The physical and mental impairments that are caused by cancer may also cause significant problems for the caregiver.

Lastly, temporary impairment of cortical control of lower centers from light amnesia or permanent impairment by disease (e.g. tumor or lesion) can cause uncontrollable and prolonged weeping or laughing.

For some groups, there are also common secondary impairments caused either by the original impairment, or the long-term effects of medical treatment or rehabilitation.

Therefore you get, paradoxically, impairment of motor function on the same side of the body as the herniation which caused the Kernohan's notch on the controlateral side.

Grievous injury shall be defined as: A) a severely debilitating disease or impairment specifically caused by the pregnancy, or B) an inability to provide necessary treatment for a life-threatening condition.

The visual impairment causes the occipital lobe to lose its sensitivity in perceiving spatial processing.

The survey reveals that over half of those who had been for a medical assessment for the new ESA found it stressful and 40% said it "made their health condition or impairment worse because of the stress and anxiety caused".

The social model of disability separates physical impairment from social disability, and in its most rigid form does not accept that impairment can cause disability at all.

In 1839 he entered Harvard, but the impairment of his eyesight forced him to leave college in 1841, and caused him to abandon his intention of entering the ministry and of studying in Germany.

Because the kidneys and liver are responsible for the elimination of depression medications, impairment to either of these two organs may cause the drugs to accumulate in the body.