Sentences with phrase «showed high levels of lead»

Chemical analyses of Wainman's bones showed high levels of lead exposure, a sign that he was wealthy, as more valuable items during this time, such as pewter and glazed wares, contained more lead.

The money will reimburse the state for expenses incurred when Glen Ellyn submitted the samples, which showed high levels of lead.

Of those tested, 40.1 percent show high levels of lead while 16 percent showing very high levels, according to a study of data from 2009 to 2015 in the Journal of Pediatrics.

Not exact matches

This research supports the findings of other studies, which show that spending time in nature and increasing your exposure to sunlight can lead to higher levels of creativity.

This sentiment has been fueled by a decades - long public campaign by the NRA to convince the US public and politicians that, in fact, the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to bear arms, and that more guns will actually make people safer (by letting them protect themselves), despite research that shows higher levels of gun ownership actually lead to more gun violence.

Elsewhere, a leading quarterly survey of US chief financial officers showed confidence at its highest level for more than a decade.

«The results of the tests I initiated show that the drinking water in one of the social housing homes has lead concentration levels that are too high,» said Rice.

Lucky for us, researchers took advantages of this opportunity to produce some interesting findings showing that, although fasted individuals may experience higher levels of fatigue during training, this perception does not necessarily lead to a lower performance or strength.

A recent study from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency shows much higher levels of lead in the running water than previously thought.

While the first draw samples showed very few high lead levels, with multiple samples, nearly half of the homes tested had at least one liter of water over the EPA's limit for lead.

Back in early June, the ELF filed Notices of Violation under California's Prop 65, alleging that its own testing showed impermissibly high levels of lead in a variety of children's food products like apple juice, grape juice, packaged pears and peaches (including baby food) and fruit cocktail.

Studies have shown that among the many effects of physical abuse are depression, anxiety, cognitive and learning difficulties, even a lowering of IQ (especially verbal IQ), disordered sleep, flashbacks, loss of empathy, aggressive behavior, chronically high stress levels which can lead to chronic health effects such as high blood pressure and increased risk of cardiovascular disease, and inability to maintain relationships.

But the tests showed high levels of arsenic and lead.

Although there were limitations in the way that satisfaction - related outcomes were assessed and reported, the majority of the included studies showed a higher level of satisfaction with various aspects of care in the midwife - led continuity of care compared to the other models of care.

In brief, the majority of the included studies, showed a higher level of satisfaction in various aspects of care in the midwife - led continuity compared to the other models of care.

The highest African - American female Democrat in the state of New York, who made history as the first African - American Woman in New York State to lead the conference in Albany stopped by the People Before Politics Radio Show, Sunday, February 11th to give us an update on what's going on in the state level.

The county's numbers show the percentage of Onondaga County children with elevated blood lead levels of 5 or higher declined from 9.1 percent in 2012 to 6.1 percent in 2015.

Health department numbers show 631 of 5,555 Syracuse children — or 11 percent — tested in 2015 had blood lead levels of 5 or higher.

Using the Great Barrier Reef as their study case, they estimated the evolution of the region over the last 14,000 years and showed that (1) high sediment loads from catchments erosion prevented coral growth during the early phase of sea level rise and favoured deep offshore sediment deposition; (2) how the fine balance between climate, sea level, and margin physiography enabled coral reefs to thrive under limited shelf sedimentation rates at 6,000 years before present; and, (3) how over the last 3,000 years, the decrease of accommodation space led to the lateral extension of coral reefs consistent with available observational data.

The study also shows that people who had low cortisol levels, on average, have had their disease longer than those with high cortisol levels, which could suggest that chronic stress in bipolar disorder can lead to an «exhaustion» of the stress system with reduced cortisol levels as a result.

By studying human cancer cells and animal models of cancer in the lab, our researchers have shown that loss of PTEN leads to high levels of PI (3,4) P2, which could result in hyperactivation of AKT.

At the other end of the spectrum, there are examples showing that high levels of stress can lead to hypocortisolism in the long term.

Now researchers from the Center for Public Health and the Institute of Medical Genetics at MedUni Vienna have shown that this practice can also be detrimental to health: pregnant women who consume particular types of soil display higher levels of lead contamination — as do their babies.

«Our study shows that protein production in neurons is one of the major utilizers of energy and that neurons of Leigh syndrome degenerate because they can't sustain a high enough level of energy,» says Tony Hunter, the Renato Dulbecco Chair and American Cancer Society Professor in Salk's Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory, who led the research.

«Our study shows that both higher levels of HDL — good — and lower levels of LDL — bad — cholesterol in the bloodstream are associated with lower levels of amyloid plaque deposits in the brain,» said Bruce Reed, lead study author and associate director of the UC Davis Alzheimer's Disease Center.

The crisis has prompted lawsuits by parents who say their children are showing dangerously high blood levels of lead.

«We know alcohol outlets can be associated with unsafe nuisance activities in urban areas, but this study appears to be the first to suggest U.S. tobacco shops may also impact public health,» said Andrew Subica, Ph.D., an assistant professor of social medicine, population, and public health in the School of Medicine, who led the study that focused on South Los Angeles, Calif. «Our analyses show that in South Los Angeles tobacco shops as well as liquor stores were associated with high levels of violent and property crime around their locations.

The findings, featured on the cover of the March 7 issue of Cell Reports, show that patients with high levels of the biomarker, CD151, have a poor prognosis, says lead author Mauricio Medrano, a molecular biologist and research associate at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network.

Perhaps even more surprising, the corpus callosum — the broad band of nerve fibers joining the two hemispheres — showed more conductivity in adults who had high blood lead levels as children.

A new study shows that becoming a father leads to a sharp decline in testosterone, suggesting that although high levels of the hormone may help men win a mate, testosterone - fueled traits such as aggression and competition are less useful when it comes to raising children.

Flint children's blood lead levels were nearly three times higher almost a decade before the year of the Flint water crisis, new research shows.

Previous studies have shown a physiologic role for vitamin D in liver function, but «it was our discovery of high levels of vitamin D receptor (VDR) in the stellate cell that led us to consider it as a possible off switch for liver fibrosis,» says lead author Ning Ding, a research associate in the Gene Expression Laboratory.

The emotion control center of the brain, the amygdala, shows significantly higher levels of activation in males viewing sexual visual stimuli than females viewing the same images, according to a Center for Behavioral Neuroscience study led by Emory University psychologists Stephan Hamann and Kim Wallen.

This study, led by BSI members Dr Niharika Duggal and Professor Janet Lord at the University of Birmingham, found that thymuses of older people (aged 55 - 79 years) who had maintained a high level of physical exercise for most of their life showed no shrinkage and had more new T cells than people of the same age who did no physical exercise.

Figure 2A shows that in the presence of the cytokine LIF, the majority of Venus - positive cells (70 %) were also SSEA - 1 positive (V+S +), while LIF withdrawal both increased the percentage of the population expressing high levels of the Venus transgene (mean level of fluorescence increases approximately 2-fold, Figure 2A) and led to a substantial increase in a second Venus positive population that is SSEA - 1 negative (V+S −).

Research has shown that a higher intake of saturated and monounsaturated fats leads to higher testosterone levels, compared to a higher intake of polyunsaturated fats which leads to lower testosterone levels.

On one hand, since bodybuilders want to achieve extreme muscularity, they are ready to chastise anything that could harm their precious mass gains (many studies have shown that excessive cardio leads to catabolism), but on the other, even the highest level of muscularity is kind of pointless without razor - sharp conditioning.

Studies show that less than 7 hours of sleep a night can lower leptin and higher ghrelin levels which can lead to increased hunger and appetite.

A growing body of scientific work shows that gratitude and kindness are traits that lead to higher levels of well - being.

Toxic metals like lead and cadmium have no place in foods yet we see plenty published research showing high levels of these and other toxic metals in what we eat.

In terms of heart disease, Drs. Ingenbleek and McCully have shown sulfur deficiency not only leads to high homocysteine levels, but is the likeliest reason some clinical trials using B6, B12 and folate interventions have proved ineffective for the prevention of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

Tests showed Clayon had high levels of both mercury and lead.

Polyunsaturated fats such as corn oil and soybean oil are highly unstable and vulnerable to oxidation — and oxidation, in turn, is linked to cancer — while the omega - 6 fatty acids that predominate in vegetable oils have been shown to accelerate the growth of tumor cells.6 As Fallon and Enig explain, 4 excessive consumption of toxic polyunsaturated oils — not red meat — represents a known mechanism for colon cancer: «Colon cancer occurs when high levels of dietary vegetable oils and hydrogenated fats, along with certain carcinogens, are acted on by certain enzymes in the cells lining the colon, leading to tumor formation» [Emphasis added].

Plus, a remarkable study published in BMC Gastroenterology showed that constipated subjects given Cape aloe leaf extract retained a much higher level of water in their stools, leading to more frequent, softer and more complete bowel movements.

It is interesting to note that the KBs are able to produce more energy compared with glucose because of the metabolic effects of ketosis — the high chemical potential of 3 - β - hydroxybutyrate leads to an increase in the ΔG0 of ATP hydrolysis.3 A further point to underline is, as shown in Table 1, that glycaemia, even though reduced, remains within physiological levels because of the fact that glucose is formed from two sources: from glucogenic amino acids and from glycerol liberated via lysis from triglycerides.7

Research shows that higher acid levels (lower pH level) lead to a lack of energy and higher incidences of infection.

Studies have shown that a high intake of saturated fats and monounsaturated fats leads to an increase in testosterone levels.

Our position on a show / conference is probably much as our position on awards activities: we give a broad welcome to any event that allows the sector to meet and exchange ideas and information that will lead to a healthy market and high levels of user satisfaction.

This leads me to wonder whether students of classical music, who show particular promise, are encouraged to apply for scholarships at specialist schools, as the state system is simply not tuned up to provide the high - level teaching required for the most talented?

Maria Morgan, senior lecturer in dental public health, said: «The purpose of sports drinks are being misunderstood and this study clearly shows evidence of high school age children being attracted to these high sugar and low pH level drinks, leading to an increased risk of dental cavities, enamel erosion and obesity.»