Sentences with phrase «with abnormal findings»

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Using a differences - in - differences methodology, we find that politically active firms saw an increase in their stock's volatility along with negative long - term abnormal stock returns upon the release of the NCR.

By itself this finding is consistent with a materialist view of mind (if, as materialism requires, the brain enables the mind, then abnormal patterns of brain activity are likely to be correlated with dysfunctional mental states).

In an interview, the Glasgow - based neurologist described how he had examined sections of brain tissue in a retired rugby player and found abnormal proteins associated with head injuries and dementia.

She found that milestone achievement was abnormal in these monkeys: at six to eight weeks they were slow in starting to manipulate, and at ten months the increase in «motor disturbance behaviors» that normally occurs was prolonged.101 The author concludes, «These effects could occur as a result of effects on vulnerable brain processes during a sensitive period, interference with programming of [normal] brain development by endogenous [internal] agents or alteration in early experiences.»

Two markedly different oxygenation levels in the 2 limbs would be an abnormal finding and require a follow up echocardiogram (ultrasound imagery of the heart) and a consult with a cardiologist.

A recent study in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology found, «extreme efforts to control weight coupled with the undue influence of weight or shape on self - evaluation,» was a strong indicator of those with purging disorder.

In the teen cortisol study, Roisman's team found that maternal sensitivity was an independent predictor of abnormal cortisol patterns: Teens with low morning cortisol levels were more likely to have had moms who were emotionally unsupportive, hostile, or disrespectful of their children's needs for autonomy and independent exploration.

«What our findings show is that the problems with iPS cells don't just involve one or two or a few abnormal iPS cells escaping into the body and forming tumors, but that the whole population of cells is screwed up,» Lanza says.

Researchers found that patients with 2 or 3 abnormal measures were at 145 times increased cardiac risk.

In an article published Online First in JAMA Neurology, researchers suggest that, while isolated psychiatric episodes are rare in anti-NMDAR encephalitis cases, abnormal test findings or subtle neurological symptoms should prompt screening for the condition, as it is treatable with immunotherapies.

Most people associate prion diseases with the brain, although scientists have found abnormal infectious prion protein in other organs, including the spleen, kidney, lungs and liver.

Approximately 42 % of children in the study with MRI findings of MS developed the first clinical symptoms of the disease about two years after the abnormal MRI, which shows a faster development of the disease than has been reported in adults.

The latest study of a new at - home test kit, published today in Science Translational Medicine, found that even untrained users were able to measure sperm count and concentration as well as motility (the percentage of actively moving sperm), detecting abnormal semen with 97 percent accuracy compared with traditional lab testing.

The researchers say their findings also shed new light on how kidney disease leads to an abnormal thickening of heart muscle tissue called hypertrophy, which is a leading cause of death in people with kidney disease caused by high blood pressure, diabetes, and other illnesses.

The researchers found abnormal fusion - circular RNAs (f - circRNAs), corresponding to different exons associated with the PML - RARα gene fusion as well as the MLL - AF9 gene fusion.

The researchers then treated animal models with rapamycin, an approved anti-cancer drug, and found it halted the abnormal signaling process and prevented the excessive division of HSCs lacking ItpkB.

Studies in mice specially bred to have features of the disease found that DHA reduces beta - amyloid plaques, abnormal protein deposits in the brain that are a hallmark of Alzheimer's, although a clinical trial of DHA showed no impact on people with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease.

They found that tissue with high levels of epileptic electrical activity was low in lactate and had higher levels of creatine, phosphocreatine and choline, suggestive of abnormal metabolism.

Then she learned that people with 22q duplication — abnormal repetition, or duplication, of genetic material in chromosome 22 — had learning delays and sometimes autism, but a lower risk for schizophrenia than that found in the general population.

They found that normal cells grow faster when in an organoid with cells expressing RasG12V at low levels, but required more than one mutant cell to kick - start this abnormal growth.

The mice were found to have an abnormal microbiome, along with damaged junctions between the cells of the intestinal lining.

«Even after adjusting for other risk factors, including urine chemistries, hypertension and obesity, we still found that those with a kidney stone episode had subsequent abnormal kidney function,» says Dr. Rule.

Videssa Breast is currently available for use by ordering healthcare providers for patients with abnormal imaging findings.

In research on more than 700 families with an autistic as well as a neurotypical child, Pessah and his colleagues have found in the autistic child a significant reduction in immunoglobulins and an abnormal profile of cytokines, which are critical to immune response.

The researchers defined adverse outcomes as the death of the fetus or a live infant with severe abnormal clinical or brain imaging findings.

The offspring of monkeys carrying human genes associated with autismlike symptoms had abnormal social behavior, researchers found.

And he found that the response was abnormal in mice with older fathers.

Working with mice, a multicenter team of researchers has found a new way to reduce the abnormal blood vessel growth and leakage in the eye that accompany some eye diseases.

During these processes, abnormal patterns of activity have been found in individuals with ASD.

«More importantly, these findings encourage the search for personalized music - based interventions for the treatment of brain disorders associated with aberrant dopaminergic neurotransmission as well as abnormal mood and emotion - related brain activity.»

Combining morphine, a narcotic pain reliever, and nortriptyline, an antidepressant, has been found to successfully relieve chronic neuropathic pain — or a localized sensation of pain due to abnormal function of the nervous system — in 87 per cent of patients, and significantly better than with either drug alone.

A unique approach to targeting the abnormal T - cells that cause T - cell lymphomas could offer hope to patients with the aggressive and difficult - to - treat family of cancers, finds a study involving researchers from Cardiff University.

Interestingly, the team found that radiologists could do better than chance in discriminating breast cancer cases from normal tissue, even when the images of abnormal breast tissue did not directly capture a cancerous lesion or when those images were taken from the contralateral breast (the breast on the other side of the body) of a woman with breast cancer.

The attenuation of MP's effects could also reflect abnormal D2 receptor function, as was previously suggested to explain findings in marijuana - abusing schizophrenic patients, who, despite displaying low DA release, showed increases in psychotic symptoms when challenged with amphetamine (21).

The team found that, on average, 48 % of the sperm of endangered species was abnormal, compared with 30 % in non-endangered species.

When they compared the results to the Mouse Genomic Informatics Knockout database they found 123 genes that corresponded with functional annotation of abnormal extraembryonic tissue morphology, 121 associated with embryonic lethality, and 14 with abnormal embryo implantation.

The researchers also found evidence suggesting that the abnormal tau protein was moving from neuron to neuron across synapses, the junctions that these cells use to communicate with each other.

As seen in Figure 2, the abnormal BM cells were found to exhibit eccentric, large, round - to - oval / convoluted nuclei with mostly fine chromatin and prominent nucleoli and moderate - to - abundant gray cytoplasm with several cells exhibiting multiple diminutive cytoplasmic vacuoles.

Oral Abstract Presentations Amy Shealy — «Novel Microduplication of 12q13.12 Including TUBA1A and DHH Detected in a Boy with Abnormal Brain MRI Findings, Cryptorchidism, Urethral Stricture and Pubertal Delay» Marissa Smith — «Expanding Genetic Counseling Services to an Executive Health Program: Identifying Risk for Genetic Disease in a Low - Risk Population» Jessi Moline — «Approach to Systematic Screening of Endometrial Cancers for Lynch Syndrome: the Cleveland Clinic Experience» Brandie Leach — «A Time Study of Genetic Counselor Only versus Traditional Care Genetic Counselor / Geneticist Patient Care in a Cancer Genetics Setting» Jill Polk — «Ethico - legal Obligations in Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer Kindred with Novel CDH1 Mutation»

The present findings suggest that young women have increased risk for multiple abnormal menstrual patterns after concussion compared with orthopedic injury.

We found that centrosome amplification triggers mitotic defects and the generation of a progeny with an abnormal karyotype (aneuploidy) unable to survive in the context of a developing brain.

Although our study found significantly increased risk of multiple abnormal menstrual cycles after concussion compared with orthopedic injury, none of the patients developed amenorrhea.

Structural eye anomalies (in particular, microphthalmia and coloboma), cataracts, intraocular calcifications, and posterior ocular findings have been reported in infants with presumed and laboratory - confirmed prenatal ZIKV infection; however, posterior findings have been the most prevalent.21,25,28,33,35,36,41 - 43 Case series report chorioretinal atrophy, focal pigmentary mottling of the retina, and optic nerve atrophy / anomalies.28, 34,37,41 - 43,55 Series of 20 or more infants with presumed ZIKV - associated microcephaly report ocular findings in 24 % to 55 %.28, 33,42 In one study, testing for ZIKV IgM was performed in 24 of 40 infants (60 %) with microcephaly and the results were positive in the cerebrospinal fluid in 100 % of those tested.42 The proportion of infants with ocular lesions did not differ in those with and without testing.42 In that series, first trimester maternal infection and smaller head circumference significantly correlated with the presence of abnormal ocular findings.42

Current methods of breast cancer detection do not meet the needs of all patients, particularly in women with abnormal or difficult - to - interpret imaging findings.

For example, a study conducted in his own lab found that forebrain assembloids generated from patients with Timothy syndrome — a genetic disease associated with autism and epilepsy, showed abnormal migration of GABAergic neurons during the development of the cerebral cortex.

However, if I find that two or more of your hormones are at abnormal levels, combined with certain symptoms, I may recommend a combination of therapies.

Earlier lab work by the researchers helped explain key mechanisms involved with assisting vitamin D3 to clear the abnormal protein amyloid - beta, which is found within the plaque.

Abnormal accumulation of aluminum has been found in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease, and when aluminum is injected into the brains of laboratory animals, the animals develop a neurological disease similar to Alzheimer's.

Interestingly enough, allergies and symptoms associated with an overgrowth of abnormal gut flora often will not show up until mom has weaned baby because of the antibodies found in breast milk.6 Therefore, the health and diet of mom and baby are at the foundation of allergies developing in the first place.

He found abnormal glucose tolerance in subjects with antisocial personality and increased insulin secretion with excessive sugary foods, especially with alcoholics.98 He confirmed the fact that violent male homicidal offenders had much lower cholesterol levels than other offenders; and that impulsive violent offenders and fire setters have low serotonin levels in the brain.