Sentences with phrase «of susceptible children»

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Finally, it is true that having no children also increases the risk of breast cancer, for two likely reasons: (1) The breasts never receive the benefit of a full - term pregnancy, which renders the breast tissue more mature and thus less susceptible to cancerous change; (2) The breasts are chronically stimulated with more cyclic surges of estradiol, without interruption by periods of pregnancy and lactation.

Fortunately, one of the beauties of living with a learning disabled child is that they are less susceptible to the current entitlement trends in society.

Hence, your premise that a mother's diet could affect the formation of antibodies, making the child more susceptible to diseases needs to be proven.

In susceptible families, cow's milk proteins may also increase the risk of a baby or child developing insulin - dependent diabetes mellitus.

If a child is brought up in a crime - ridden area, they will be susceptible to committing these same kinds of crimes.

Dr. Michael Commons and his colleagues of Harvard Medical School recently reported that children who sleep alone are more susceptible to post-traumatic stress disorders and personality disorders, and that these conditions are virtually unheard of in countries where co-sleeping is the norm.

Some recent studies also suggest that skipping breakfast may be associated with an increased prevalence of obesity and can make your child even more susceptible to gaining weight.

Both medical opinion and folk practice in the United States were still influenced by the centuries - old Galenic theories of health and disease, which dictated that eating fruit made people, especially children, susceptible to fevers.16 Properties inherent in fruits and vegetables were thought to cause severe diarrhea and dysentery, especially in the summer.

During this susceptible period, harmful chemicals can wreak havoc in our bodies and that of a developing child.

[19] Smaller, premature infants are more susceptible to the reflex, with an observed occurrence in a child of 26 weeks gestation.

Women are more susceptible to develop diastasis recti when over the age of 35, high birth weight of child, multiple birth pregnancy, and multiple pregnancies.

Triggers can make your child more susceptible to night terrors and affect the frequency of episodes, too.

After blood tests confirmed his allergy I talked to his doctor and she said that children of parents who have food allergies are more susceptible to food allergies themselves and so they should wait until the age of three to try foods that are highly allergenic.

Children are more susceptible to the effects of such chemicals that often reside in regular food.

«Unless we are concerned about the education of all children, not just our own, we may make people around the world susceptible to anti-American propaganda.»

And children are left susceptible to dangerous and discredited conversion efforts in the offices of so - called therapists licensed by the State of New York.

In 1988 Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont became concerned that children were more susceptible to pesticides than adults.

In addition, they found that children born at low birth weight were more susceptible to the respiratory effects of air pollution.

While various models have been proposed to explain why certain children who experienced trauma become susceptible to psychosis, physicians still do not have a clear understanding of this process.

In August, a national association of childrens» doctors published a fact sheet detailing concerns about fracking and warning that children are more susceptible to chemical exposure.

Lead author Elizabeth Egan, research fellow in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at Harvard Chan and instructor in pediatrics at Boston Children's Hospital, and colleagues developed a new technique to tap into a relatively unexplored area — identifying characteristics of a host red blood cell that make it susceptible to the parasites.

Because children are known to be more susceptible than adults to risks of cancer from radiation, Physicians for Social Responsibility, a U.S. antinuclear proliferation group, condemned the exposure limit as «unconscionable.»

«The value of a susceptible subpopulation like children,» says Gwen Collman of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, «is that it helps you get away from the mean, which may cloud the truth.

But while young athletes are susceptible to the ankle sprains, wrist fractures and other acute injuries that are common among competitors of all ages, numerous studies indicate that approximately half of the sports - related injuries among children and adolescents in this country are caused by overuse.

The study, led by psychological scientist Kristina Olson of the University of Washington, is one of the first to explore gender identity in transgender children using implicit measures that operate outside conscious awareness and are, therefore, less susceptible to modification than self - report measures.

«If we can go in and, during a pandemic, treat individuals that are either susceptible to flu — the elderly or young children — or basically everybody during that period of time and decolonize them,» he says, «we have a better chance of saving a lot of lives.»

The disease retards growth and causes bone defects in children and makes them susceptible to a variety of cancers.

In addition, the work of Kalkbrenner and her colleagues, building on previous studies, showed that women in the third trimester of pregnancy were more susceptible to the damaging effects of air pollution on their unborn child.

Possibilities include environmental toxins linked to crops or to plant decay by - products (e.g., bacterial / fungal toxins), as well as a combination of the former with agricultural practices, atmospheric chemistry, and an idiosyncratic immune reaction in genetically susceptible children (28, 29).

Kawasaki disease may be a hyperimmune reaction of genetically susceptible children to variants of normal environmental flora

The results of this study suggest that there are protective family environmental factors that may reduce the schizophrenia risk for a susceptible child by up to 86 %.

Instead, an immediate response in the form of an idiosyncratic immune reaction in genetically susceptible children that takes place within 24 h after inhalation of the etiologic trigger is further reinforced by our results.

We interrogated the P. falciparum blood stage proteome with plasma from resistant and susceptible two yr old children to identify parasite proteins that are the targets of protective antibody responses.

However, because the foetus receives different amounts of nutrients and shows defects in its ability to use these during development, the researchers believe that the child will still be more susceptible to metabolic dysfunction later in life.

Children's developing brains and nervous systems are susceptible to toxins and even small amounts of lead exposure add up over time, increasing risk of developmental effects.

Studies have been done linking The Pill to increased rates of breast cancer, especially in women who haven't had children yet (the breast tissue is more susceptible before milk production occurs).

In my own family, one of my children seems to be particularly susceptible to this type of infection after swimming.

The FDA currently holds the position that they have not found any conclusive evidence that food dyes cause behavior problems in children but that some children who are susceptible will notice increased symptoms of ADHD from consumption of food dyes:

A study of 379 children published in 2014 found that children provided with this probiotic strain were less susceptible to digestive issues or fever.

Those with celiac disease, the most well - known gluten - sensitivity condition, suffer with inflammation and damage to the lining of the small intestine resulting in diarrhea, malabsorption and nutritional deficiencies.28, 29 Gluten troubles have been linked to failure to thrive in infants and delayed growth in older children.30 Research reveals that non-celiac gluten sensitivity, or immune reactions to gluten, may affect as many as 90 million Americans.28 Kenneth Fine, MD, director of the Intestinal Health Institute in Dallas, Texas believes 60 - 70 percent of the population possesses the genes that make a person susceptible to developing gluten sensitivity.31

A child of a parent with an autoimmune disease such as Hashimoto's hypothyroidism may be more genetically susceptible to autoimmunity.

The agency could not have predicted the advances in science that would uncover not only the addiction - like process that compels us to gobble up these foods, nor could they have predicted the mechanisms that reveal how these foods can change the expression of our genetic material and predispose a generation of children to metabolic disorders, including obesity and diabetes.13, 14 The agency could not have guessed that its recommendations would have especially devastating effects on minorities whom scientists believe may be genetically susceptible to diseases related to a diet high in processed grains and cereal products.15, 16

Another study in the U.S. showed that genetically susceptible children fed cow's milk as infants had a risk of disease that was 11.3 times greater than children who did not have these genes and who were breast - fed for at least three months.

Children may be at their most susceptible to physical disorders caused by inappropriate furniture during adolescence, says one of leading researchers in the field, Professor Leon Straker, Director of Research in the School of Physiotherapy at Curtin University.

«In the third part of my book, and perhaps the most controversial, I argue that children's willingness to listen to other people and trust them makes them susceptible to all kinds of things,» Harris says.

Children's breathing rates are higher in relation to their body weight than adults, so they are particularly susceptible to the effects of ultra ‑ fine PM2.5 particles.

Gaab also theorizes that children who are born susceptible to dyslexia have atypical brain development in the left hemisphere, which makes it difficult for them to develop components of the language and reading network there.

High priority for hydration Young children have a higher proportion of body water than adults, and are therefore less heat tolerant and more susceptible to dehydration.

California teachers unions also oppose the plan, warning in a June letter that the waiver sets up a «privatized «shadow» system of education in California» that leaves children «susceptible to market exploitation and profiteering.»

If your child is susceptible to violent messages, then you might see marketing of violent media and toys (linked to violent behavior) as the worst potential effect of marketing to children.