Victor Sutton, director of preventative health for Mississippi's Health Department, showed how tricky it would be to reverse the causes behind obesity: poor city planning means few parks, gyms and paths for walking; many urban neighbourhoods are poor and too rough to jog around safely.Then there is the tradition, comfort and undeniable flavour of southern food.
Patients with low blood pressure should undergo a thorough assessment to uncover and reverse the causes.
Reversing the cause-effect direction, some previous case control studies have shown that patients with COPD may be at higher risk for osteoporosis and vertebral fractures [ 44], through mechanisms such as inflammation [ 45], increased bone resorption [ 46] or steroid use [ 47].
Wyeth is now testing an antibody that doesn't reverse the genetic cause of the disease, but aims to restore the body's ability to grow muscle by blocking myostatin, a protein that prevents skeletal muscle formation.
If successful, ECMO can effectively protect major organs and often reverse the underlying cause of cardiac arrest [ 4, 5, 10, 11].
Different antibiotics, such as penicillin or erythromycin, may be used to treat tonsil stones, but they fail to reverse the underlying cause of tonsil stones, which is food being caught in the tonsils.
Chelation treatment did not reverse the damage caused by lead poisoning, so Dr. Chisolm also focused on prevention.
If they can be coaxed into redeveloping bone or cartilage, they could be used to reverse the damage caused by disease, birth defects and traumatic injuries.
Only rigorous enforcement of trade rules by the Obama administration can reverse the harm caused by the permanent normal trade relations agreement.
