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Impairment

Impairment

a physical or mental defect at the level of a body system or organ. The official who definition is: any loss or abnormality of psychological, physiological or anatomical structure or function.


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The Fiber Disease

... actively dividing cells, such as the intestinal crypt epithelium and the haematopoietic cells. The cytotoxicity has been associated with either impairment of protein synthesis by the binding of the compounds to the ribosomes of eukaryotic cells, or the dysfunction of cellular membranes. Inhibition ...

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by Nadas Moksha
Fri Nov 17, 2006 5:45 am
 
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The Fiber Disease

... study suggest that many neurodegenerative diseases leave the biomarker nitrotyrosine, which could be used to predict the earliest stage of brain impairment and perhaps lead to detection of disease states before symptoms occur. “This study demonstrates the sensitivity to define endogenous levels ...

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by Skytroll
Sun Sep 24, 2006 5:51 pm
 
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The Fiber Disease

... physically scarred, and mentally unable to focus. He's been out of work for more than a year. "One of the most disturbing is the cognitive impairment, the inability to think clearly," Greg said. Just hearing the symptoms might make you feel sick. Patients report feeling bugs crawling ...

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by RANDY
Thu Aug 03, 2006 7:10 pm
 
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When are they ever going to get it?

... office. There is a real possibility that many, perhaps most patients, have an infectious illness that is correctable not a permanent psychiatric impairment. This failure to discover infectious causes for psychiatric symptoms is tragic because many persons are vegetating in psychiatric facilities ...

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by Sabrina
Sat Apr 15, 2006 3:32 pm
 
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The Fiber Disease

... deficits. In addition, the animals will be given drugs that are being developed for Alzheimer's disease patients, to determine if the memory impairment caused by an OP chemical can be reversed.

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by London
Wed Apr 12, 2006 7:52 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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