Checkpoint: Health Decisions and Biopsychosocial Model Obesity‚ High Blood pressure and Diabetes runs on both sides of my family. One set of grandparents died of diabetes related illness. The other set of grandparent died to blood pressure related diseases. My father is obese and also has blood pressure and diabetes. My maternal grandmother and my mother both had/has high blood pressure and suffered a stroke. As I was growing up‚ all I could see around me is suffering as obesity caused many health
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RESEARCH CRITIQUE Research Critique of Adherence to Walking or Stretching‚ and Risk of Preeclampsia in Sedentary Pregnant Women Ana H. Corona Western University of Health Sciences CGN 5306: Biostatistics and Epidemiology August 1‚ 2009 Research Critique of “Adherence to Walking or Stretching‚ and Risk of Preeclampsia in Sedentary Pregnant Women” Introduction This paper is to critique a study of adherence to walking or stretching during pregnancy in high risk women who were sedentary
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RN Cultural Endemic Diseases Hypertension‚ or high blood pressure‚ is estimated to affect one billion people worldwide. It is known as a silent killer and is classified as a persistent systolic blood pressure equal to or greater than 140 mm Hg. The prevalence (how many people have a specific disease) of hypertension increases as you age. This means that there are more people with hypertension who are above the age of 55. If you are not diagnosed with hypertension by the age of 55‚ there is still
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Community Health Promotion Tool: Hypertension Transcript: Hypertension Guest: Hypertension Host: Kimberly Thomas Kimberly Thomas: Good Evening‚ I am Kimberly Thomas. I’m interviewing Hypertension what is a disorder that affects cardiovascular system. Let’s talk about the population and treatment for hypertension. There are a lot of medications for hypertension. What is hypertension? Where do you start for treatment? Hypertension: Hypertension is high blood pressure. Well‚ there are several
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• • • • • In case of Pregnancy Complications: Antepartum hemorrhage Preterm labour Pre‐eclampsia Blood loss at delivery Postpartum hemorrhage Cardiac Conditions • High risk of maternal mortality: Eisenmenger’s syndrome Severe pulmonary hypertension Cardiomyopathy Marfan syndrome (aortic root dilatation > 4 cm) Pre‐conceptional Counselling • All women with significant cardiac disease at reproductive age • Assess the risk of undergoing pregnancy • Discuss on the suitable choice of contraception
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with below normal‚ normal‚ and above normal birthweights and have concluded that being born with a higher birthweight can contribute to the overwhelming problem of obesity. Researchers are calling the babies with higher birthweights‚ large-for-gestational age (LGA) infants (Cnattinguis‚ et. al.‚ 2011‚ p.1320). It is well known that obesity has become a significant problem in today’s times. It is also well known that obesity can put one at a greater risk of other significant health problems. One study
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Pre-Eclampsia and Eclampsia Disorders In Pregnant Women Pre-eclampsia and eclampsia are disorders in pregnant women. Pre- eclampsia is hypertension and eclampsia is the worsening of pre-eclampsia where the woman experiences convulsions or goes into a coma. The complication of eclampsia in a pregnant woman can put her and her unborn child at risk. A risk that may be fatal. This is only to briefly define the disorders. Furthermore‚ I predict that women who have suffered from eclampsia do need
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I selected the following website www.ash-us.org‚ which is created by The American Society of Hypertension. The vision statement of American Society of Hypertension is to eliminate hypertension and its consequences nationwide. Its mission statement: “To translate and promote current research in hypertension and vascular disease into effective treatment strategies for patients with hypertension and associated disorders.” The ASH Vision Statement defines the desired contribution of the organization
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Introduction Gestational diabetes is defined as any degree of glucose intolerance that has its onset or is first diagnosed during pregnancy. Kuhl‚ Hornnes‚ and Andersen (1985) state that gestational diabetes occurs when the pancreas of a pregnant woman fails to increase insulin production to compensate for the natural decrease in cells’ sensitivity to insulin. The cardinal signs of diabetes are polyuria (related to decreased reabsorption at the renal tubules because of the osmotic activity of
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jipmerJIPMER 2001 1)Vocalis Muscle is a part of a)Thyroarytenoid b)Cricoarytenoid c)Transverse arytenoid d)Posterior cricoarytenoid 2)Sumatriptan is contraindicated in a)Asthma b)DM c)Coronary artery disease d)peripheral vascular disease 3)Non granular fungal disease is a)Cryptococcus b)Blastomycosis c)Candida d) 4)All following are true of seminiferous tubules except a)Sertoli cells b)Leydig cells c)spermatid d)Spermatogonia 5)Sub-poena is a a)Legal b)medicolegal c)Medical
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