This often results in cognitive injuries, ranging from concussions to
lasting brain damage.
«Coal water pollution raises cancer risks, makes fish unsafe to eat, and can inflict
lasting brain damage on our children,» the report says.
Dogs who recover may have seizures, paralysis or
lasting brain damage either immediately or years after recovery.
It urges taking measures to cut the risk of
lasting brain damage.
Naturally, the longer your brain goes without oxygen, the greater your risk of
lasting brain damage.
You go up there and you seal off the bulge If a patient does not die from a rupture, is he or she more or less certain to suffer
lasting brain damage?
Some 20 % of babies born before 6.5 months gestation experience
lasting brain damage (see «The most vulnerable brains»).
Lead poisoning can cause lower IQs, long -
lasting brain damage and many other health problems.
Not exact matches
Moghadam later attributed some of his behavior to the effects of the then unknown
brain tumor, but the first indication that Moghadam's unruly approach could do
damage came late
last year, after his surgery had been deemed a success.
Repeated head injuries such as these concussions have been linked to eventual
brain damage — a fact that the NFL only publicly admitted
last year.
One of the clearest pieces of evidence that cannabis can cause
lasting damage to the
brain came in a 2012 New Zealand study that followed cannabis users over several decades.
«The injuries started popping up when the C405 aluminum alloy came out as the bat standard in 1996 —
brain damage, broken jaws, teeth knocked out,» says Bill Thurston, rules editor of the NCAA baseball rules committee for the
last 15 years.
While the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had earlier stated that BPA — the chemical that hardens plastics in products like bottles and cups, and is used in linings of metal cans — is safe; the agency announced
last month that a few new studies have underlined «some concerns» about BPA's possibility of potentially
damaging the
brain of fetuses, infants and children.
Recently, there have been several online articles that claim there is scientific evidence that CIO can cause
lasting damage to a child's
brain.
Johns Hopkins researchers report that fetal mice — especially males — show signs of
brain damage that
lasts into their adulthood when they are exposed in the womb to a maternal immune system kicked into high gear by a serious infection or other malady.
Last year, Bekinschtein's team carried out the same experiment on
brain -
damaged people.
Last month, researchers led by Beth Stevens of Boston Children's Hospital reported that a process in which microglia prune excess synapses in the
brain during early life can turn on inappropriately later on, possibly triggering Alzheimer's or other disorders marked by
damage to connections between
brain cells.
But whether marijuana can cause
lasting damage to the
brain is less clear.
This significantly impairs blood flow in the long term, causing
lasting damage to
brain cells.
A TIA is temporary and often
lasts less than five minutes, without causing permanent
brain damage.
Until
last year, both patient and doctor could only guess at what was happening inside the
brain because they had no way — short of an autopsy — to see the
damage.
They could thus modulate the activity of healthy
brains without causing any
lasting damage.
«This kind of test could be used to screen many thousands of patients to identify those at risk for Alzheimer's disease, and to start treatments before memory loss and
brain damage,» Bateman told the Alzheimer's Association International Conference in London
last week.
The results of the study, published
last October in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, showed that the flies suffered
brain damage and developed many of the same symptoms seen in humans with TBI, including loss of consciousness and coordination and an increased risk of death.
Wilkinson and a small cadre of scientists are studying whether traumatic
brain injury (TBI) caused by battlefield explosions can
damage soldiers» pituitary glands in ways that cause
lasting health problems.
May 15, 2006 Full year of treatment helps infants and children with toxoplasmosis The first long - term study shows that treatment with pyrimethamine and sulfadiazine (two anti-parasitic drugs) during the first year of life leads to a
lasting reduction in
brain and eye
damage for children with congenital toxoplasmosis.
The
brain mapping capabilities of the transcranial magnetic stimulation demonstrated that a transient ischemic attack is in fact causing
brain damage which
lasts much longer than previously thought.
Substantial experimental data, over the
last decade, indicate that consuming berries prevent
brain damage and age - related memory loss.
Tony Manero:
Last time I came over, I almost got
brain damaged.
Undone by murdering his brother
last season, Dexter (Michael C. Hall) seems unable to, well, consummate his need to kill the unrighteous, while on «Brotherhood,» sexy thug Michael Caffee (Jason Isaacs) has been left partially
brain damaged after the cliff - hanging brutal attack by troubled friend / police officer Declan.
But the episode does cause some
brain damage, erasing the
last five years» worth of memories.
Uncontrolled generalized seizure activity that
lasts longer than 30 minutes can result in permanent
brain damage.
According to a report published by the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
last November, a variety of flea and tick pesticides contain chemicals called «organophosphate insecticides,» or OPs, which have been linked to
brain damage, harm to the human endocrine system, and certain kinds of cancer.
Any time the seizures are too frequent they can cause a process call «kindling» in which further (non-epileptic)
brain cells are affected adversely leading to the next set of seizures occurring even sooner or
lasting longer.8 Eventually some dogs have very frequent clusters of seizures happening multiple time in one day, or go into a continuous seizure (status epilepticus) which is life threatening and can lead to permanent
brain damage or death.
I, for one, am seriously considering heading to bed early instead of going to the local bar for some old - fashioned Newfoundland fiddle tunes on my
last night in St. John's... but then again, maybe I'll risk the
brain damage for a pint and some live music.
New research shows that just one concussion may cause
lasting structural
damage in the
brain.
A negligent mistake by an obstetrician can result in physical injuries to a newborn, and it can also lead to
lasting disorders, such as cerebral palsy, paralysis, and
brain damage.
Nijjar recently ran a report using a legal research tool and, in the
last 10 years, a summary table for Alberta compared to Ontario for severe
brain damage cases showed the largest award reported in Alberta was $ 1.74 million for future care costs, which takes up 90 per cent of all judgments.
Each year, thousands of New Yorkers are involved in accidents that lead to all types of injuries, including fractured and broken bones, joint and ligament
damage, head, neck and
brain injuries, burns and organ
damage, all of which can have long
lasting consequences.
The pharmacist in charge missed the mistake and little Emily, while receiving her
last dose of chemotherapy, died from an overdose of sodium chloride that resulted in
brain damage.
However, if the stress response is extreme and long -
lasting, and buffering relationships are unavailable to the child, the result can be
damaged, weakened systems and
brain architecture, with lifelong repercussions.