systolic and diastolic blood pressure by increasing and gradually releasing the pressure in the cuff. 8. How is hypertension treated? Hypertension can be treated through blood pressure medication that lowers your blood pressure and through diuretics that help decrease extra fluid in your body. Lifestyle changes that can decrease blood pressure
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Eating cherries lowers risk of gout attacks by 35 percent By: Yuqing Zhang‚ Tuhina Neogi‚ Clara Chen‚ Christine Chaisson‚ David Hunter‚ Hyon K. Choi. Arthritis & Rheumatism; Published Online: September 28‚ 2012 A new study found that patients with gout who consumed cherries over a two-day period showed a 35% lower risk of gout attacks compared to those who did not eat the fruit. Findings from this case-crossover study published in Arthritis & Rheumatism‚ a journal of the American College of
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Did you know that if one athlete on an Olympic team is found using performance enhancing drugs‚ the entire team will be disqualified and they have to return any medals that they earned? That is just one of the many issues and risks that come along with taking PEDs‚ performance enhancing drugs‚ or being on a team with someone who takes them. Performance enhancing drugs ruined Lance Armstrong’s legacy‚ many people have lost respect for Ryan Braun because he took PEDs and Julius Peppers‚ who tested
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Congestive Heart Failure July 9‚ 2013 Congestive heart failure‚ also called CHF‚ is a serious disease when the heart muscles have been damaged or has to work hard due to other diseases. Common complications of a heart attack and other types of heart disease that damage the heart can result in CHF. Congestive heart disease can affect both right and left sides of the heart‚ but can affect one more than the other. In left-sided congestive heart failure‚ the left side is damaged and is unable
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Nursing Care: Congestive Heart Failure Beverly Baum‚ Chrysten Brown and Christina Bhowanidan Herzing University Nursing Care: Congestive Heart Failure The general population is living longer than ever before. The Federal Interagency on Aging-Related Statistics (2012) states “The number of older people will increase dramatically during 2010-2030 period. The older population in 2030 is projected to be twice as large as their counterparts in 2000‚ growing from 35 million to 72 million and
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What is a drug? A drug is a chemical substance that‚ when absorbed into the body‚ can alter normal bodily function. Many drugs have been banned in sport if they are deemed to provide an unfair advantage‚ pose a health risk‚ or are seen to violate the ‘spirit of sport’. The use of banned drugs by athletes is referred to as ‘doping’. The International Olympic Committee (IOC)‚ and more recently‚ the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) have been leading the way in the battle against drugs in sport.
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contains resins‚ caoutchouc and calcium salts of plumieric acid: cerotinic acid and lupeol. Leaves contain a volatile oil. Characteristics and Pharmacological Effects Sweet tasting and neither warming nor cooling in effect‚ aromatic. Antipyretic‚ diuretic‚ emmenagogue‚ febrifuge‚ purgative‚ rubefacient. Folkloric uses · Decoction of bark is used as purgative‚ emmenagogue‚ and febrifuge. · Preventive for heat stroke: the material may be taken as a cooling tea. · For dysentery‚ diarrhea during
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Ancient India saw great advancements in medical science. Some of these fields were dental surgery‚ cataract extraction and plastic surgery. It is amazing that even in the absence of anesthesia some of the complex operations are performed. Around 800 B.C the first instances of surgery were recorded. It was considered as one of the eight branches of Ayurveda.Shushruta- Samhita is the oldest treatise dealing with surgery. The main medical practitioners were Atraya‚ Charaka and Shusruta.Shushruta studied
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Hemorrhagic Stroke A Hemorrhagic stroke occurs when a blood vessel in your brain leaks or ruptures. Brain hemorrhages can result from many conditions that affect your blood vessels‚ including uncontrolled high blood pressure ‚hypertension‚ and weak spots in your blood vessel walls ‚aneurysms. A less common cause of hemorrhage is the rupture of an arteriovenous malformation (AVM) — an abnormal tangle of thin-walled blood vessels‚ present at birth. The types of hemorrhagic stroke include: Intracerebral
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Dying of a Broken Heart 5.1 million people across America have congestive heart failure and almost half of those people will die within 5 years of diagnosis. Heart failure is a weakness of the heart that leads to the buildup of fluid in the lungs and surrounding body tissues. This decline in cardiac productivity leads to the blood not being able to circulate from the body and lungs back to the heart‚ causing fluid to leak from capillary blood vessels. Heart failure is most commonly caused by
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