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Obesity can Cause Asthma too

...e increased risk of asthma, though. Obesity causes impairments in lung function, such as a reduction in lung volume and an increase in the amount of oxygen used during breathing, but these on its own would not be enough to induce the condition. UK experts agreed there was a link, but said the reasons were sti...

Virginia Tech. Shooter -Human Rights or Innocent Lives

... had severe problems, including 8 percent of whose impairments were so serious that they could not remain in school or could do so only with extensive treatment. Paradoxically, college counselors attribute increased improvements in psychiatric drugs making it possible for persons with mental illnesses, to make...

Lead Removing Drug Improves Muscle Function in Lead-Exposed Children

...minate or minimize lead-associated muscle-function impairments in children exposed to high levels of lead early in life. The team identified about 160 Cincinnati children with elevated blood lead levels enrolled in the local arm of a randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial conducted nationally by the Cen...

US Army to Recruit More Psychiatrists to Counsel Stressed Out Soldiers

...s concluded: With the projected rise in functional impairments and psychiatric morbidity among veterans of the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, clinical and community interventions that are directed towards these patients are needed. The military has seen a number of high-profile incidents of alleged abuse ...

Altered Protein Structure was Found in Autism Patients

...isorders are developmental disabilities that cause impairments in social interaction and communication. Both children and adults with autism typically show difficulties in verbal and non-verbal communication, interpersonal relationships, and leisure or play activities. Comoletti and colleagues studied the neur...

US Trying Hard to Provide Proper Treatment for Wounded Soldiers

...ps at these hospitals have an average of six major impairments and 10 specialists treating them. "The important thing to realize is you could have all of them at once" trouble speaking, seeing, walking, hearing, etc., Scott said. Most of these injuries are caused by IED blasts, which send a pressurized air ...

World Epilepsy Week - 2007

... brain scans. People with epilepsy often report impairments in their memory, language, attention, concentration and information processing as a result of their epilepsy and its treatment. It is unclear whether problems with these abilities are due to the structure of the epileptic brain, the effect of continu...

Lost Sleep can Never Be Compensated for

...d have detrimental effects on the body, leading to impairments in cognitive performance, as well as cardiovascular, immune and endocrine functions. Sleep-restricted people also reported not feeling sleepy, even though their performance on tasks declined. Even though animals and humans may be able to adapt thei...

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