A new study shows that children aged 12 19 years exposed to secondhand smoke (SHS) were nearly twice as likely as nonexposed teens to experience sensorineural hearing loss, a type of hearing loss typically associated with aging and congenital deafness.
You might find yourself going through the stages of grief, which is common after any type of loss including a friend breakup.
Dr. Christiano's interest in the science of hair was inspired in part by her own experience early in her career with a type of hair loss called alopecia areata.
This month, an engineering conference in London featured a solar-powered hearing aid invented by a British mechanical engineer who had noticed that most hearing aids donated to Africa were designed for a type of hearing loss more prevalent in developed countries.
Researchers at Boston Children's Hospital, in the US, were investigating how a type of weight loss surgery affected diabetes.
Another recent study found that adults who eat up to 6,000 calories per day may have double the risk of developing mild cognitive impairment, a type of memory loss.
The mutation in DFNA5 leads to a type of hearing loss that closely resembles the frequently observed age related hearing impairment (ARHI).
In a country where reinvention is considered a birthright, a certain type of loss — perhaps especially a "paper" loss, of net worth rather than irreplaceable life — may even seem an invitation to something better.
The study, of 111 children born to 49 mothers who had a type of weight-loss surgery called biliopancreatic diversion, found that babies born after the operation had lower birth weights than those born before, and their risk of becoming severely obese as children was one-third the risk of those born before.
Also, a major reason capital held against trading positions will go up under Basel is that banks have to apply a harsher type of loss modeling when applying a internal warning system called value at risk.
