Sentences with phrase «protective against infection»

We hypothesized that high levels of parental supervision and communication would be protective against infection.

Breastfeeding is protective against infection, and provides the baby with the safest possible nutrition.

Male anatomy is very protective against these infections, although uncircumcised males do have a slightly greater risk.

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Protective effect of breast feeding against infection.

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

Future research is needed to investigate whether the protective effect of human milk feedings against infection among VLBW infants extends beyond hospital discharge.

Howie PW, Forsyth JS, Ogston SA, et al. «Protective effect of breast feeding against infection.»

These findings demonstrate a protective effect of human milk feedings against infection and sepsis / meningitis for VLBW infants during NICU hospitalization and further underscore the potential immunologic benefit of providing maternally expressed human milk to hospitalized VLBW infants.

Protective barrier - conditions skin and guards against infection.

Guards against infection - Sudocrem Care & Protect forms a protective layer which guards against infection.

And studies have shown that alcohol doesn't have as much of a protective effect against infections over simply allowing an umbilical cord to dry on its own (dry care).

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

Our data agrees with that of others, 1223 that suggest that delaying the introduction of formula milk protects against the morbidity associated with respiratory infection, illness, and associated hospitalisations in the first year of life.24 Prolonged breast feeding was only marginally associated with less respiratory illness when examined in a New Zealand birth cohort to 2 years of age, 25 and the Dundee study8 showed a small, yet significant protective effect of breast feeding against respiratory illness at 0 — 13 weeks and 40 — 52 weeks after adjustment for social class, maternal age, and parental smoking.

Thus even after allowing for covariates, our findings support the conclusion that breast feeding has a substantial protective effect against respiratory infection and illness in the first year of life.

Such children, when exposed to common infections in childhood under the protective cover of breast milk, are likely to develop a permanent immunity against most such infections.

Breastfeeding helps protect against these and other infections by providing antibodies and other protective factors, minimizing exposure to pathogens, and ensuring optimum nutrition.

According to the paper's first author, Si Ming Man, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in St. Jude Immunology, the findings could lead to new protective treatments against tularemia, including drugs that can enhance the ability of IRF1, GBP or AIM2 to cure infections more quickly and effectively.

The theory that antibodies protective against one type of dengue can collude with a different type of the virus to make a second infection worse was proposed in the 1960s.

«Protein that could improve symptoms and reduce mortality in flu: New research in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology identifies potential protective agent against flu infection.»

Currently, seasonal flu vaccines are designed to induce high levels of protective antibodies against hemagglutinin (HA), a protein found on the surface of the influenza virus that enables the virus to enter a human cell and initiate infection.

In the short term, as neither pharmacological treatment nor vaccines are available, prevention of Zika infection relies on protective measures against mosquito bites.»

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.»

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.

For example, a bad burn can breach the skin's protective barrier against infection, and our forebears had no antibiotics.»

Poliovirus - specific CD4 + Th1 clones with both cytotoxic and helper activity mediate protective humoral immunity against a lethal poliovirus infection in transgenic mice expressing the human poliovirus receptor.

CD4 + T Cells Are as Protective as CD8 + T Cells against Rickettsia typhi Infection by Activating Macrophage Bactericidal Activity.

«The observed increase in the ratio of cytotoxic CD4 T cells to CD4 helper T cells indicates that they are an important component of the protective immune response to viral infections and that their induction should be an important marker for successful vaccinations against certain viral diseases,» says postdoctoral researcher and first author Veena Patil, Ph.D. «But we really didn't know enough about their molecular profile and the mechanisms that drive their differentiation and maintenance.»

And other research suggests that vitamin D has a protective effect against upper - respiratory infections.

New research suggests that regular physical activity, even at low levels, may be protective against bacterial infections — and the findings were especially promising when it came to UTIs.

Cinnamon extracts have been shown to be protective against bacteria living in the oral microflora that could cause bad breath, tooth decay, cavities, or mouth infections, while also naturally freshening your breath.

Nor is it desirable, as this would eliminate a protective layer against systemic infection by pathogens that enter the body through the gut.

The other essential fatty acid includes sulfolipids, which is thought to be protective against HIV infection of T - cell helpers.

The primary goal in the natural approach to treating bladder infections is to enhance normal host - protective measures against urinary tract infection.

In short bursts, inflammation is a wonderful, protective mechanism to defend the body against infection or injury.

Breast milk is the most natural way to feed your new baby, and is also packed with nutrients and protective antibodies that will really kick start their development, defend against infections and support their immune system.

Inflammopharmacology, 2014 Mode of antiviral action of silver nanoparticles against HIV - 1 Journal of Nanobiotechnology, 2010 Metal nanoparticles: The protective nanoshield against virus infection Critical Reviews in Microbiology, 2016

When the immune system mounts a defense against the invaded white cells, which are themselves infection - fighting cells, the immune system ends up damaging its own protective cells and tissues,» says Dr. Richards.

Fourth, there is theoretical potential for inducing autoimmune disease such as uveitis and, lastly, there is incomplete knowledge of mechanisms of protective immunity against leptospiral infection.»

Your horse's skin and coat form an important protective barrier against bacteria and infections.

Parental supervision has been associated with other aspects of adolescent sexual behavior in similar populations, 3,6 and our results showed a protective effect against GC and CT infections as well.