The History of Blood Pressure Finding out someone’s blood pressure is very important. Johannes Müller once said‚ “The discovery of blood pressure was more important than the discovery of blood.” Someone’s blood pressure could be high‚ and no one would know. The reason being is that a person with high blood pressure‚ also known as hypertension‚ will usually have no symptoms. High or low blood pressure cannot be detected without being measured. High blood pressure could cause heart attacks‚ strokes
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men and women recorded their heart rate and blood pressure under different conditions. In Figure 1‚ the blood pressure data of an individual female in very good condition is shown under the effect of posture. Figure 2 shows the blood pressure data of the same well-trained female under the effect of exercise. The individual data in both figures 1 and 2 fell outside the standard error of the mean for the class. Figure 3 shows the class data (N=335±3) for blood pressure under the condition of exercise
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term systolic blood pressure? Systolic blood pressure is the pressure exerted against artery walls created when the heart contracts to push oxygenated blood throughout the body. As blood pressure is represented by 2 numbers‚ systolic blood pressure is the upper number. A normal systolic blood pressure is 120 or below although it largely depends on the physical properties and capabilities of the individual. Q 2) what do you understand by the term diastolic blood pressure? Diastolic blood pressure indicates
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Cerebral vascular accident or a stroke is the destruction of brain substance‚ resulting from thrombosis‚ intracranial hemorrhage‚ or embolism‚ which causes vascular insufficiency. In addition‚ it is an area of the brain denied blood and oxygen that is required and damage is done to a part of the cells. The effect of the patient depends upon where the damage occurs and the severity of the stroke. Each year alone about 150‚000 people in America die from a stroke or are seriously disabled. Stroke
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donate blood. General Purpose: To persuade the audience why they should donate blood. Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience why they should donate blood by telling them some surprising statistics about donating blood and what they can do to help solve the problem. I. Introduction 1.Imagine your father has just suffered a heart attack and must undergo an open-hearth surgery. 2.imagine your little brother or sister was born with a heart defect and requires daily transfusions of blood in
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Criminology 3023 Paper 2 Cari Berlin 3/13/13 1 When it comes to the high crime rate throughout our country we are quick to blame almost everything other than what is actually at fault; but lately the country has been starting to realize what is causing all of the problems and trying to adapt to find ways to fix it. There are many theories for why the crime rate is so high and each of them has many valid points‚ but the two that seem the most accurate are the Social Disorganization Theory and Cloward
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Epidemiology‚ blood donors are 88% less likely to suffer a heart attack and 33% less likely to suffer any type of cardiovascular event. Why is that? Well‚ researchers aren’t 100% sure‚ but believe it may be due to either one of two things. The first theory is that blood donors must be considered “healthy” before they roll up their sleeve‚ so they are less likely to suffer heart disease because they are already in good health and probably have lower blood pressure and cholesterol levels that non-blood donors
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How Cord Blood Can Be Used to Aid the Treatment of Leukemia and Other Inherited Disorders I have been hearing lots of news lately on the research being done with cord blood. Cord blood is the blood that remains in the umbilical cord and placenta that is usually discarded after birth. However‚ it can be very beneficial to save a baby’s cord blood. Cord blood is rich with stem cells distinctive to that baby and family. Stem cells are important because they play a role in the development of all organs
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High or Low Blood Pressure? Purpose: The purpose of this experiment is to compare blood pressure as related to gender and athletic status. Hypothesis: I predict that males have a higher blood pressure than women and athletes have a higher blood pressure than non athletes Background Info: Blood pressure is the amount of force that blood pushes against the inside walls of blood vessels as it passes through. This pressure
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APEnglish In Cold Blood Few authors have the skill to express their view of a setting without straightforwardly telling the audience. In this small passage from In Cold Blood‚ Truman Capote very eloquently does just that‚ describing the look and feel of Holcomb‚ Kansas through words. With Capote’s use of many elements like figurative language‚ imagery‚ and detain‚ he reveals his original but mysterious views on the scenery of Holcomb. All while describing this content town‚ Capote builds up for
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