Sentences with phrase «increasing damage to the brain»

This led Wild and his team to hypothesize that increasing damage to the brain areas affected by HD would cause higher levels of NfL to accumulate in the blood.

Increased damage to brain tissue, in ways that appear similar to the kind of damage that causes memory loss and Alzheimer's.

Not exact matches

The high percentage of athletes reporting that they continued to play despite experiencing concussion symptoms, while similar to the rates reported in other studies, is concerning, as the failure to diagnose concussions in athletes can lead to further damage to the brain before full recovery, expose them to the cumulative effects of injuries and increased risk of second impact syndrome.

«VBACs carry a less - than -1-percent increased risk of a uterine rupture, which could cause brain damage in the baby or even death, according to the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists.»

Homebirth increases the risk of perinatal death and brain damage in the lowest risk women receiving care from highly trained midwives (often two) and liberal access to transfer.

In other words, any way you choose to look at it, no matter how carefully you slice and dice the data, there is simply no getting around the fact that homebirth increases the risk of perinatal death and brain damage.

The loss of breastfeeding not only contributes to increased illness but also damages normal development, especially brain and neural development.

During those minutes the baby's injured brain continues to swell, and brain damage may actually increase over that present at birth.

Since most of these deaths are due to oxygen deprivation in labor, it is not unexpected that the risk brain damage is also dramatically increased.

I considered VBAC but the OB explained that between increased risk of shoulder dystocia and uterine rupture, a vaginal birth would carry a higher risk of brain damage to the baby.

In the ever increasing evidence linking concussions with lifelong brain damage, Princeton School Districts decided to act, implementing that athletes for high contact sports wear soft helmets.

Of course everyone wants a good «experience» but choosing to give birth in a location that dramatically increases your child's risk of death or brain damage to get it is a poor trade.

(I would also mention the increased risk of brain damage severe enough to need cooling therapy, in case she cared about that.)

Parent education and training offers a helpful foundation by assisting parents to increase their knowledge about FASDs and how the associated brain damage altered their child's way of learning and interacting with the world.

Under this induced deep hypothermia, surgeons are able to briefly stop the heart while performing procedures on the heart or large vessels close to the heart without increasing the risk of permanent brain damage.

These interactions may contribute to increased infections in these patients, and may also worsen chronic brain damage.

DAMAGE to a specific brain area may increase feelings of transcendence, which are part of some religious experiences and other forms of spirituality.

And a week of tossing and turning leads to an increase in another brain protein, tau, which has been linked to brain damage in Alzheimer's and other neurological diseases.

«We have seen that two gambling distortions — the «gambler's fallacy» and the «near - miss» effect — that are evident in the general population, and which appear to be increased in problem gamblers, are actually abolished in patients with damage to the insula region of the brain,» he said.

The next big question is whether the increase in brain metabolism could lead to neurocognitive damage down the road.

The pesticide - linked damage starts with ziram's ability to increase concentrations of a protein, called α - synuclein, which is abundant in the human brain.

Roberts explained that when the auditory nerves are damaged, brain cells increase their sensitivity to their remaining inputs, which can make ordinary sounds seem louder.

Struggling to balance on one leg for 20 seconds or longer was linked to an increased risk for small blood vessel damage in the brain and reduced cognitive function in otherwise healthy people with no clinical symptoms, according to new research in the American Heart Association's journal Stroke.

It had previously been thought that giving the drug to people with signs of early damage in the brain caused by a stroke would increase the chances of them suffering a bleed on the brain — which can be fatal.

But the number of neurons at a time with which microelectrode arrays can interface must be increased several-fold while making sure the scale - up does not cause damage to brain tissue.

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).

Brain resilience is also referred to as «brain reserve» — its ability to cope with increasing damage while still functioning adequaBrain resilience is also referred to as «brain reserve» — its ability to cope with increasing damage while still functioning adequabrain reserve» — its ability to cope with increasing damage while still functioning adequately.

It has beneficial effects on neurons, repairing them from damage induced by some states such as high blood sugar, and can also be used as a brain booster due to its effects at increasing alertness, mitochondrial capacity, and neuron activity.

These two plant medicines have been shown to decrease oxidative cellular damage and increase cellular energy, paramount to overcoming brain fog.

Many microwave popcorn brands are packed with trans fats, which have been commonly linked to hurting your heart by increasing inflammation and damaging blood vessel linings, but they wreak havoc on your brain, too, by harming brain function and memory.

Both are being used to prevent and reverse dementia, improve cognitive function, increase human growth hormone (hGH) release, and to treat brain disorders such as damage from stroke.

But the damage does not stay confined to your brain, as food additives like artificial sweeteners, high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), and MSG can lead you down a path of food addiction, obesity, diabetes and metabolic syndrome, while increasing your risk for numerous chronic diseases.

Glycated proteins and cellular structures have altered function, increased vulnerability to oxidative damage, and reduced degradation and clearance.6 Slowing the entry of glucose into the brain would delay these processes and possibly give the body's defenses more time to dispose of the AGEs.

In studies rosmarinic acid has been shown to increase oxygenation of brain tissues and help prevent damage from oxidative stress.

According to the authors, vascular damage may predispose your brain to increased amyloid plaque buildup, which is a hallmark of this degenerative brain disease.

In addition, heart cells may be more susceptible to damage, and there is a slight increased risk of brain metastasis.

Ginkgo may work by increasing blood flow in the brain, helping to remove free radicals that can damage cells, and reducing inflammation.

Homocysteine levels rise with age, and increasing levels can lead to a damaging chain reaction of effects — research has revealed that elevated homocysteine levels can disrupt delicate arterial linings, increase inflammation and oxidative stress, decrease blood flow to the heart and brain and set the stage for atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease.

Researchers have discovered that fruit in general provides a boost to the brain because specific properties contained in some fruits can inhibit the development of dementia, potentially hold off Alzheimer's, naturally increases the blood flow to the brain, slow down the aging process specifically related to the brain, and can reduce the risk of damage to brain cells.

The IV therapy consists of amino acids (the natural building block of protein) combined with vitamins and nutrients is administered intravenously in order to flood the brain, restoring neurotransmitters, manufacturing new neurotransmitters and receptors which promotes healing of the damaged area of the brain and allows for increased cellular energy production.

When consumed by humans, these molecules help to protect brain function and tissue from the aging process, repair DNA damage and increase life span.

The antiepileptogenic activity of the ketogenic diet after traumatic brain damage is controversial though, 94 and further studies are needed to increase related knowledge.

Apparently the increased blood flow to brain helps damaged brain tissue heal.

Studies have shown that it increases neuron plasticity — the ability of brain nerve cells to take over some of the activities of brain cells destroyed or damaged by stroke.

Cerebral palsy refers to damage to the part of the brain that controls muscle tone, and it can cause increased muscle tone, reduced muscle tone or some combination of both.

Increased intracranial pressure can lead to permanent, irreversible brain damage and death.

As the frequency of seizures increases, the probability of damage to the brain neurons also increases.

«Pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine confirmed to significantly increase risk of brain damage grudgingly admitted.

Excess thyroid hormone can abnormally increase blood pressure, which can cause damage to many other organs, like kidneys, eyes, brain, and heart.

The harmfull effects of air pollution on the human body are well documented, from causing brain damage to increasing the risk of heart attacks, but it turns out that it can put people under the weather in more ways than one.