However, as per the American Heart Association (AHA) (2015), the risk of heart disease increases with increase in the age (both men and women) with most them being 60 years and older. The age, along with some other risk factors (both modifiable and non-modifiable) can contribute to the heart diseases in any individual (“Cardiovascular Disease,” 2011). The modifiable risk factors are hypertension, obesity, cholesterol levels, smoking habit, diet, diabetes, and physical activity (“Cardiovascular Disease,” 2011). Non-modifiable risk factors include age, family history, and gender (“Cardiovascular Disease,” 2011). Therefore, the population of interest in this initiative is the adults and older adults with both modifiable and non-modifiable risk…
* Heart Disease: Heart disease is the number one cause of death among adults over the age of 60. Heart disease includes conditions such as heart failure heart attack and heart arrhythmia that can cause the heart to beat ineffectively and impair circulation. Heart disease is associated with or caused by diabetes, high blood pressure , smoking, improper diet and lack of exercise.…
The rationale for choosing this topic is because heart disease is one of the leading causes of death in the world. I know people are aware of the disease but I wanted to talk more…
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Heart conditions are any disorder that affects the heart and are common in aged people as when people age their blood vessels lose elasticity,…
When people hear the word cancer, they think of a terrifying, life threatening disease. Have they ever thought of how it even started? Cancer cells grow and spread throughout the body in many ways, and sure you can catch it early but not usually. Cancer spreads to many things in and on the body, not just where the cancer is, but especially all of the bloodstreams in your body.…
Patterns and trends regarding health and illness vary within different social groupings. For example, age and social class. Most people at retirement age are healthy and fit making valued contributions to society through paid work, volunteer work and by being a good citizen to society. However there are significant higher levels of illness in people over 75 due to their bodies being unable to function as well as it did as they age, therefore they are unlikely to receive as much exercise and fresh air, also they may be unable to stand up for long periods of time. This could lead to various complications such as not being able to cook. These factors all lead to an unhealthy lifestyle. Ill health is not the only worry that comes hand-in-hand with old age; for example, financial worries and bereavements of old friends could also inflict stress onto the elderly. This holds the possibility to lead to serious health complications and illnesses such as depression.…
Specific Purpose: To inform my audience that I believe there are many beneficial outcomes that…
Congenital (kon-JEN-ih-tal) heart defects are problems with the heart's structure that are present at birth. These defects can involve:…
Heart disease is a term used to describe a range of diseases that affect the hearts, from the blood vessel, such as coronary artery disease, and heart infections the term “Heart Disease is often used interchangeably with, cardiovascular disease” (MayoClinic, 2012). Which is narrowed or blocked blood vessels that can lead to a heart attacks, or stroke plague build ups in the arteries heart disease is the number one cause of death for men and women in the U.S, heart disease doesn’t just affect older adults it can happen to anybody it more than just eating right, or staying fit but it’s also about getting regular check up’s and avoiding that cause of heart disease. Cardiovascular disease affect all parts of the hearts from the arteries that supple, with the blood, no disease has an age limit it about…
Talking about diabetes in one thing. Talking about diabetes while it waits your doorstep is a whole other story. I live with a high risk of diabetes. Countless members of my family have been diagnosed with this disease and some have passed away because of it. Diabetes runs through both sides of my family. My paternal grandmother, my maternal grandfather, my maternal grandfather’s brothers, and my maternal grandmother’s older sister all suffer from the same disease. For all of them, the daily routine never changed. They all swallowed pill after pill and conducted blood test after blood test. To this day, I still remember watching them swallow pills the size of almonds and cringing whenever they pricked themselves to conduct a blood test. I…
The chronic sleep disorder is estimated to affect the lives of at least 25 million adults in the U.S., with many people going undiagnosed or untreated for years. Sleep apnea has been linked to serious health conditions including Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity, high blood pressure and earlier death.…
Public health promotes healthy living for each community through epidemiology. Disease prevention and control is the common goal of epidemiology, nursing practice, and public health. “Epidemiology is the study of the population in order to monitor the health of the population, understand the determinants of health and disease in the community, and investigate and evaluate interventions to prevent disease and maintain health” (Stanhope & Lancaster. 2008). Epidemiologists have developed many parameters to slow the spread of disease. For example, cardiovascular disease including hypertension, coronary heart disease, and rhythmic disorders have become increasingly common with advancing age across the country.…
The American Heart Association mission is to build healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke. That single purpose drives all we do. The need for our work is beyond question.…
Good morning to our beloved lecturer and my fellow classmate. In our advanced world nowadays, we have discovered about lots kinds of diseases. Among those diseases that have been discovered is asthma. Generally, we knew that asthma is a lung-related disease and it does make breathing become difficult. But did you know that asthma is being thought to be caused by combination of genetic and environmental factors? Did you know that across this entire world the number of people who have been affected by asthma is increasing every day? Do you want to know more why these people are affected by asthma?…