Sentences with phrase «of brain conditions»

The research examined spinal injuries but likely has implications for treating a number of brain conditions through gene therapy targeting astrocytes, said Dr. Mark Goldberg, Chairman of Neurology & Neurotherapeutics at UT Southwestern.

• INSIGHTEC, an Israeli medical device company specializing in non-invasive treatment of brain conditions using MR - guided focused ultrasound, raised $ 150 million in Series E funding.

Ornithine is used for improving athletic performance, reducing glutamine poisoning in the treatment of a brain condition due to liver disease (hepatic encephalopathy), and for wound healing.

Not exact matches

He eventually plans to merge his robotics brain with clothing design to put sensors into apparel that both could measure a person's vital signs and the conditions of his or her surroundings.

This appears to be the first US case of a baby born with microcephaly, a condition in which the brain is abnormally small, after having a Zika infection.

«One of the things that's happening in meditation is that you're literally conditioning your brain, so you can think of it as a workout,» Pennell says.

The condition mainly affects the retina, a layer at the back of the eyeball that picks up light and sends that info to the brain, where it's translated into images.

Autoimmune conditions that affect the brain only represent a fraction of all autoimmune diseases.

There's no equivalent diagnostic for disorders of the brain — a shortfall that's made it difficult for millions of people with conditions ranging from anxiety to obsessive - compulsive disorder to get treatment.

It's not a matter of trying hard, but trying consistently over the long term — conditioning your brain to enter that dream state without resistance.

By then, the economic burden of brain health will be higher than those of cancer, diabetes and respiratory conditions combined.

The condition, in which infants are born with abnormally small heads and underdeveloped brains, is estimated to cost $ 10 million over the lifetime of one child.

Is the human intellectual concept of personhood applied to an anencephelic fetus, and which ones with all the various genetic variations of the condition where the fetus has no brain, or part of a brain?

While any knowledge of God must indeed be conditioned by human experience, Ashbrook and Albright actually claim much more than this: that the brain not only patterns our experience of God, but its very structure can inform us of God's nature.

It takes a lot to overcome that kind of conditioning, but you can do it if you use your brain and think about it logically and honestly, without factoring in your preconceived ideas.

Innocence of the ghastly conditions of their particular human crisis - grinding poverty, economic slavery, disease; malnutrition that stunts the development of the brain and maims intelligence; thwarted, inhibited stature, physical and psychological shockingly premature death - innocence of this awful truth is at a furious pace giving way to a new consciousness and conscience, to conscientization.

It basically triggers the effect of feeling a divine presence by subjecting the brain to weak magnetic pulses, but some drugs and other conditions have done the same.

The percipient qua external event is an effect of other events (e.g., light signals must reach the retina and brain for the wall to be green); and perceiving is conditioned by the percipient and its causal relations.

I find it amazing that so many brain dead idiots who claim there is no God... or that he's ok with all facets of the human condition... come to an article «The Christian Case for Gay Marriage»...

Hasker's third proposition is that for the problem of divine non-intervention to be a real problem, «we must be able to identify specific kinds of cases in which God morally ought to intervene but does not» Many critics of (traditional) theism probably already have a more or less vague list of such cases, which might include genocidal events, such as the Nazi holocaust and the Rwandan massacre; wars; large - scale natural disasters; conditions of chronic poverty, in which millions of children die from starvation or are permanently stunted because of inadequate protein; the sexual molestation of children, which often leaves them psychologically scarred for the rest of their lives; death preceded by long, painful illnesses, such as cancer or AIDS, or by mind - destroying conditions, such as Alzheimer's disease; and the kinds of events described by Dostoyevski, such as the soldier using his pistol to get a mother's baby to giggle with delight and then blowing its brains out.

Days after the report was released, the NFL released an official statement acknowledging the findings, but also suggesting that they may not be representative of all of the league's players: «The report doesn't confirm that the condition is common in all football players; it reflects high occurrence in samples at the Boston brain bank that studies CTE,» they wrote.

After Cyndy learned of the condition, which causes parts of the brain to slowly die, she began researching some of the symptoms, and suddenly, Grant's plunge into addiction following his retirement at age 32 started to make sense.

So choose from any varieties of apples you enjoy, but you may want to consider buying them organic since regular apples are high in pesticides linked to brain impairments and severe health conditions.

He cites research that demonstrates blueberries protect the brain from oxidative stress and thus the effects of neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer's disease or dementia.

Some of the medical studies I used as a reference are: Caloric restriction and intermittent fasting: Two potential diets for successful brain aging and Dietary Factors, Hormesis and Health, found on the US National Library of Medicine Site, Cardioprotection by Intermittent Fasting in Rats on the American Heart Association Site and Effect of Ramadan intermittent fasting on aerobic and anaerobic performance and perception of fatigue in male elite judo athletes from the Journal of Strength and conditioning research.

Early adversity, scientists have come to understand, not only affects the conditions of children's lives, it can also alter the physical development of their brains.

In addition, delayed identification increases the risk of long - term problems such as early dementia, depression, more rapid aging of the brain, or of the devastating degenerative neurological condition known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy or CTE (although medical science has not come close to quantifying that risk).

Landon was diagnosed with hypernatremic dehydration (a high concentration of sodium in the blood), cardiac arrest from hypovolemic shock (a condition where the liquid portion of the blood is dangerously low), and hypoxic - ischemic encephalopathy (a brain injury caused by oxygen deprivation).

Another great resource I discovered that deals directly with the human condition is a website I came across recently which addresses the «dark side» of our human condition that is a result of a biological struggle between our instinctive brain and our intellect.

I have a genetic condition that causes problems in the motor sensory areas of the brain, and it ain't fun, lady.

Early adversity, scientists have come to understand, can not only affect the conditions of children's lives, it can alter the physical development of their brains as well.

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) is the same disease found in the brains of numerous NFL players, a condition born from concussions.

But I've been watching a lot of the TV show «Hoarders,» and I've realized that a) people who are hoarders have an illness or brain condition, and b) I have that brain condition to a lesser degree.

However, management of the condition (with diet and possibly medication) allows your baby's brain to develop normally.

The corticosteroid reduces the chances that the premature baby will have respiratory distress syndrome or intraventricular hemorrhage, a condition where there is bleeding into the ventricles of the brain.

In addition, leading up to the point where there is brain injury and compromise to the infant's life are days of constant crying and nursing in response to severe hunger and thirst caused by the fasting conditions imposed by the WHO BFHI, a phenomenon called

It's been shown to lower the risk of having a baby with a neural tube defect like spina bifida, a serious condition in which the brain and spinal cord don't form normally.

In addition, leading up to the point where there is brain injury and compromise to the infant's life are days of constant crying and nursing in response to severe hunger and thirst caused by the fasting conditions imposed by the WHO BFHI, a phenomenon called «Second Night Syndrome.»

For parents seeking a resource to help their children with any of the conditions or challenges mentioned in this article, Brain Gym is a win - win - win.

From what I remember, she discussed Z's blood glucose condition, the dangers of hypoglycemia to her brain and body functions and the «simple» remedy - administering glucose water to regulate her glucose levels.

Resulting from the shrinking in the overall volume of brain cells, baby brain is an extremely common condition for pregnant women in their third trimester.

In their latest piece of research, US scientists have found that «baby brain» doesn't exist and the condition is in fact «all in the mind» and a «stereotype».

Studies done of neglected children who did not receive adequate affection from another human being showed that these poor babies often suffered from chronic stress, a condition which may negatively effect the parts of the brain responsible for memory, focus and learning.

BCST encourages health in the brain and nervous system, has been known to be effective in assisting the prevention of chronic conditions.

Placing a shunt or tube in the ventricles — The placement of a shunt in the brain allows our team to drain the spinal fluid that has built up in the ventricles and direct it to other parts of the body, alleviating the enlarged ventricles that have caused the condition.

Yes, most of the brain is developed before age 5, and when a child is left to cry, it induces stress on the brain, so the brain is developing under stressful conditions.

Autism is a brain - based condition that affects a lot of children and their families.

Cord blood stem cells can be used to treat dozens of diseases and are being tested in FDA - regulated clinical trials to help people with autism, brain injury, and other conditions.

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a term for a group of complex neurobiological (brain) conditions that affect children and adults.

In rare cases, vomiting can be a symptom of a serious condition, such as a blockage of the digestive tract (pyloric stenosis), an infection (meningitis) of the fluid (cerebrospinal fluid) and tissues (meninges) that surround the brain and spinal cord, or Reye syndrome.