Sentences with phrase «triggers for the disease»

Usually people with asthma have several triggers for the disease.

Myelin is the protective sheath that insulates nerve fibers in the brain, and it is the primary site of injury in MS.. What's more, the scientists were able to pinpoint a specific protein in the blood, the blood - clotting factor fibrinogen, as the trigger for the disease - causing process.

Scientists are struggling to find the trigger for a disease that appears to be ravaging starfish in record numbers along the U.S.

It is still unclear whether the gut flora is altered as a result of heart failure or whether it may be a trigger for this disease.

Our experiments suggest that these abnormal fat deposits could be a trigger for the disease,» said Karl Fernandes, a researcher at the CRCHUM and a professor at University of Montreal.

Belly fat is dangerous as it entwines itself around the internal organs causing all kinds of damage, and in many cases can be the trigger for diseases such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease.

In addition to acting as a physiological trigger for the disease, community violence can also impact health behaviors and exposure to other unknown environmental risk factors.

Not exact matches

Google's pill aims to change the strategy from reactive to proactive — adopting a «preventative maintenance» approach — by continuously monitoring the body for disease triggers, so they can be identified and treated as soon as they appear.

But my main goal each day when it comes to foods is to avoid STARCH, as that is the biggest trigger for the autoimmune disease I have.

Unlike other autoimmune diseases, however, doctors know the trigger for coeliac disease: gluten, which provokes an immune response that causes the body to attack itself.

While it may be more cost effective for me to just buy Bob's 1:1 Blend, the reason I don't use their mix is that it contains Potato Starch & Sorghum flour — two possible triggers for those suffering with inflammatory diseases & grain sensitivities.

Excess exposure to UV rays is a common trigger for increased disease activity (flare) of both cutaneous lupus and systemic lupus.

Pregnancy is a known trigger for autoimmune diseases.

[21] Breastfeeding triggers biochemical reactions which allows for the enzymes, hormones, growth factors and immunologic substances to effectively defend against infectious diseases for the infant.

Although there is no cure for asthma, people with the disease can lead active lives and can control their symptoms through management of conditions that trigger asthma attacks and medical treatment.

Findings could trigger new therapies for cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis and other debilitating diseases, including the subject of the feature film Lorenzo's Oil

Some researchers wondered if this tiny island in the South Pacific had revealed an elusive environmental trigger for neurodegenerative disease elsewhere in the world — the «Rosetta stone» of neurodegeneration.

While some bioidenticals have been approved by the FDA and prescribed for years, most have not, and doctors argue that these «natural» hormones could trigger disease as easily as conventional hormone therapy.

Researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) have uncovered a potential genetic trigger of systemic autoimmune disease.

In 2016, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended that public health officials trigger epidemic intervention when two non-familial locally - acquired cases of Zika are reported in an area.

«Previous bacterial infection increases risk of newly - diagnosed Sjögren's syndrome: Identifying trigger will hopefully help future development of targeted therapy for patients suffering from this debilitating disease.»

Sugar junkies take note: a calorific diet isn't just bad for your body, it may also trigger Alzheimer's disease

But federal regulators say Yates violates the national health standard for fine particles, which can lodge in lungs and trigger heart attacks and respiratory disease.

The JDF Center for Islet Cell Transplantation will fund 32 researchers to focus on four main goals: Reversing the overactive immune response that kills islet cells; finding new sources for islet cell transplants, such as pigs or genetically engineered cells; persuading the body to accept the transplanted cells without immunosuppressive drugs that often trigger worse side effects than the disease; and overcoming the technical difficulties of transplantation.

She found that the weakened sporozoites triggered immunity against malaria instead of the disease, paving the way for a potential vaccine.

The search for an ALS therapy has been focused in two directions: identifying the trigger that leads to disease onset and understanding the process that leads to disease progression.

«Research has shown that effective asthma treatment includes regular care by an allergist who can closely monitor the disease, help identify and avoid asthma triggers, and develop an emergency plan for severe attacks.»

Because there's evidence that the words we hear and the words we recall or imagine trigger similar brain processes, the study, published online today in PLoS Biology, suggests scientists may one day be able to tune in to the words you're thinking — a potential boon for patients who are unable to speak due to Lou Gehrig's disease or other conditions.

TEDDY's unique structure of having the same protocol in several countries enables us to search for factors that trigger the disease,» said the paper's senior author Daniel Agardh, M.D., Ph.D., of Lund University in Sweden.

A group of researchers involving the University of Zurich has now shown for the first time that bacteria, which often cause pneumonia, can trigger the autoimmune disease GBS.

Overall, concentrations measured by Calafat's team were substantially higher than those that have triggered disease, birth defects, and more in exposed animals, notes Frederick S. vom Saal, a University of Missouri - Columbia biologist who has been probing the toxicology of BPA for more than 15 years.

Although it's still unknown exactly why DHA is able to prevent the onset of lupus, the researchers said this study provides scientists with a better model for looking at just how much DHA is needed to ward off the environmental trigger of the disease.

It is conceivable, he says, that younger men might have different diseases triggering their need for a transfusion than older men, which might make them more vulnerable to problems incorporating women's red blood cells.

Hot on the heels of discovering a protective form of immune response to spinal cord injury, researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have pinpointed the biological trigger for that response — a vital step toward being able to harness the body's defenses to improve treatment for spine injuries, brain trauma, Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative conditions.

If further research shows that we can control the mechanism that triggers natural cardiovascular protection, it may be possible to develop new treatment protocols for coronary artery disease.»

Scientists can also explore the data for pathways that trigger adult retinal diseases like age - related macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa.

It has been known for a while that these cells die in cases of Crohn's disease — but it was not clear whether this cell death triggers the disease or microbial imbalance.

«We put antigens (substance that triggers the production of antibodies) specifically synthesized to catch antibodies for each of the diseases, their interaction functions as a lock and key mechanism.

«Our study shows a whole new route, or bypass mechanism, for triggering the body's adaptive immune response to TB infection, a means by which infected dendritic cells cooperate with uninfected dendritic cells to activate T cells and respond to the infection,» says infectious disease specialist and study senior investigator Joel Ernst, MD, a professor at NYU Langone Medical Center.

«Plastics make ideal vessels for colonizing microscopic organisms that could trigger disease if they come into contact with corals,» Lamb said.

Rice University scientists have uncovered new details about how a repeating nucleotide sequence in the gene for a mutant protein may trigger Huntington's and other neurological diseases.

«New drug triggers tissue regeneration: Faster regrowth and healing of damaged tissues: Research focuses on select tissues injured through disease, surgery and transplants, but early findings indicate potential for broad applications.»

New technology helped the researchers identify a type of E. coli bacteria found in people with Crohn's disease that can trigger inflammation associated with spondyloarthritis, according to the study led by principal investigator Dr. Randy Longman and scientists from the Jill Roberts Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease at NewYork - Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine and the Jill Roberts Institute for Research in Inflammatory Bowel Disease at Weill Cornell Medicine, microbiologists at Cornell University and rheumatologists at Hospital for Special Sdisease that can trigger inflammation associated with spondyloarthritis, according to the study led by principal investigator Dr. Randy Longman and scientists from the Jill Roberts Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease at NewYork - Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine and the Jill Roberts Institute for Research in Inflammatory Bowel Disease at Weill Cornell Medicine, microbiologists at Cornell University and rheumatologists at Hospital for Special SDisease at NewYork - Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine and the Jill Roberts Institute for Research in Inflammatory Bowel Disease at Weill Cornell Medicine, microbiologists at Cornell University and rheumatologists at Hospital for Special SDisease at Weill Cornell Medicine, microbiologists at Cornell University and rheumatologists at Hospital for Special Surgery.

For the research team, preventing production of the truncated forms of interleukin - 33 in order to reduce the allergic reactions triggered by ILC2 represents a promising strategy for the treatment of asthma and other allergic diseasFor the research team, preventing production of the truncated forms of interleukin - 33 in order to reduce the allergic reactions triggered by ILC2 represents a promising strategy for the treatment of asthma and other allergic diseasfor the treatment of asthma and other allergic diseases.

«We were looking for genes in the fungus that trigger disease in corn.

Sexual activity can be a concern for many heart attack patients who worry about exertion triggering another heart event, but data on the harms and benefits of sexual activity in heart disease patients is limited.

«There is a growing appreciation for the role of diverse bacteria in contributing to improved health as well as triggering disease processes or exacerbating illness,» says Michael H. Hsieh, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Clinic for Adolescent and Adult Pediatric Onset Urology (CAPITUL) at Children's National Health System and study senior author.

Survivors should be assessed for physical (e.g.: urinary, sexual, bowel) and psychosocial effects of prostate cancer and its treatment; the focus of assessment should be tailored to the type of cancer treatment received and current disease state to trigger appropriate self - management and clinical management strategies for support and therapy.

Accordingly, the first mutation increases the disposition for the formation of tumours, whereas the second triggers the disease process.

This uncovered a dual problem: abdominal fat is considered much more dangerous than subcutaneous fat because it triggers inflammation and can promote cardiovascular diseases, for instance.