Sentences with phrase «other environmental triggers»

Molina V, Shoenfeld Y. Infection, vaccines and other environmental triggers of autoimmunity.

If we haven't already addressed other underlying causes like, gluten intolerance, heavy metal exposure, and other environmental triggers we would explore these areas now as well.

4 - D printing is an emerging technology that allows 3 - D - printed components to change their shape over time after exposure to heat, light, humidity and other environmental triggers.

Not exact matches

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The receptor helps the body regulate its reaction to certain environmental contaminants, as well as triggers other responses to toxin exposure.

However, they provide «exciting new evidence» that some intestinal microbes might inhibit key anti-inflammatory molecules and help trigger MS, he says, together with other genetic and environmental factors.

Chinese officials staged a sudden about - face, acknowledging for the first time that the massive hydroelectric dam, sandwiched between breathtaking cliffs on the Yangtze River in central China, may be triggering landslides, altering entire ecosystems and causing other serious environmental problems — and, by extension, endangering the millions who live in its shadow.

Engineering strategies include identifying and modifying poorly designed intersections, badly coordinated traffic signals and other environmental «triggers» that can foster aggressive driving.

Lupus is considered a genetic disease and is triggered not only by inhaling crystalline silica toxicants, but also by other environmental factors such as sun exposure.

The onset of winter, drought, or other environmental stress will trigger some of D. magna's developing parthenogenetic offspring to become males, who then mate with the parthenogenetic females.

He suspects that H5N1 infection alone is insufficient to cause Parkinson's, but it may make the brain more susceptible, especially in combination with other factors, such as unlucky genetics, another environmental trigger, or simply old age.

Neuroscientists have known that stimuli — sensory experiences such as touch or sound, metabolic changes, injury and other environmental experiences — can trigger the activation of genetic programs within the brain.

If other protozoans also use environmental cues to trigger mating, this may explain why so few of them exhibit sexual behaviour in lab cultures.

In humans and other primates, the ovulatory cycle has become spontaneous, generally on a set schedule that requires neither an environmental trigger nor a male.

For example, because one's genes generally aren't subject to change, any change in the influence or expression of one's genes is likely «triggered» by other biological and / or environmental processes.

A paper by Ian Dalziel of The University of Texas at Austin's Jackson School of Geosciences, published in the November issue of Geology, a journal of the Geological Society of America, suggests a major tectonic event may have triggered the rise in sea level and other environmental changes that accompanied the apparent burst of life.

Myriad control switches help to arbitrate how genes get expressed in different cells and tissues, and those switches are often triggered by maternal diet, toxic exposures and many other environmental factors.

These environmental factors associated with triggering schizophrenia includ stress and substance abuse, as well as many other factors [see the long list of environmental factors associated with schizophrenia]

He said about half the cases of schizophrenia, which usually manifests itself during late adolescence or early adulthood, were probably caused by the genes with the other half due to environmental triggers.

The mind and the body influence each other according to physical sensations and mental or environmental triggers.

Potential environmental triggers include fatigue, stress, infection, exposure to ultraviolet light, and taking certain types of medicines, namely sulfa drugs (which make people more sensitive to sunlight), penicillin or other antibiotics, and tetracycline.

While you need the gene for the disease to be triggered, «there are other factors that facilitate the onset of celiac, one of which is environmental,» he says.

Other potential environmental triggers include ultraviolet light, certain drugs, infections, exhaustion, and mental or physical stress or trauma.

In other cases, environmental allergens, like pollen, can be a trigger.

You may need to repair your gut through gut healing protocols like the GAPS Diet or Autoimmune Paleo and you should certainly look for environmental, seasonal and other potential allergens that could be triggering you or your child's eczema.

Other common triggers are a diet of highly refined carbohydrates, food additives, environmental contaminants, inadequate digestive enzymes, and exposure to chronic stress (especially mental / emotional) which reduces blood flow to the gut leaving it unable to repair itself.

Many environmental triggers are known to activate asthmatic symptoms, such as cold air, chlorine, food and other allergies and even working out (leading to the so - called «exercise - induced asthma» name), but these don't cause asthma.

Chronic stress, environmental toxins, diets low in nutrients but high in inflammatory triggers, sleep deprivation, smoking, sugar, excess alcohol, and other stressors slowly deplete glutathione levels.

There may be multiple chemical triggers or other environmental factors involved.

For example, some women with PCOS have more inflammation triggered by stress, environmental factors, or dietary choices while others are more prone to insulin - resistance.

Other issues could be reactivity to certain food, environmental trigger?

In the second stage, an ordinary exposure to an environmental compound, whether it is traffic exhaust, fragrances, a drug, or other chemical, suddenly triggers an immune response.

So if we're all carrying around a toxic burden, why do environmental chemicals triggers multiple chemical sensitivities, autoimmunity, and other chronic health issues in some people and not others?

Key Insight: Other triggers that can cause a higher likelihood of developing this disease include environmental toxins and immune stressors.

Some migraine sufferers are able to identify dietary or environmental factors that trigger an attack, such as sensitivity to dietary histamines, sulfates or sulfites, monosodium glutamate (MSG), other additives and preservatives, or changes in barometric pressure.

While some children withstand the assaults of modern life relatively unscathed, the child with autism has neurologically - based reactions to foods, vaccines, viruses, environmental chemicals, or other immune triggers.

Hypothyroidism can be inherited but it can also be triggered by pollutants, allergies and other environmental factors.

Free radicals are the natural by - products of cell change; smoke, radiation and other environmental factors can trigger cell change and the resulting free radicals, too.

Sometimes the fixes are simple, the result immediate, other times it takes more work, including environmental management, positive reinforcement and an understanding of the triggers.

As an Adoption Coordinator for Southern States Rescued Rottweilers, I've encountered Rottweilers that endured extreme hardships, exposed to many scary environmental triggers, and have every right to be aggressive toward humans and other dogs, but they choose to be kind!

Although sea - level rise typically is slow compared to many environmental changes, even this type of gradual sea - level rise may force other systems to cross thresholds and trigger abrupt impacts for natural or human systems unless adaptive measures are taken.

The trigger for this position by the ACM is a plan in the national Energieakkoord which is an agreement between organisations representing employers, employees, environmental NGO's, companies and other social actors that aims to benefit the transition to a more sustainable energy policy and sustainable economic development in the Netherlands.

This policy outlines actions that may «trigger» the duty to consult, such as those involving resource management, Crown Land management, land use and environmental regulation, and other regulations, policies, plans, and procedures that may negatively impact the traditional use of Crown land and resources.

In addition to acting as a physiological trigger for the disease, community violence can also impact health behaviors and exposure to other unknown environmental risk factors.