Sentences with phrase «less blood flow in»

As the authors expected, a higher waist - to - height ratio was associated with less blood flow in certain areas of the brain involved in attention, memory, reasoning, and judgment.

Relative to ordinary participants, the steely performers also showed less blood flow in a part of the brain that helps govern emotional responses, the anterior cingulate cortex.

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For example, how is that a sea lion, once they enter the water, that it's heart rate drops, blood vessels constrict, and lungs begins to collapse, whereby blood flows as usual to the heart and brain, but less reaches non-vital organs for swimming, and are now able to draw on oxygen in the muscles and blood?

According to Cleveland Clinic: «In addition to having antioxidant qualities, research shows that flavanols have other potential influences on vascular health, such as lowering blood pressure, improving blood flow to the brain and heart, and making blood platelets less sticky and able to clot.»

These fast twitch muscle fibres take longer to recover as less blood and oxygen flows through them in comparison to slow twitch fibres.

I changed my sleeping position in favor of one that was less comfortable, but better for blood flow.

And believe it or not, spicy foods can help ramp up blood flow to your baby in a way that makes you feel less faint.

Lecithin is for anyone, it is a poly - unsaturated fat so it helps by lowering the plaque in our blood, reducing cholesterol, and it works in breastfeeding mothers by making the breast milk less sticky so it will flow better, reducing the risk of clogged milk ducts.

Less blood flows to the digestive system and other organs that do not assist in fleeing or fighting, producing dry mouth, motor agitation, sweating, pallor, enlarged pupils and over the long term, insomnia.

Small vessel disease occurs due to microangiopathy of arterioles in the brain, making these arteries less flexible, which can interfere with blood flow.

Painful blockages of arteries in the legs — called peripheral arterial obstructive disease, or PAOD — are less familiar than the ones that cut off blood flow to the heart, but they can be just as dangerous.

July 24, 1997 New device permits less invasive approach to leg surgery The University of Chicago Hospitals is one of three medical centers in the United States using a new device, developed by Baxter Healthcare Corp., to restore blood flow to the leg for patients with advanced peripheral vascular disease, the leading cause of amputations in the United States.

Treated ePTFE tubings were also observed with less amount of fibronectin (Figure 4D) adhered to them after blood flow assay, which indicates decrease in thrombogenic nature [34]--[36].

When you work out in the heat, your body shuttles more blood to the skin in order to help heat escape — meaning less blood flows to the muscles and brain, causing fatigue to set in faster.

The study also found that the restriction of blood flow that happens in the arteries after eating a high - fat meal was mitigated by the avocado: There was significantly less of a reduction in blood flow in the volunteers» arteries after they ate the avocado - topped burger compared to after they ate the plain burger.

In a small new study of retired NFL players, researchers found that overweight players had less blood flow to key areas of the brain and lower scores on mental - function tests than former players of normal weight.

Individuals having chronic fatigue syndrome had a lot less change in blood flow to the basal ganglia between losing and winning compared to the healthy individuals.

When women's estrogen levels decrease during menopause, blood vessels can become rigid and less responsive to changes in blood flow and blood flow - altering mediators such as nitric oxide.

Heat relaxes the muscles of the uterus, which results in less pain and increased blood flow.

The stiffening of the heart muscle and of the vessels in it can lead to the reduction or stopping of blood flow through the heart, which can in turn lead to less blood flowing to the other organs.

Scientific evidence demonstrates regular exercise improves your productivity, sleep quality and blood flow to your brain, 1 while reducing the development of damaging neurological plaques.2 Unfortunately, less than 25 percent of Americans over the age of 45 engage in resistance exercises, 3 which are among the most important exercises to stay fit and healthy.

Lower body fat in both males and females has about 67 % less blood flow, and has 87 % less hormone sensitive lipase activity (HSL).

A better solution — and, happily, a much less invasive one — is drug therapy to reduce blood cholesterol (and therefore plaque), to thin the blood (improving flow), and, in some cases, to limit the pace of the heart (easing its burden).

Warming up prevents injuries by loosening your joints, and improving blood flow to your muscles — making your muscles less likely to rip, tear, or twist in a harmful way during your workout.

TPE is an apheresis (removal of impurities from blood) treatment in which plasma contaminated with damaging auto - antibodies, toxins or abnormal proteins is separated from the patient's flowing blood and exchanged with donor plasma that is returned to the patient to render the patient less susceptible to or free from immunologic attack or other pathologic processes.

A decrease in cardiac output or less vascular resistance reduces arterial pressure and may result in reduction of cerebral blood flow.

The pumping function of the heart becomes less efficient; the liver and kidneys decrease in weight and their ability to filter toxins decreases; the thyroid and adrenal glands may decrease or increase the amount of hormone that they produce; there is a decrease in joint cartilage and muscle mass; dental disease is more common in older patients; and even the nervous system is affected as there is a decrease in blood flow to the brain and a decrease in brain function.

Using a grooming glove can quickly eliminate dead hairs and will massage the cat's skin, improving the blood flow, resulting in less shedding.