Sentences with phrase «slow degeneration»

This gives researchers a potential new means to try and slow degeneration in the brains of HD patients.

I think antioxidants are important for older dogs and dogs with health issues (they're actually important for all dogs) because they can slow the degeneration process.

Also a common injury in people (known as an ACL tear), in dogs, the tear is most often the result of slow degeneration of the ligament rather than the result of sudden trauma.

«The most exciting finding of our research was that not only did we see slower degeneration in the articular cartilage, we saw that the menisci degenerated a lot slower in overweight and obese individuals who lost more than 5 percent of their body weight, and that the effects were strongest in overweight individuals and in individuals with substantial weight loss,» Dr. Gersing said.

«Given the relatively slow degeneration in this condition, longer - term studies will be required,» says James Bainbridge of the Institute of Ophthalmology at University College London.

The other way an ACL can fail is by slow degeneration.

Since cartilage loss can not be reversed, it is important for people at risk of osteoarthritis or with early signs of the disease to slow the degeneration of cartilage.

Hearing loss from overexposure to noise causes hair cell loss, severe damage to neuronal processes and slow degeneration of auditory neurons.

Human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells (hUCMSC) were found to improve liver condition in rats after acute liver failure, slowing the degeneration of liver cells.

Georges is spared nothing in being forced to witness the slow degeneration of a woman he's loved all his life, and gradually loses his grip on dignity, self - care, and, finally, reality.

With CrCLD, ligament rupture is a result of subtle, slow degeneration that has been taking place over a few months or even years rather than the result of acute (sudden) trauma to an otherwise healthy ligament (which is very rare).

With this condition, slow degeneration of the intervertebral discs in the neck lead to thickening of other ligaments around the spinal cord and bulging of the disc itself.

Unfortunately, degenerative myelopathy is a progressive disease with no cure, and there are no drug protocols that have consistently worked to slow the degeneration.

This can occur with a sudden movement, like when a dog is playing fetch and does a quick turn to catch the ball, or it can be a slow degeneration of the ligament over time.

Certain conformational defects, such as crooked legs, can also lead to a slow degeneration of the joint over time.

PRA, or progressive retinal atrophy, is a slow degeneration of the retinal tissue at the back of the eye that is critical for sight.