Chih-Ming Ho notes that the same principle could be applied to make saliva-based diagnostic tests for many diseases. * 5. Biological Pacemaker Electronic pacemakers save lives‚ but use hardware that eventually wears out. Now‚ researchers at several universities are developing a batteryless alternative: pacemaker genes expressed in stem cells that are injected into damaged regions of the heart. Better suited
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issues of heart disease. Truly‚ bringing awareness to the underlying causative factors of heart disease is very important in a society‚ as we are seeing heart disease manifesting in people of all ages and people of all ethnic backgrounds. Equally important is bringing awareness to ways of preventing or decreasing heart disease in the United States. A few years back‚ heart disease was thought to be more prevalent in the older population within the society. Unfortunately‚ today heart disease is known
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The majority of people have noticed that a lot of diseases are associated with different types of lifestyle. Recently‚ people begin to be aware from these types of lifestyle because it can cause a lot of diseases‚ such as heart diseases which are very common in US. There are several causes for this problem‚ such as eating fast food‚ smoking and deficiency of exercise. Consuming fast food is very common in US because the majority of people are very busy and they do not want to
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Did you know that about 610‚000 people die each year from heart disease just in the United States? The increase of obesity in our country has caused an increase in heart diseases within people throughout the years. It’s scary information to know‚ but it’s also useful to inspire people to make some changes in their life today. I know what you’re thinking; how can I prevent myself from getting a heart disease? Well‚ we’ll tell you; it’s actually not that hard to reduce the risk! Just a little exercise
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themselves‚ however was "normal." He also states that these palpitations are not aggravated by exercise‚ or weight lifting. PAST MEDICAL HISTORY Positive for borderline hypertension for the last seven years. He denies history of stroke‚ coronary artery disease‚ myocardial infarction‚ diabetes‚ or cancer. HOSPITALIZATIONS Include one at age 10 for suspected rheumatic fever. FAMILY HISTORY Father is living‚ age 74. He does have Alzheimer’s but otherwise in good health. Mother is living in
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factors but one question remains: What are the leading causes of death? Heart disease is one of these causes averaging about 610‚000 death in America each year.() There are so many deaths from just one cause but does being diagnosed with heart disease only result in death? When one gets tested for any sort of heart disease‚ one thing to think about is your body’s new limitations‚ the transfer of genetics with heart disease‚ and the high costs for treatment. People stress that there is only one side
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through a program called Mercy Variety Yucatan Heart Program. This program was started back in 1979 (Mercy‚ 2009). It has grown throughout the years and now has benefited almost 900 children. A lot of time‚ effort‚ money‚ and planning goes into this project. Each February a team of doctors‚ nurses‚ and clinical staff travel to the cities of Campeche and Merida in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. This team then opens a week long clinic for children with heart problems and defects. In this week approximately
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Some heart diseases are silent and deadly; they give no warnings or symptoms until the victim collapses. It is only after an autopsy that survivors find out that their loved one had a heart condition. A top high school basketball player with multiple scholarship offers suddenly falls to the court during a game and dies. His autopsy shows hypertrophic cardiomyopathy‚ a congenital heart disease. His parents had no idea. He worked out every day and was in top physical condition. He was on two varsity
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1.0 The British Heart Foundation 1.1 Introduction The British Heart Foundation is the UK’s Number 1 Heart Charity. Their vision “is a world where people don’t die prematurely from heart disease.” They were founded in 1961 by a group of medical specialists who wanted to give money to fund extra research to find out the causes of heart diseases. They were concerned about the number of people with Cardiovascular Heart Disease who were dying prematurely. They have been going for 53 years and have been
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call from her brother-in-law‚ who told her that her sister had just recently been admitted into the hospital after experiencing difficulty breathing and chest pain. When my aunt was diagnosed with coronary artery disease‚ my family became worried. A physician had informed us that my aunt would need a Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting and she needed surgery immediately. While my aunt spent her time in the hospital with special care‚ my cousin Mark‚ who is mentally disabled‚ spent time with our family
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