Sentences with phrase «protective against disease»

This means that the vaccine must be protective against the disease AND that there is otherwise a risk to cat of catching that disease.

Compounding this, there may be a low intake of micronutrients that are protective against disease.

Eating red meat and processed meat raises the likelihood, but eating whole grains, exercising and taking probiotics, the beneficial bacteria that keep the gut healthy, are protective against the disease.

This powerful spice has many health benefits and is highly protective against disease.

Meanwhile, APOE2, which is slightly different from APOE4, is protective against the disease.

Individuals who carry sickle cell trait (the unexpressed mutation of sickle cell anemia) are more likely to survive malaria and therefore, the trait is actually protective against a disease that is endemic in many parts of the world.

Diamond also points out the research that suggests that high cholesterol may be protective against diseases which are common in the elderly.

Not exact matches

Its bright orange color comes from carotenoids, which are protective against heart disease.

Just because both LDL and HDL went up does not mean that coconut oil is protective against heart disease.

It's packed full of antioxidants, making it protective against anything from nasty colds to heart disease.

With researchers producing a seemingly constant stream of studies about alcohol's protective effects against dementia, heart disease and other serious health issues, it can be easy for wine lovers to believe their nightly glass of vino is doing -LSB-...]

Eating butter has no effect on raising cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk and may even have protective effects against diabetes, according to a review.

«To form a protective wall against the unhealthy predominance of the emotional side against that feeble sensitiveness — the disease of our age, which must be recognized as the usual reason for the increasing frequency of depression, mental illness, and suicide.»

How protective is breast feeding against diarrhoeal disease in infants in 1990s England?

Research in the United States, Canada, Europe, and other developed countries, among predominantly middle - class populations, provides strong evidence that human milk feeding decreases the incidence and / or severity of diarrhea,1 - 5 lower respiratory infection,6 - 9 otitis media,3,10 - 14bacteremia, 15,16 bacterial meningitis, 15,17 botulism, 18 urinary tract infection, 19 and necrotizing enterocolitis.20, 21 There are a number of studies that show a possible protective effect of human milk feeding against sudden infant death syndrome,22 - 24insulin - dependent diabetes mellitus,25 - 27 Crohn's disease, 28,29 ulcerative colitis, 29 lymphoma, 30,31 allergic diseases,32 - 34 and other chronic digestive diseases.35 - 37 Breastfeeding has also been related to possible enhancement of cognitive development.38, 39

We believe that breast milk is protective against allergic disease, and that studies thus far have demonstrated mixed results due to the heterogeneity in study methods.

Breast milk contains multiple factors that modulate and promote the development of the infant immune system, including its potential protective role against allergic disease.

There is consistent evidence of a protective effect of exclusive breast feeding against diarrhoeal disease in the first 4 — 6 months of life.4 Likely causes are the immune properties of breast milk and less exposure to pathogens in contaminated milk, food, bottles, or teats.5 Contamination and inadequate sterilisation pose less of a problem in developed than developing countries, and this explains the greater protection of breast feeding in developing countries where poverty, poor hygiene, and infectious diseases are common.

Breast feeding may be more protective against diarrhoeal disease in infants in more deprived areas than in less deprived areas, and in more crowded households than in less crowded households

Physiologic sleep studies have found that breastfed infants are more easily aroused from sleep than their formula - fed counterparts.247, 248 In addition, breastfeeding results in a decreased incidence of diarrhea, upper and lower respiratory infections, and other infectious diseases249 that are associated with an increased vulnerability to SIDS and provides overall immune system benefits from maternal antibodies and micronutrients in human milk.250, 251 Exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months has been found to be more protective against infectious diseases compared with exclusive breastfeeding to 4 months of age and partial breastfeeding thereafter.249

In the present study, we showed that breast - feeding had an independent protective effect against celiac disease if the infants were breast - fed at the time when gluten - containing foods were introduced.

Researchers found that NAD +, a natural molecule found in living cells, plants and food protects against autoimmune diseases by altering the immune response and turning «destructive» cells into «protective» cells.

«Population studies have consistently supported a protective role of nuts against cardiometabolic disorders such as cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes, and we know that inflammation is a key process in the development of these diseases,» said corresponding author Ying Bao, MD, ScD, an epidemiologist in BWH's Channing Division of Network Medicine.

These human genes were also protective against alpha - synuclein - induced death, suggesting that they could be worth testing as gene therapy treatments for Parkinson's disease, Lu says.

Previous research raised the possibility that HDL might not be quite as protective against heart disease as generally believed by cardiologists, especially after several clinical trials of HDL - raising drugs showed little or no effect.

While the possible protective effect of smoking against PSC seems rather unique to this particular liver disease, coffee consumption has been shown to protect against multiple other liver conditions including liver cirrhosis and liver cancer — and now for the first time also against PSC.

The findings are of great interest against a backdrop of increasing knowledge on coffee as a possible protective agent in other liver diseases.

The population study findings, including those from the JACC study, suggest that even the partial inactivation of ANGPTL3 — carriers typically have one mutant copy of the gene and one working copy — may be powerfully protective against coronary artery disease, which has long been one of the leading causes of death in developed countries.

It is likely that molecules other than cholesterol — the lipid and protein molecules on the surface of the HDL particle — are responsible for the protective effects of HDL particles against heart disease.

In nature, the resilient lignin polymer helps provide the scaffolding for plants, reinforcing slender cellulosic fibers — the primary raw ingredient of cellulosic ethanol — and serving as a protective barrier against disease and predators.

Drinking red wine is widely regarded as protective against cardiovascular disease.

«We observed rapid and durable protective immunity without adverse events, and so we think this candidate vaccine represents a promising strategy for the global fight against Zika virus,» said senior author Drew Weissman, MD, PhD, a professor of Infectious Disease at Penn. «We hope to start clinical trials in 12 to 18 months.»

Positive emotional language showed the opposite correlation, suggesting that optimism and positive experiences, words like «wonderful» or «friends,» may be protective against heart disease.

High - intensity exercise is shown to be protective against coronary heart disease (CHD) and is well known as a popular and time - saving approach to getting fit.

Historically, vaccines against viral diseases have used live - attenuated (weakened) viruses or inactivated whole viruses to induce protective immune responses.

cruzi T cell immunity, and booster immunization would be an effective strategy to maintain or enhance the vaccine - induced protective immunity against T. cruzi infection and Chagas disease.»

«Cognitive reserve is thought to be a protective factor against memory loss and Alzheimer's disease.

Apart from their protective function, these peptides have also exhibited immunoregulatory abilities against several autoimmune diseases.

«Scientists discover protective strategy against pesticide - linked Parkinson's disease.»

«The Mediterranean and DASH diets have been shown to be protective against coronary artery disease and stroke, but it seems the nutrients emphasized in the MIND diet may be better suited to overall brain health and preserving cognition,» Cherian said.

A new study shows that large structural variants in human glycophorin genes, which are unusually common in Africa, are protective against malarial disease.

The findings show that, although antiretroviral therapies (ART) have revolutionized the treatment and prevention of HIV infections, knowing that they have ART as a protective back - up against contracting or transmitting the disease makes people complacent.

A 67 - year - old woman had sky - high levels of the form of cholesterol long seen as protective against heart disease, and yet her arteries were lined with plaque.

Childhood vaccines are recommended worldwide, based on their protective effect against the targeted diseases.

Professor Taborsky concluded: «Our current study shows that the combination of moderate wine drinking plus regular exercise improves markers of atherosclerosis, suggesting that this combination is protective against cardiovascular disease.»

The idea that plasma high - density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL - C) is protective against coronary heart disease has been part of medical conventional wisdom for five decades.

BABA has long been known for its protective effects against devastating plant diseases, such as potato blight, but has so far not been used widely in crop protection because of undesirable side effects.

The results underline that diet is an important factor when it comes to risk for developing type 2 diabetes, with fish, whole grains, vegetable oils and good vitamin E status found to be protective against type 2 diabetes, while red meat and saturated fat increased the risk for developing the disease.

While working in the Kantorow laboratory, her research efforts were focused on understanding protective mechanisms that defend against eye disease.

We are dissecting the detailed caspase -2-mediated pyroptosis pathway and its biological effect on microbial pathogenesis, and protective immunity against brucellosis and many other diseases.