Sentences with phrase «which predispose»

Clinical signs may also result from a buildup of toxins such as ammonia, which predispose the dog to cognitive impairment, urinary tract inflammation and infection.

Conditions which predispose to dislocation of the patella are: a shallow groove; weak ligaments; and mal - alignment of the tendons and muscles that straighten the joint.

An underactive thyroid gland can result in changes in the skin which predispose to bacterial or fungal infection.

In other words, low - salt diets may increase your risk of becoming hooked on sugary foods, which predispose you to weight gain.

Genetic factors which predispose people to accelerated «biological ageing» also increase their risk of developing depression in childhood, according to a new study from King's College London.

An average 10 % of all cancers are due to strong alterations in genes which predispose individuals to multiple cancers, often at young ages, and that can be inherited and passed on to their children.

The scientists discovered several new genes which predispose low HDL - cholesterol levels.

«We discovered that there were two types of HLA (HLA - DQ2 and HLA - DQ8) which predispose a person for celiac disease,» explains Professor Sollid.

Despite the waning of Catholic faith, those regions continue to demonstrate a residue of supposedly Catholic anti-egalitarianism, which predisposes them to fascisms of various flavors and degrees.

It is perhaps the obvious thematic similarities between the Gitagovinda and the Song of Songs which predisposed the first Europeans who read Jayadeva's poem to consider it an allegory.

It is obvious to me that I altered my brain significantly after years of intense / deep prayer and meditation and that as a result of these contributory experiences I was a high - functioning schizophrenic for a good portion of my life — there were things going on in my biology which predisposed me to being a depressive and a high - functioning schizophrenic but engaging in intense / deep prayer and meditation was only exacerbating this problem by altering my state of consciousness which precipitated the psychotic symptoms and psychic phenomena which I experienced.

This exploration apparently led Smith and his co-workers to the conviction that the alcoholic suffers from an abnormal endocrine system which predisposes him to alcoholism.

No one familiar with the signs and symptoms... can challenge this statement... It is an entirely different matter, however, to believe — as Smith apparently does — that... the alcoholic possesses a metabolic individuality which predisposes to addiction.

They also tested five healthy women with a family history of breast cancer and mutations on the BRCA1 gene, which predisposes to the disease.

Thus, we propose an instructive model in which weak help from T cells maintains relatively high expression of Bach2, which predisposes GC cells to enter the memory pool.

I was on Nature - Throid (and needed that increased as my pregnancy progressed), but now believe that I may have had a magnesium deficiency which predisposed me to developing that condition.

Zinc and selenium deficient diets are associated with increased inflammatory cytokines in the skin and reduce epidermal barrier function which predisposes one to developing eczema and other skin disorders.

Some feel that westerners are already deficient in iodine which predisposes us to developing breast cancer, thyroid conditions, and other chronic disorders.

Although there is a genetic link to diabetes, which predisposes individuals to Type 2 diabetes, this risk is exacerbated by poor diet and lifestyle.

And «all triple vaccines markedly impair cell - mediated immunity, which predisposes to recurrent viral infections, especially otitis media, as well as yeast and fungi infections.»

However, indoor cats tend to lead more sedentary lives, which predisposes them to gaining unhealthy weight.

Saliva contains large amounts of calcium, which predisposes to tartar and the upper fourth premolar is commonly the first tooth to show tartar deposition.

If your dog already has diabetes or hypothyroidism, his hormones are out of whack, which predisposes him to pancreatitis.

When a dog scratches the itch, he traumatizes his skin, which predisposes to further infection, and a vicious cycle ensues.

Not only do these foods lead to weight gain, which predisposes pets to arthritis, but fatty foods can also damage internal organs which could lead to a rapid decline in health.

The first two conditions are associated with altered fat metabolism, which predisposes to pancreatitis, and the latter condition involves elevated blood calcium that activates stored digestive enzymes.

The esophagus can fill with fluid and food, which predisposes the pet aspirating the material into the lungs.

Obesity is easily prevented and somewhat difficult to treat as prairie dogs often become «hooked» on the diet which predisposed them to obesity.

Any dog that consumes a large amount of horse poop containing the chemical could become very ill, but a percentage of dogs of certain breeds have a gene mutation which predisposes them to toxicity from ivermectin at low levels.

The Wood element is ruled by the Liver and Gallbladder which predisposes him to Chinese Liver issues, tendon / ligament weakness, ear infections, eye problems, and anal gland irritation.

Not exact matches

We're predisposed to lie to make ourselves look good, which may be great for the moment but doesn't do anything for our long - term health.

The second - generation Jewish intellectual with his background of Talmudic dialectic is mentally predisposed to Marxism to a degree which he himself rarely appreciates.

The analysis, as a rule, brings to light certain experiences, conflicts, a sense of inferiority, maladjustment to life, and psychic tension, which are frequently the predisposing causes of excessive drinking.

Even less did it take account of the till longer predisposing factors for which the U.S. is more to blame than Saddam Hussein: the decade spent competing with the U.S.S.R. in building up Hussein's forces, and the explicit statements made in July to the effect that what Hussein might choose to do with border problems was not our concern.

I note that the researcher in the article which you cited above was careful to choose Buddhist monks for his study and not just anyone as if he did the latter, there would be the possibility that he would encounter persons like myself whose minds dissociate during intense / deep meditation given that the biology of such persons predisposes them to this:

He has an interesting take on original sin, which, from an evolutionary perspective, he suggests, can be seen as a trigger for certain genetic mechanisms predisposing us to selfishness and aggression.

Each attempt stands on its own, until the point at which practice predisposes us to recognize and seek excellence in little ways, and to realize that our battles are won in the smallest of details.

They have a mindset which is predisposed to a certain way of reading the Bible, then join the proverbial church which is then preached to.

Hauerwas prefers to identify this as an error of «liberalism» or of the Enlightenment and is not predisposed to refer to his own thought as «post-modernism,» which is Muray's label.

it removes you from the harshness of REALITY which has no sense of right or wrong... humans are raised on fairy tales so we are predisposed to think happy endings are the meaning of life....

Unconscionable conduct (agrees with NFF that they have not provided protection and support reforms «to provide transparency in the supply chain» and recognise that «certain classes of suppliers... are predisposed to suffering from a special disadvantage...»; misuse of market power (legal framework must «level the balance of market power in negotiations...», «ensure transparency in the transmission of market prices» and «not allow for final market risks to be borne by the primary producer» and provide «transparency of contract processes» - specifically, Canegrowers supports effects test and a process giving ACCC greater power to «regulate anti-competitive behaviour and impose penalties», shifting «the decisions framework from the judicial system to a regulatory system» which would make it more accessible to small producers); collective bargaining (notes limits of Sugar Industry Act (Qld); authorisation and notification approval costly and limited and not a viable alternative - peak bodies should be able to «commence and progress collective bargaining with mills on behalf of their members» and current threshold too restrictive)» competitive neutrality (mixed outcomes - perverse outcomes in the case of natural monopolies - suggest remove «application of competitive neutrality provisions to natural monopoly essential services»)

In its efforts to diagnose microfractures and abnormal bone that would predispose a horse to a full - blown fracture, researchers at the Equine Sports Medicine Program at Tufts School of Veterinary Medicine have been using scintigraphy, a technique in which a horse is injected with a radioactive isotope that isolates skeletal «hot spots» — places where injured bone is rebuilding itself.

A couple months back i read a study which somehow linked frequent injury of certain players to genetics.structure of muscle tissue, attachment of tendons bone and muscles and more.Do you ever get that weird feeling that some of our players a predisposed to injury.Theo, Ox and others not even mentioning Diaby Are you really willing depend on these players for lets say 25 games for the season?

Interestingly, just days before the NFL's decision to suspend the use of impact sensors was announced, my local paper, The Boston Globe, came out with a powerful editorial in which it urged college, high school, and recreational leagues in contact and collision sports to consider mandating use of impact sensors, or, at the very least, experimenting with the technology, to alert the sideline personnel to hits that might cause concussion, and to track data on repetitive head impacts, which, a growing body of peer - reviewed evidence suggests, may result, over time, in just as much, if not more, damage to an athlete's brain, as a single concussive blow, and may even predispose an athlete to concussion.

Not only are girls predisposed to instability or dislocation of the kneecap (patella), pain and problems under the kneecap, but the twisting and cutting in soccer make them particularly vulnerable to non-contact injuries of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), which they suffer at a rate two to ten times higher than boys.

A prospective, controlled study of the effect of breast milk on infection among low birth weight infants was conducted in India in 1981.18 Although the sample size was small, 62 infants, the study design was a randomized block design in which feeding schedules for breast milk or formula were randomly allocated within groups of infants that were determined to be relatively homogeneous with respect to factors predisposing to infection.

There is a «twin gene» — fraternal twining, which is the result of a woman releasing more than one egg at the same time, is genetically predisposed.

The theory of predisposed tabula rasa accommodates these results while providing grounds to understand morality as a higher reflective achievement, not inherent to our nature, and in clear correlation to the highly specific circumstances in which the individual lives.

«Zimbabwe may have been predisposed to this TB outbreak due to the presence of a large HIV - positive population who were particularly vulnerable to the effects of food shortages which led to malnutrition and further damage to already weakened immune systems,» said Silverman.

No one knows what genes predispose people to schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, which each afflict about one in 100 people.