Sentences with phrase «up of plaque up»

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While you may prefer the rotating action of other models, the intense vibration of the bristles on a Fairywill toothbrush will indeed break up plaque and polish away at stains.

The Oral - B Pro 7500 Electric Toothbrush makes use of all the latest developments in electric toothbrush design, including a carefully designed brush head that uses three distinct motions to dislodge food bits, break up plaque, and polish away stains.

According to dental health website AsktheDentist.com, sonic toothbrushes, which oscillate at astonishing rates — up to 31,000 strokes per minute at full speed — are more effective at reaching and removing plaque between the teeth and beneath the gum line than rotating electric toothbrushes, making a sonic toothbrush the best bet for anyone with gum issues, those who are lackadaisical about flossing, and the majority of people over age 40.

, sonic toothbrushes, which oscillate at astonishing rates — up to 31,000 strokes per minute at full speed — are more effective at reaching and removing plaque between the teeth and beneath the gum line than rotating electric toothbrushes, making a sonic toothbrush the best bet for anyone with gum issues, those who are lackadaisical about flossing, and the majority of people over age 40.

Like all Sonicare toothbrushes, the kids» brush uses patented sonic technology for up to 75 % more effective removal of plaque and debris than a manual toothbrush.

Flustered, she raised a small plaque from the counter that explained all baked goods were whipped up in this little shop, and waved it in front of my face.

For example, Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE: LLY) has a phase 3 study of solanezumab under way in mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease patients that may slow disease progression by breaking up amyloid plaque buildups thought to be a major cause of the disease.

Here is a suggestion to the atheists, come up with an alternative, have it added to the memorial in honor of the Atheists who were killed (making sure to note who they were on a plaque), and move on with life.

One Harvard study demonstrated the flavonoid anthocyanin in strawberries, blueberries and blackberries improves blood flow, therein reducing the amount of plaque build up and actually lowered the risk of a heart attack in women who had eaten three or more servings of berries per week.

Atherosclerosis is a disease characterized by the build - up of plaque in the arteries, and is a precursor of heart disease.

Recent studies even show that plaque that builds up in the brain from unhealthy levels of cholesterol may be one of the most common reasons for Alzheimer's disease.

This effect was thought to be achieved by protecting the cholesterol from oxidation which is a common cause of arterial plaque build - up (13).

The Welshman has been plaqued with injuries this season which have stagnated his growth at the club, and it is more than likely Isco will be chosen ahead of him for the starting line - up for the Champions League final on Saturday night.

Whether it's higher plaque, decalcification areas, any of those factors, then you really need to kick it up a notch in your prevention.

Studies are still being conducted to establish how the two are linked but there is little doubt that the build up of plaque causes gum inflammation which encourages bacteria build u in your blood vessels.

Growing up in the 1960s, the Denecke kids played baseball in the small triangular park across their street, often wondering about a memorial plaque mounted on stone within a cluster of trees:

Gum disease is signaled by a persistent bad breath and foul taste in the mouth, and is caused by a build up of plaque on teeth.

Breastfeeding and atherosclerosis: intima - media thickness and plaques at 65 - year follow - up of the Boyd Orr cohort

No legend mark the spot, and the name of Bow Porcelain isn't up there with Derby, Wedgewood or Spode... time for Tower Hamlets to commission a plaque of its own perhaps.

With 3 cleaning modes and high - pressure pulsed water, it can remove up to 99.9 % of plaque and food debris.

One of the cool features of Royal Canin's Breed Health Nutrition Shih Tzu dog food for adult dogs is the specialized kibble shape that's easy to pick up and helps reduce dental plaque and tartar formation.

«Amyloid is one of many substances that builds up in plaques as a result of dying cells and atrophy in the brain,» he says.

But they also seem to inhibit the development of the fatty plaques that can clog up blood vessels and cause strokes.

The method can become useful to identify patients at risk of developing acute cardiovascular diseases, but also to follow up after surgery where plaque has already been removed.

It causes the build - up of plaques, which some researchers think cause Alzheimer's by killing cells.

This causes a build - up of arterial plaques that can lead to atherosclerosis.

Up to now researchers thought that the astrocytes migrated towards the amyloid plaques and devoured them, so that reinforcing their activity could be a good remedy against development of the disease.

In the words of Elena Galea, perhaps the most important information this study provides is that «contrary to what Alzheimer's researchers assume, the astrocytes do not break up this organisation to move towards the plaques and phagocytose them.

This discovery lends more weight to the growing evidence that inflammation — and our immune system's hyperactive reaction in mopping up the cellular debris left by the wayward plaques and tangles — plays a key role in the spread of the disease.

But was inflammation relevant to the triggering of actual heart attack — which often occurs when an arterial plaque ruptures and blocks an artery — not just the long process leading up to it?

In addition to speeding up the development of brain plaques associated with Alzheimer's, a gene variant known as APOE4 also makes tau tangles — another signature of the disease — worse, researchers report online September 20 in Nature.

After three months of feeding, the mice had reductions in Aβ plaques of up to 70 percent in the hippocampus and up to 40 percent in the cortex, whereas mice fed capsules that contained lettuce leaves without CTB - MBP added and mice that were not fed any capsules did not have any reduction in evidence of brain plaques.

But Holtzman and other researchers previously demonstrated that plaques of amyloid - beta protein build up faster in the brains of APOE4 carriers (SN: 7/30/11, p. 9).

They used a stain that binds to the brain plaques and found that exposure to the CTB - MBP compound resulted in reductions of staining up to 60 percent, indicating that the plaques were dissolving.

These plaques, which are believed to cause the dementia associated with the disease, are made up of tangles of amyloid beta (Aβ), a protein that is found in soluble form in healthy individuals.

Brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease clog up too, but with plaques made from a different protein called amyloid beta peptide.

Doctors» efforts to battle the dangerous atherosclerotic plaques that build up in our arteries and cause heart attacks and strokes are built on several false beliefs about the fundamental composition and formation of the plaques, new research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine shows.

«Using nanoliposomes offers an alternative way to inhibit the toxic build - up of amyloid plaques without activating an immune response in the brain.

Changes in blood flow pattern, such as from plaque build - up in the arteries, initiate a cascade of conflicting signals.

One look at an image of an Alzheimer's afflicted brain is unflinching testimony to the disease's cruelty: It destroys of up to 30 percent of a brain's mass, carving out ravines and depositing piles of molecular junk, most visibly amyloid plaque.

Atherosclerosis — hardening of the arteries — is a potentially serious condition where arteries become clogged by a build - up of fatty deposits known as «plaques».

Doctors measure levels of triglycerides as a marker of heart disease risk, though whether these fats play a role in causing plaque to build up in arteries historically has been a matter of debate.

b - secretase acts like a pair of molecular scissors, snipping a piece off a large protein to produce b - amyloid, a smaller protein that builds up in plaques in the brains of Alzheimer's patients and is thought to kill neurons.

They also showed in mice studies and in the laboratory that NCAM2 was broken down by another protein called beta - amyloid, which is the main component of the plaques that build up in the brains of people with the disease.

That variety cropped up in a different part of the brain than the other strains, and it also produced clumps of proteins akin to the amyloid plaques found in sporadic Creutzfeldt - Jakob disease, a fatal brain disease of unknown origin that usually affects those over age 55.

The nerve cell death in Alzheimer s patients is linked to the build - up of plaques in their brains, which consist mostly of an insoluble protein called β - amyloid.

Plaques are the build up of sticky proteins called beta amyloid, and tangles are twisted strands of a protein called tau.

It seems as if antibody drugs used to get rid of sticky plaques that build up in brains with Alzheimer's may actually make the disease worse.

Insulin plays many roles in the brain — it is involved in memory formation, and it helps to keep synapses free of protein debris, including the tau tangles and amyloid plaques that build up in Alzheimer's, Craft says.

Paige Cramer at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio, reckoned it might be possible to prevent the build - up of plaques with bexarotene, an anti-cancer drug.