Incidence- the number of NEW CASES of cancer diagnosed per year Prevalence- the number of CASES OF CANCER EXISTING in the population during the year Mortality- the number of DEATHS attributed to a particular type of cancer per year Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death Lung cancer rates are climbing among women and leveling off in men Mortality for breast and prostate cancer are dropping Cancer is a generic term for a disease with 3 key features-ability to proliferate indefinitely
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“The spirit of sport is the celebration of the human spirit‚ the body and the mind. Doping is contrary to the spirit of sport‚ erodes public confidence and jeopardises the health and well-being of athletes.” -World Anti-Doping Agency. Performance-enhancing drugs are substances that are used to improve any form of activity performance in humans(Wikipedia‚2017). When it comes to performance-enhancing drugs in athletics‚ there are mixed views from whether or not it should be allowed. Cycling‚ athletics
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Physiological aids are banned substances and methods that athletes use within competition and training to improve their performance. Physiological aids are used in sport as they help an athlete’s performance. Some aids help to increase heart rate‚ adrenaline rate and stimulate the body but other aids lower the heart rate and change the growth of muscles and bones. Sport is suppose to help us learn from defeat and victory‚ encourage us to participate in team sports‚ encourage a spirit of co-operation
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DIABETES INSIPIDUS BY DOROTHY OWUSU WHAT IS DIABETES INSIPIDUS? Diabetes insipidus is a condition in which the body cannot retain enough water. The patient is excessively thirsty and excretes large amounts of extremely diluted urine. It causes intense thirst and excretion of large amounts of urine. A reduction in fluid intake does not reduce amounts and consistency of urine excretion. It is a rare condition‚ affecting approximately 1 in every 25‚000 people. Diabetes
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These hospitalizations are one of the problems and evidence that Mrs. Fisher’s cardiac condition is worsening. Her CHF and A-fib are causing fluid retention and increased cardiac pre-load‚ decreased cardiac output‚ compromised coronary circulation‚ which is resulting in angina‚ dyspnea‚ and weakness (Copstead‚ 2013; GCU‚ 2013a). Numerous cardiac medications demonstrate an attempt to treat these signs and symptoms (GCU‚ 2013b) but Mrs. Fisher may neither truly understand her disease process‚ nor
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both a condiment and medicine. The Romans used it for its digestive properties. In fact‚ fennel was often served in the last course of a meal — usually within a cake — similarly to Indian cuisine today. The Greeks believed fennel had slimming and diuretic properties‚ which may well have had some basis in fact. Charles the Great
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pills such as Vivarin. In Humans‚ Caffeine acts to stimulate the heart‚ central nervous system‚ and the respiratory system. Blood pressure is increased by its use‚ since heart rate is increased‚ as is contraction force and volume output. It is a diuretic and has the effect of delaying fatigue. Caffeine has a bitter taste. The isolation of Caffeine from tea is a simple-seeming experiment‚ which in fact makes use of a number of rather advanced chemical processes. To isolate the Caffeine in a sample
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Drugs Anticholinesterases- reversal agents for blocking agents (NBMR) Drugs Dose mg/ Kg Onset Duration Facts Edrophonium. Give glycol b/f otherwise you see bradyacardia- don’t mix! 7 micro grams/ Kg atropine. May need more (10-15 microg/ Kg) if given with opioid- based anesthetic. 0.5-1.5 (usual dose 40-70 mg) Approx equivalent dose- 35 mg 1-2 min 60 min Less effective than neo for deep block Neostigmine 20 mcg/kg atropine (more rapid than neo). 10 microg/ Kg glycopyrrolate (parallels
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Fluid Balance Explain in detail the fluid compartments of the body‚ including distribution of fluid and electrolytes within each compartment and the movement between compartments. In the average person water constitutes 60% to the total body weight.: 42L in a 70kg individual. 40% is intracellelular fluid‚ while remaining 20% is extracellular. The extracellular fluid can be divided into plasma (from intravascular compartment) and interstitial fluid intracellular fluid (28 L‚ about 35% of lean
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Steve Bressert‚Ph.D states‚ “People with bulimia nervosa consume large amounts of food and then rid their bodies of the excess calories by vomiting‚ abusing laxatives or diuretics‚ taking enemas‚ or exercising obsessively.” Bulimia usually evolve from anorexia. Sometimes people with bulimia are underweight but sometimes they seem to be an average weight. Bulimia can result in death also. The Ranch declared‚ “Bulimia damages
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