It can be a vicious cycle". Low levels of literacy can also create barriers to training and employment, so childcare staff need to be on hand at the after-school clubs to help parents with any paperwork and form-filling, particularly when applying for the working tax credit.
Consequently, patients reduce their activity level even more, entering a vicious circle towards higher levels of disability [ 35, 36].
He believes anorexics are caught in a vicious cycle, starving themselves to reduce brain levels of serotonin, which causes the brain to add more serotonin receptors.
Elevated local or systemic levels of proinflammatory cytokines stimulate a vicious cycle of increased pain most probably relevant for peripheral and central sensitization.
In the setting of chronic renal failure, the added insult of a further inflammatory stimulus may be sufficient to tip the balance into a vicious circle of reduced excretion and increased circulating levels of cobalt ions.
Studies show that adolescent pregnancies feed a vicious cycle of social problems, including poverty, violence and low levels of education.
There is evidence from animal models and studies in humans that in parallel with the development of obesity, insulin resistance, and metabolic alterations, levels of PPARγ tend to decrease initiating a vicious cycle leading to metabolic failure.
Unchecked, a vicious cycle of bullying where children are jockeying for ever higher levels of social status can extend well into adulthood, damaging both personal and professional relationships.
In a vicious cycle, the resulting increase in private premiums will necessitate ever-higher levels of redistribution.
Fall-related injuries are often assumed to trigger a vicious circle because of their potentially detrimental influence on the physical activity levels of affected patients.
