Sentences with phrase «of a disorder associated»

After a decade of speculation, argument, and analysis — often filled with vitriol on both sides — the court specifically denied any link between the combination of the MMR vaccine and vaccines with thimerosal (a mercury - based preservative) and the spectrum of disorders associated with autism.

Perry Renshaw, MD, PhD, director of the Brain Imaging Center at McLean Hospital and senior author stated, «The development of an inexpensive, widely available intervention such as yoga that has no side effects but is effective in alleviating the symptoms of disorders associated with low GABA levels has clear public health advantage.

These differences in growth rates explain why large and giant breeds have a greater risk of disorders associated with growth and highlight the fact that the requirements of puppies of different breeds are not the same and must be tailored to specific needs.

Not exact matches

And Crispr - Cas9 isn't even the only type of Crispr out there: On April 12, researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center announced they had successfully paired the gene - editing tool with a different kind of enzyme, called Cpf1, to correct mutations associated with the devastating muscle - wasting disorder Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Doctors can snap pictures of their patients and upload them to FDNA's mobile app, which then spits out a list of disorders they might have by analyzing telltale facial features associated with those conditions (the tech is not a diagnostic tool, but rather a way to narrow down the list of possible genetic suspects).

«Research has shown that puberty, unfortunately, is associated with the onset of psychological disorders, specifically depression,» Sheftall told NPR.

Fernando Pagan, a GUMC associate professor of neurology who directs the Movement Disorders Program at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, said that to his knowledge, the study «represents the first time a therapy appears to reverse — to a greater or lesser degree depending on stage of disease — cognitive and motor decline in patients with these neurodegenerative disorders.»

The proclivity to detect and dwell on stressors and threats — a tendency that unites neurotics — explains why the personality trait is not just associated with experiences of fear, moodiness, worry and frustration but also a higher - than - average risk factor for common mental disorders.

It could have been PTSD; it could have been Reactive Attachment Disorder; it could have been any number of traumas associated with being bounced through six homes in four years; and it definitely could have been your basic four - year - old temper tantrum... but the effect was the same.

So it is not at all surprising that presently another popularly chosen leader, after succeeding in the crisis that had called him forth, was frankly acclaimed as king, perhaps through the scheming of his friends; but also it is entirely possible that he was chosen by spontaneous action of the associated tribes who actually felt, as it recorded in a late account of the incident, that the exigencies of the disordered time required them to have a king, as did other nations.

Charles C. Hewitt summarizes his findings, in «A Personality Study of Alcohol Addiction,» as follows: «Alcohol addiction, in the group studied in this survey, seems to be associated, with but few exceptions, with deep personality disorders.

com/nri/journal/v16/n1/full/nri.2015.5.html) which I have attempted to summarise, the authors detail how inflammatory responses can account for some of the stresses associated with depression and other anxiety disorders.

Additionally, there is evidence from longitudinal studies showing that increased egg consumption is associated with a lower risk of heart disease and metabolic disorders (8).

I would hope any adult or child who has been given a mood associated disorder such as ADHD, ADD or anxiety / depression or a respiratory diagnosis such as asthma, would try a paleo diet before they let themselves think there is no hope of life without prescription drugs.

The committee included an international group of academics with expertise in various aspects of food culture and gastronomy such as Joxe Mari Aizega, General Manager of Basque Culinary Center; Jorge Ruiz Carrascal, Professor of the Department of Food Science at the University of Copenhagen; Marta Miguel Castro, a Research Associate at the CIAL Institute of Research in Food Science, who studies how food components could prevent disorders such as diabetes and obesity; Melina Shannon Dipietro, executive director of Rene Redzepi's MAD project; and Dr F. Xavier Medina, author, social anthropologist and leading scholar of Food and Culture at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) in Barcelona.

There are also some controlled trials associating wheat gluten with various disorders of the brain, including schizophrenia, autism and cerebellar ataxia (45, 46, 47).

Some studies suggest regular chocolate intake is associated with a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease and mood disorders.

«I've begun hearing about doctors around the country who are medicating their patients with nature in order to prevent or treat health problems ranging from heart disease to attention deficit disorder,» says Daphne Miller, MD, family physician and associate clinical professor at the University of California, San Francisco.

«Our behavior is driven by our perception of our world, so if children feel they are not getting enough time and attention from parents then those feelings have to go somewhere and it appears in interaction with their peers,» said Christie - Mizell, an associate professor of sociology and licensed psychologist specializing in family therapy and the treatment of children with mood and behavior disorders.

John Ratey, M.D., associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and author of Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain, prescribes exercise for kids with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (and everyone else) because it boosts moods, relieves stress, and improves learning and memory.

The ICM 10, another internationally recognized psychiatry diagnostic tool, says that postpartum depression is a mental and behavioral disorder associated with the delivery of a child, within six weeks.

According to Joyce Walsleben, associate professor at the NYU School of Medicine's Sleep Disorder Center, and an internationally recognized authority in the field of sleep disorders, «twenty minutes keeps you from upsetting your schedules, getting into deeper sleep, and waking up groggy and refreshing you enough to continue safely.»

«We call postpartum anxiety the hidden disorder because so few moms recognize it and it goes undiagnosed,» says Jonathan Abramowitz, Ph.D., associate chairman of psychology and director of the Anxiety and Stress Disorders Clinic at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Along with associated symptoms, there are a number of psychiatric disorders that are commonly found in children and adolescents who have been traumatized.

There are lots of other symptoms associated with serious disorders for infants.

They may be aware of the greater risk for mood disorders such as depression and anxiety associated with sleep loss; the substantial impairment in cognitive abilities such as sustained attention, short - term memory, information processing, and school performance; or the increased risk for motor vehicle accidents that accompanies lack of sleep.

SM is associated with anxiety and may be an extreme form of social phobia according to researchers and clinicians who are familiar with the disorder (Black & Uhde, 1995; Dow et al., 1995, Dummit et al., 1997, Kristensen, 2001; Leonard & Dow, 1995).

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A history of mental health disorder, decreased perception of maternal well - being, decreased maternal comfort regarding her infant, and decreased perception of family cohesion were also associated with possible depression at one month post discharge.»

Poverty, and the associated insecurity, experienced by torture survivors living on asylum support in the UK reinforces symptoms of depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.

These disorders — insomnia, restless leg syndrome, jet lag — can worsen other health issues, like blood pressure, anxiety and cardiovascular disease, says Karen Klingman, PhD, an associate professor of nursing at Upstate University Hospital.

In addition to aiding veterans on the road to recovery via access to treatment for substance abuse, PTSD and other combat - related disorders, the new Veteran Treatment Tracks will provide a range of support services to address associated problems, such as unemployment and homelessness.

«The new FDA - approved drug nusinersen may have a «ceiling effect,» in that it may not completely treat the disorder,» says Charlotte Sumner, M.D., associate professor of neurology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

«The level of psychosocial morbidity and suicidality associated with BPD is as great, or greater, than that experienced by patients with bipolar disorder,» said Zimmerman, director of outpatient psychiatry at Rhode Island Hospital and director of the Rhode Island Methods to Improve Diagnostic Assessment and Services (MIDAS) project.

Passing through a stem cell stage resets the developmental clock to an embryonic - like state, wiping out the age - associated effects of the disorder.

Today, mental health problems associated to minor disorders are a significant health problem that consumes a large amount of health resources in both doctor appointments and medicines apart from being one of the main causes of medicalization of everyday life.

A new mouse model of a genetically - linked type of autism reveals more about the role of genes in the disorder and the underlying brain changes associated with autism's social and learning problems.

Parents trying to help their children manage the constellation of symptoms associated with autism have had few drug options available to treat key aspects of the disorder.

Previous studies have shown that inherited mutations in a gene (called TMLHE) that is required for carnitine biosynthesis are strongly associated with risk for development of autism - spectrum disorders, but the basis for that association has been unclear — until now.

«The results are novel, as this sensitive and comprehensive testing has revealed how prenatal and early postnatal immune activation may regulate core behavioral signs associated with ASD and certain other developmental disorders through changes in signal flow between different structural components of behavior - driving neural circuits,» said Bolshakov.

Lambert - Eaton syndrome, an autoimmune disorder frequently associated with small - cell carcinoma of the lung, is characterized by impaired evoked release of acetylcholine from the motor nerve terminal.

One important way of studying the «social brain» is to look at what happens in the brain during neuro - developmental disorders associated with atypical social abilities.

For example, high levels of cholesterol are associated with a lower rate of neurological disorders, such as Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease.

Unlike other autoimmune disorders with associated risk factors, APECED is clearly caused by a mutation in a single gene, based on analyses of affected families.

These results can also be used by researchers studying the genetic underpinnings of mental disorders, as they indicate that the same genes might be associated with increased risk for various psychiatric disorders.»

A drug that acts like a growth - promoting protein in the brain reduces degeneration and motor deficits associated with Huntington's disease in two mouse models of the disorder, according to a study appearing November 27 in the Journal of Neuroscience.

Scientists know that accumulation of somatic DNA mutations is a feature of aging, though little data exists on the role of such mutations in age - associated disorders beyond cancer.

Conditions that cause the brain's receptors to stop functioning properly are often mistaken for schizophrenia or bipolar disorder because these diseases are associated with a decrease in activity of the NMDA receptors, which control how someone thinks, makes decisions, and perceives the world around them.

«While dopamine has limited reach in the brain, any dysfunction in glutamate would be expected to have the sort of widespread effects we see in the perceptual disorders associated with schizophrenia,» says Albright.

For example, levels of estrogen and androgen receptors were upregulated in female - associated placentas while inflammatory markers associated with increased risk of behavioral disorders were upregulated in placentas from both sexes.