Sentences with phrase «predispose women»

Production of oxytocin during lactation increases parasympathetic activity, thus reducing anxiety and theoretically fostering bonding, so it is generally understood that maternal oxytocin circulation can predispose women to form bonds and show bonding behavior.

For example, certain biological events during early development, such as excessive androgen production, exposure to synthetic androgens, thyroid dysfunction, Cushing's disease, and congenital adrenal hyperplasia, can combine with environmental influences to predispose women to antisocial behavior.69 Additionally, EEG research has uncovered asymmetries in the frontal activation of antisocial females» brains.70 Normative males and females tend to exhibit asymmetric frontal brain activation, with boys having greater right frontal activation and girls having greater left frontal activation.

It seems as though the estrogen shifts and overall decline of perimenopause and menopause can predispose women to both depression and insomnia, which as noted above seem to be related.

Certain genetic characteristics predispose some women to benefiting more or less from different kinds of exercise routines.

For example, about 10 percent of the BRCA1 mutations that predispose women to breast and ovarian cancer are exon CNVs.

If we're talking about environmental chemicals, we know there are pharmaceutical exposures that may predispose women to breast cancer later on.

There is evidence (Rudel, Fenton, Ackerman, Euling, & Makris, 2011) to support a theory that exposure to high levels of certain environmental contaminants, namely dioxin and other endocrine disruptors, while in utero (exposure to accumulated contaminants in your mother's body before you're born) can predispose a woman to have insufficient breast growth during adolescence and pregnancy, the two times in her life her breasts should be growing.

(A BRCA1 mutation predisposes a woman to either breast or ovarian tumors, in some cases both.)

«These results indicate that endometriosis predisposes women to an increased risk of early pregnancy loss and later pregnancy complications,» said the study's first author Dr Lucky Saraswat, consultant gynaecologist from Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, UK.

Also, after menopause, vaginal dryness and shrinkage of the vaginal mucosa predisposes a woman to vaginal inflammation or vaginitis, bladder infection or cystitis.

The biggest problem with heavy periods is that they predispose a woman to anemia.

If a genetically predisposed woman goes into pregnancy with an existing immune imbalance, these natural immune shifts could be the tipping point for Hashimoto's.

If a genetically predisposed woman goes into pregnancy with an existing immune imbalance, these natural immune shifts could trigger Hashimoto's or other autoimmune diseases.

Not exact matches

I do not believe that you are predisposed to a certain type of woman.

You were predisposed to finding fault and do not want to be shown your error.There are many more instances of men and women encountering the living God in the Holy Bible.

Women's brains are predisposed to perceive life — and God — according to a pattern of connection and ordinariness, while men perceive life — and God — according to a pattern of polarities and otherness.

Many point to peculiarities of the Catholic Church (its celibacy rules for priests, its insular hierarchy, its exclusion of women) to infer that there's something particularly pernicious about Catholic clerics that predisposes them to these horrific acts....

In one sense the young men — and they are almost invariably men, not women — arrive on campus predisposed to becoming gamblers.

While there is not technically a twin gene, there is a genetic component that makes some women predisposed to conceiving twins.

So this notion that because women are naturally predisposed to being caregivers and nurturers, needs to fall away because we are also now educated, earning a lot, and have the same dreams and aspirations that are male counterparts have.

I think another reason modern Jewish women are predisposed to breastfeed is that Jews in the Diaspora are used to going against the grain of popular culture.

There is a «twin gene» — fraternal twining, which is the result of a woman releasing more than one egg at the same time, is genetically predisposed.

But he also wondered whether our success at getting women to breastfeed has increased the rate of ASD and related disorders, especially for those who are genetically predisposed.

Another reason that women are more predisposed to mental health issues is because throughout their life they are also undergoing biological changes, unlike men.

Women who take antidepressants during pregnancy may be unknowingly predisposing their infants to type 2 diabetes and obesity later in life, according to new research from McMaster University.

Women who are genetically predisposed to metabolize alcohol quickly should get less protection from alcohol, because it is expelled faster.

If a woman with a strong family history of breast and ovarian cancers tests negative for the BRCA1 / 2 genes, that does not mean her relatives are not at risk, says Daly — her siblings could still carry the gene, or there could be additional genes present that predispose them to cancer that clinicians don't yet know how to test for.

The authors pointed out that earlier studies have indicated that the higher risk of overgrowth seen in newborns of obese women may predispose these infants to obesity and cardiovascular disease later in life.

The more salt the kidney must excrete, the more calcium it loses, exacerbating osteoporosis in older women and predisposing younger women to the disease by depleting calcium stores.

Researchers from UCL (University College London) identified an epigenetic signature in the blood of women predisposed for breast cancer owing to an inherited genetic mutation of the BRCA1 gene.

Professor Widschwendter says: «The data is encouraging since it shows the potential of a blood based epigenetic test to identify breast cancer risk in women without known predisposing genetic mutations.»

They also tested five healthy women with a family history of breast cancer and mutations on the BRCA1 gene, which predisposes to the disease.

Last month, a new study found that roughly 70 percent of women who carry cancer - predisposing mutations in the genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 (the main genes included in genetic tests for breast cancer patients) will develop breast cancer, often in early adulthood.

According to researchers from the University of Manitoba in Canada, pregnant women consuming artificially sweetened liquids every day predispose their children to a higher body mass index during childhood.

Pregnant women, those planning pregnancy and those predisposed to Guillain - Barre syndrome perhaps would be best advised to stay away.

Faecal incontinence also predisposes elderly women to infection, as the bacteria come into close contact with the urethra.

Excess estrogen is a problem for women predisposed to estrogen receptor positive breast cancers.

Bulking up (common in what's known as bodybuilding's off - season) when it comes to women, usually results in extra fat and yep, bigger thighs because that is where it is genetically predisposed to go!

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 19, 2016 (HealthDay News)-- Some women may be genetically predisposed to suffer hot flashes before or during menopause, a new study suggests.

It could be that some women are genetically predisposed to high levels of folate and B12 in their bodies, or they might be getting too much of the nutrient through diet or supplements, she said.

As we age, more and more issues arise with the pelvic floor, and I want to help men and women know if they are predisposed to having these issues.

Since women are more predisposed to vaginal diseases such as infections, sexually transmitted diseases, leaky bladders and other diseases associated with labor, all women should be intensely mindful of how to maximize vaginal health care.

For many women, hormones clearly play a role in migraine, so having an endocrine disorder would certainly make the potential for migraine greater for anyone predisposed the condition.

Natural immune shifts during pregnancy, together with a genetic tendency and other predisposing factors, can trigger hypothyroidism in some women.

The women you see who have absolutely huge muscles are professional bodybuilders, which means they: train for about 4 hours in the gym per day, often use performance enhancing drugs (human growth hormone, steroids, etc.) and are often genetically predisposed to muscle growth (which is rare in most populations).

The researchers of the Seattle study hasten to add that this doesn't prove antibiotics directly cause breast cancer: women who use antibiotics may have underlying illnesses that would predispose them to breast cancer.

And even then the average women (for example) is not predisposed to having physically large muscles.

Since women are more predisposed to vaginal diseases such as infections, sexually transmitted diseases, leaky bladders and other diseases associated with labor, all women should be intensely mindful of...

As one of almost a dozen women in my family with Rose in their names, I'm basically genetically predisposed to love all things rose.

These days our women are both fair and beautiful ladies and a lot less predisposed to terrify visitors.