Sentences with phrase «like brain tumor»

This benefit will cover 36 ailments like brain tumor, cancer, kidney failure etc..

With the high heels... it looks promising, but just like the brain tumors it still has plenty of potential to fizzle out.

That is not the case with things like brain tumors, brain inflammation or hydrocephalus - all of which can result in symptoms similar to HE.

Indeed, masses caused by infections (for example abscesses or fungal granulomas) can look like brain tumors on brain images.

Not exact matches

First hand knowledge of mental illness shows you that ill people have the capacity to live good lives, unfortunately for them they have a mental disease like a tumor invading their brain... what you don't seem to understand is anything is a weapon.

When you eventually get a serious disease like cancer or a brain tumor or an arthritic hip (because you will — we're all just temporarily healthy) let us know how that «reversible» thing works out for you.

Brain tumors, diabetes, lymphoma, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, and emotional disorders like depression and anxiety, dizziness, headaches, nausea, mental confusion, and seizures have all been linked to consuming fake sugars.

Because Kraft, Coca Cola and Wal - mart are living proof that is possible for giant corporations to make and sell kid - friendly, family - friendly, and healthy processed foods so that we can give our kids some special treats — like the U.K. versions of Starburst and Skittles, for example — without necessarily exposing them to a chemical cocktail that might also give them brain tumors, or leukemia, or the symptoms of ADHD, as the Center for Science in the Public Interest recently highlighted in their report «Rainbow of Risks».

If we can boost the immune system and allow microglia to do their job and control brain tumor stem cells, it would be like removing the seed from the soil — stopping the tumor growth before it starts to get out of control.»

«The whole concept,» he says, «is to slip in and out like a thief in the night, stealing the tumor without ever waking the sleeping brain.»

«We need to get the [tumor] stem cells to grow in an environment much more like a patient's brain,» he said.

Another is that the transplanted bits of tumor act nothing like cancers in actual human brains, Fine and colleagues reported in 2006: Real - life glioblastomas grow and spread and resist treatment because they contain what are called tumor stem cells, but tumor stem cells don't grow well in the lab, so they don't get transplanted into those mouse brains.

We get heavily hyped drugs like Avastin, which shrank tumors without adding significant time to cancer patients» lives (and increased the incidence of heart failure and blood clots to boot); Avandia, which lowered blood sugar in diabetics but raised the average risk of heart attack by 43 percent; torcetrapib, which raised both good cholesterol and death rates; and Flurizan, which reduced brain plaque but failed to slow the cognitive ravages of Alzheimer's disease before trials were finally halted in 2008.

Diffusion tensor images like this one (rendered differently than the previous image) can reveal how a brain tumor has affected neuron connections or can help guide brain surgery.

Findings published in Oncotarget offer new hope for children with highly aggressive brain tumors like atypical teratoid / rhabdoid tumor (AT / RT) and medulloblastoma.

Previously, the authors of the study have shown that an experimental drug that inhibits polo - like kinase 4 (PLK4) stopped pediatric brain tumor growth in vitro.

They tagged it with a molecule that acts like a flashlight, causing brain tumors to «light up» during surgery so the margins can be seen more easily.

Research from the Pediatric Cancer Genome Project has identified new mutations in pediatric brain tumors known as high - grade gliomas, including tumors like diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma pictured in this MRI.

«We are now working to understand how this newly recognized source of DNA damage might contribute to tumor development or the age - related DNA damage in the brain that is associated with neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's disease,» said co-corresponding author Peter McKinnon, Ph.D., a member of the St. Jude Department of Genetics.

Although vaccination induces an inflammatory response during pregnancy, the magnitude and the duration of response is much lower and shorter, respectively, for influenza vaccination than viral infection.27 Like infection, influenza vaccination during pregnancy has been reported to induce a transient increase in the levels of a number of proinflammatory cytokines, including interleukin 6, tumor necrosis factor α, and C - reactive protein.27 - 30 Studies on mice found an association between high interleukin - 6 levels during pregnancy and abnormal behavior and brain structure.19 However, in epidemiological studies, associations between maternal cytokine levels and ASD have been mixed.

There are many different kinds of headaches, some (like tension headaches and migraines) are fairly common, others (like sinus headaches or headaches caused by brain tumors) are relatively rare.

It's like taking a tumor, putting it in a blender, then injecting it directly into your Lymphatic system, Pancreas, Liver, Kidneys, Heart, Brain, Face, Colon, — your choice.

I'm not sure if the upset stomach was because I was already a tad woozy from the flu, but the splitting headache was no doubt caused by this production which stars absolutely no one and elicits no laughs whatsoever, unless one finds things like projectile vomiting, urinating on people, being drunk and stoned to the point of annoyance, being spanked with a cricket bat, automobile accidents, people being thrown from balconies and beaten senseless, animal abuse, making fun of the mentally ill, parental violence and, probably worst of all, a throbbing and brain tumor - inducing rap soundtrack that pulsates ceaselessly throughout this unmitigated disaster, fun.

If your dog has a seizures caused by a brain tumor or infection / inflammation in the central nervous system (CNS), we might see neurologic signs like uneven pupils.

Symptoms — Many dogs with brain tumors show vague signs like changes in behavior.

There are physical health problems that can cause similar signs, things like hyperthyroidism or certain tumors, but many of these cats just no longer possess their youthful brain function.

As with people, brain surgery is performed on animals for a variety of ailments, including surgical removal of brain tumors, correction of brain anomalies (e.g., Chiara - like malformation), removal of blood clots (e.g. subdural hematoma) and placement of shunts in patients with hydrocephalus.

Other underlying causes are increased pressure within the pet's brain (hydrocephalus), liver or kidney disease, low blood sugar, brain tumors, vitamin B - 1 deficiency, feline immunodeficiency virus (feline AIDS), rabies, insecticides, antifreeze and migrating parasites (like baylisascaris).

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The diseases that look most like GME are brain tumors and reticulosis.

If your vet suspects your dog has a brain tumor, he will most likely recommend diagnostic tests like an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) or CAT (computed axial topography).

Jimena was even surprised to see him read the book cover - to - cover, as she tells us that his brain tumor makes things like reading difficult.

Areas of investigation include spinal cord injury, encephalitis, chiari - like malformations, hereditary movement disorders, brain tumors, and canine idiopathic epilepsy — a chronic condition affecting some four million dogs that is characterized by recurring seizures.

Furthermore, if you think critically (and objectively — something you seem to have trouble with by the looks of your article), People who are «hardcore» dedicated gamers take issue with Call of Duty, not because «they like Battlefield 3 better», but more because they see the CoD franchise as a tumor on the brain of the gaming industry.

The Cochran Firm Disability Lawyers helps families like yours in their attempts to gain Social Security disability benefits for family members who have been seriously affected by a brain tumor.

i cry like a baby when 5 yr old kasey, whom has a brain tumor, gets up and sings god is so good... im tearing up now just thinking about her.