Sentences with phrase «system disorders in»

Dr. Sessions has also published articles on certain bacterial infections and central nervous system disorders in dogs.

It also has been linked to immune system disorders in Brazilian miners.

Epilepsy is a nervous system disorder in which the nerve cells in the brain work abnormally, causing seizures.

Not exact matches

One biotech firm, Ossianix, is already hard at work developing a VNAR - based drug - delivery system, in collaboration with the global pharmaceutical company Lundbeck, which focuses on drugs for brain disorders.

Autoimmune disorders run in his family: His mom suffers from Hashimoto's disease, in which the immune system attacks the thyroid gland.

The company runs clinical studies on behalf of its multinational pharma clients in oncology, respiratory / infectious disease and central nervous system disorders.

The disease is characterized by the accumulation of very long chain fatty acids (VLCFA) leading to a neurodegenerative disorder that is chronically debilitating and life - threatening, where the most affected tissues are the myelin in the central nervous system (CNS) and the adrenal cortex.

Alkermes is a commercial - stage company that focuses on drugs for central nervous system disorders, and could have some major catalysts in 2018.

However, not only is life irrelevant to the 2nd law, but order from disorder is common in nonliving systems, too.

Evil is explained away as a temporary disorder of personality or a quirk in the political system.

In his essay, The Gospel and Culture, Voegelin explains that this deculturation doesn't manifest itself as an ideology, or as a «post-Christian» or «postmodern» age proudly positing a «new» system or a unique differentiation of myth, philosophy, or revelation that will «save» man, but rather it is a psychopathology, a disease of the mind, that reveals itself in second realities, egophanic revolt, and a host of similar disorderIn his essay, The Gospel and Culture, Voegelin explains that this deculturation doesn't manifest itself as an ideology, or as a «post-Christian» or «postmodern» age proudly positing a «new» system or a unique differentiation of myth, philosophy, or revelation that will «save» man, but rather it is a psychopathology, a disease of the mind, that reveals itself in second realities, egophanic revolt, and a host of similar disorderin second realities, egophanic revolt, and a host of similar disorders.

To risk a generalization even more reckless than those I have already made: from the time of the pre-Socratics, all the great speculative and moral systems of the pagan world were, in varying degrees, confined to this totality, to either its innermost mechanisms or outermost boundaries; rarely did any of them catch even a glimpse of what might lie beyond such a world; and none could conceive of reality except as a kind of strife between order and disorder, within which a sacrificial economy held all forces in tension.

The system advocates seem, in comparison, more at home in chaos, with its paradoxical promise of integrity.55 How the change from disorder to wholeness occurs is the second characteristic of organic systems approaches: organization development.

The fact that a largely middle - class church was able to commit several million dollars to this enterprise is, I submit, a sign — imperfect, fleeting, and perhaps grudging — of the church's recognition of the disorder of the times and the calling of Christians to participate in the reordering of social systems.

The link between the belief in an angry God and mental illness was studied in the context of the Evolutionary Threat Assessment System Theory, which states that anxiety disorders are mainly the result of the brain's not properly interpreting threats.

Numerous forms of mental illness, for example, result from organic disorders in the nervous system.

The link between depression and the immune system has been shown using positron emission tomography using a tracer for the translocator protein (TSPO) showing increased immune activation in the brains of patients with major depressive disorder compared with control subjects.

By contrast, in «near equilibrium» thermodynamic systems, also known as the linear «Onsager regime,» the physical state tends toward maximum disorder (i.e., minimum negative entropy), while maintaining the temporal symmetry of classical Newtonian mechanics.

Plastic eventually breaks down into micro particles, which then make their way into plankton, and thus the entire seafood chain (including any fish you might eat)-- potentially causing immune system disorders, endocrine disruption, and developmental problems in children;

Mr White said the current Percentage of Daily Intake system and the new Health Star Rating system both fail to consider the role of phytonutrients in vegetables, many of which have been linked to the prevention of several health conditions and disorders.

Eating leafy green vegetables has been shown to be beneficial in the prevention of chronic disorders, stabilizing blood sugar levels, improving cognitive functions, and boost the immune system.

Palm Oil - Derived Natural Vitamin E a-Tocotrienol in Brain Health and Disease: Scientific literature evaluating the therapeutic potential of tocotrienols (type of vitamin E found in abundance in palm fruit oil) for neurodegenerative disorders of the central nervous system, cancer treatment, and hypercholesterolemia.

Foot and skeletal disorders in laying hens: Effects of perch design, hybrid, housing system and stocking density.

Burt — who had no previous history of heart ailments and was leading the Pac - 10 in three - point shooting percentage -LRB-.538) and assist - to - turnover ratio (3.42) when she was stricken — was initially told she had Long QT syndrome, a rare disorder of the heart's electrical system.

Evidence suggests that the use of lavender may slow the activity of the nervous system, improve sleep quality, promote relaxation, and lift mood in people suffering from sleep disorders.

«This process may therefore play a key role in neural development and central nervous system function in adults, as well as in chronic brain disorders and various acute brain injuries.»

An estimated 12 million people in the United States have food allergies, and an additional 2 million have celiac disease, a disorder in which the body's immune system attacks itself when exposed to gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley and rye.

It is our observation that because of the (mostly younger) age of our children at the time of their adoption and the special circumstances of their abandonment and life in an orphanage or foster home, and then subsequent adoption into a loving home, their symptoms and disorders may manifest differently than those of a child who has been through the domestic foster / adoption system.

Disordered stress reactivity can be established as a pattern for life not only in the brain with the stress response system (Bremmer et al, 1998), but also in the body through the vagus nerve, a nerve that affects functioning in multiple systems (e.g., digestion).

Persistent changes in corticotrophin - releasing factor systems due to early life stress: Relationship to the pathophysiology of major depression ad post-traumatic stress disorder.

It's believed to play a role in the prevention of cancer and disorders that are caused by the body's own immune system attacking itself.

Animal testing indicates that pesticides can cause permanent changes in brain chemistry that may lead to behavioral disorders, learning disabilities, and even long - term damage to the brain and nervous system.

Dioxin, by far the most toxic of chemicals regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency, is linked to cancer, birth defects, liver damage, skin diseases, immune system disorders and changes in endocrine regulation.

It has been shown to reduce stress, improve the immune system, decrease anxiety and depression in children with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and reduce emotional stress and somatic symptoms in adults with chronic fatigue syndrome, to name just a few.

Although these spots themselves are harmless, if some of the spots are bigger than a 50 cent coin, then it could be due to Neurofibromatosis (NF), which is a genetic disorder of the nervous system that causes abnormal cell growth of nerve tissues or benign tumours to form on the nerves anywhere in the body at any time.

Children with sensory processing disorder are constantly in search of ways to regulate their nervous systems and organize input coming from the environment.

They may have recently broken up with a girlfriend or boyfriend; failed an exam or had a decline in school performance; shown signs of an eating disorder; or have become involved somehow with the justice system.

In rare cases, failure to gain weight can turn out to be a result of a lung problem, such as cystic fibrosis; a nervous system problem, such as cerebral palsy; a chromosome problem, such as Down syndrome; heart disease; anemia; or a metabolic or an endocrine disorder, such as growth hormone deficiency.

To make SM even more isolated in the classification system, it is listed in a smaller sub-category of the childhood section of DSM called «Other disorders of Childhood.»

Sleep disorders and a lack of sleep increase the presence of cortisol in the system which can arouse the brain hundreds of times during one night of sleep.

Speaking at the launch of a tougher community service programme, Crispin Blunt insisted the prison system could handle the increase in prison space needed after the disorder.

«The penchant for disorder by the umpire has got to a state of obsessive compulsive disorder, in the sense that rather than ensure sincerity of purpose within the system, what we have is deceit, flippancy and double standards.

Then in November I gained unanimous support for my resolution creating an Erie County Silver Alert System, which aides in search efforts for missing Alzheimer's patients and those with other mental disorders.

It states that the entropy, or level of disorder in a system, always increases.

The full results haven't yet been published, but what has been revealed so far of this «antisense» therapy suggests we have overcome the biggest obstacle — how to deliver such therapies — at least in disorders that affect the nervous system.

In genetically susceptible hosts, the inability to develop the immune system properly can have negative consequences like inflammatory bowel disease or any other kinds of complex immune disorders.»

«If lithium's effect on the cerebellum is the key to its effectiveness as a mood stabilizer, then a more targeted treatment that causes the same change in the cerebellum without affecting other systems might be a better treatment for patients with bipolar disorder,» Wemmie says.

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.

In the past researchers have observed an association between poor mitochondrial function and Parkinson's disease, a neurodegenerative disorder of the central nervous system that impairs speech and motor functions and affects five million people worldwide.

«Our findings contribute to a growing body of evidence that immune system dysfunction, including inflammation, may be involved in the pathophysiology of major psychiatric disorders in some individuals.