Michelle Martin April 25‚ 2013 Heart Attacks As many people might not now cardiovascular disease is the number one killer of Women in America. Heart attacks are the leading cause of many deaths. However‚ what is cardiovascular disease and what is a heart attack? A cardiovascular disease is defined as a disease of the heart or blood vessels. A heart attack is defined as a sudden and sometimes fatal occurrence of coronary thrombosis‚ typically resulting in the death of part of heart muscle.
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(Article shared originally written by Charlie Cooper form The Independent http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/news/skipping-your-breakfast-can-increase-the-risk-of-heart-attack-by-almost-30-8726919.html?origin=internalSearch) Skipping breakfast can increase your risk of a heart attack or fatal coronary heart disease by as much as 27 per cent‚ a new study has found. While the benefits of having a regular breakfast for daily energy levels and weight control are well known‚ researchers
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A solution to Heart Disease By: John Palsson Heart diseases have emerged as a big problem today and the biggest contributor to this increment has been the increase in rate of obesity. Heart diseases are fatal and they can also impair the other parts of the body. Hence knowing about the problems and solutions related to heart diseases are vital as they can also help you to combat them and retain good health throughout your life. Information on these heart diseases is vital because knowing more about
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Unit 1. Assignment 1. Homeostatic Imbalances Ericka Keil 3-26-13 A & P Homeostasis is the maintenance of somewhat stable conditions inside the body. Each and every body structure contributes in some way to keep the inside of our body’s and its functioning within normal limits. It is extremely important for proper functioning of all the human body systems. Sometimes our body fails like with Diabetes for example. Glucose is the main sugar that comes from the digestion
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Hypertension‚ also referred to as high blood pressure‚ is a condition in which the arteries have persistently elevated blood pressure. Every time the human heart beats‚ it pumps blood to the whole body through the arteries. Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing up against the blood vessel walls. The higher the pressure the harder the heart has to pump. Hypertension can lead to damaged organs‚ as well as several illnesses‚ such as renal failure (kidney failure)‚ aneurysm‚ heart failure
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In the beginning Chucks DX were hypercholesterolemia‚ stage I hypertension and his risk for heart disease was significant. At that time I would have recommended the following medications: 1) Red Yeast Rice capsules (1 po qd to help decrease his cholesterol level‚ 2) Omega 3 Fish Oil 3 gms/day to help lower his blood pressure‚ reduce triglyceride level‚ slow the development of plaque in the arteries & reduce the likelihood of heart attack or stroke. My rationale behind this is these herbs are way
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World Health Day is celebrated on 7 April to mark the anniversary of the founding of WHO in 1948. Each year a theme is selected for World Health Day that highlights a priority area of public health concern in the world. The theme for 2013 is high blood pressure. Hypertension (HTN) or high blood pressure‚ sometimes called arterial hypertension‚ is a chronic medical condition in which the pressure in the arteries is elevated. This requires the heart to work harder than normal to circulate blood through
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Methylprednisolone sodium succinate 1) Structure: 2) Name: Methylprednisolone sodium succinate 3) A-Methapred is a sterile powder used as an anti-inflammatory glucocorticoid‚ which contains methylprednisolone sodium succinate as the active ingredient. A-METHAPRED™ is available in several strengths and packages for intravenous or intramuscular administration. It is used as replacement therapy in adrenocortical deficiency states. Their synthetic analogs are primarily used for their anti-inflammatory
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Applying Standardized Terminologies in Practice Chamberlain College of Nursing NR 512: Nursing Informatics Fall 2014 Introduction As a result of the introduction of computer technology and the combination of evidence-based practice in nursing; standardization of terminologies has become imperative in the classification of nursing diagnosis‚ interventions and expected outcomes. The most popular and successful systems are the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association International (NANDA-I)‚ Nursing
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Mrs. J having all the sign and symptom with the history of having hypertension‚ chronic heart failure‚ sleep apnea‚ and smoke two pack of cigarettes a day‚ is not a thing to play with because she has expose herself to many things such as stroke‚ and brain death because the sleep apnea and the heart attach‚ will deprives the brain of oxygen since the cardiac muscle are not strong enough to be able to pump blood to her brain. Heart failure occurs when the cardiovascular system is unable to meet the
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