to producing the helpful short - chain fatty acids described above, friendly bacteria play an important protective role by crowding out pathogenic (disease - causing) bacteria and preventing them from surviving in the intestinal tract.

For example, in the Arab culture, honor, or «saraf,» plays an important protective role in many families and therefore mental health issues might be considered shameful and could be ignored or hidden (Jule 2007).