References: American Heart Association. (2008). Dietary Intake of Dairy Products‚ Calcium‚ and Vitamin D and the Risk of Hypertension in Middle-Aged and Older Women September 25‚ 2008‚ from http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3055292. Fung‚ T. T.‚ Chiuve‚ S. E.‚ McCullough‚ M. L.‚ Rexrode‚ K. M.‚ Logroscino‚ G.‚ & Hu‚ F. B. (2008) Women. Archives of Internal
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While the United States has the most expensive health care system‚ it is fairly inaccessible and the quality of care falls short when compared to many healthcare systems in the world. Statistics obtained from The World Bank’s 2013 database show that the U.S. has the highest health care costs of any industrialized nation. In a report released by The Common Wealth the U.S. consistently underperformed relative to other industrialized countries on most dimensions of performance indicators (Davis‚ Stremikis
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Reducing the Number of Firefighter Fatalities One Heart at A Time I doubt that anyone would argue with the statement that firefighting is a dangerous occupation. The natural reaction of most is to flee from a burning building‚ but firefighters are not most people. Firefighters risk their lives on a day-to-day basis rushing to the scene of an emergency‚ fighting blazing fires‚ and entering burning buildings; it is hard to believe that the number one cause of line-of-duty deaths is cardiac events
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Collaborative Learning Community: Health Promotion and Community Resource Katherine Paz Lisa Alford Teaching Project Kyler Merrill Mark Lipelis Lawrence Wendel Mercy Chalappuram NRS-429V Feb 01‚ 2015 Heart Disease and Stroke Healthy People 2020 Focus Area • Heart Diseases And Stroke. • The leading modifiable (controllable) risk factors for heart disease and stroke are: • • • • • High blood pressure High cholesterol Cigarette smoking Diabetes Poor diet and physical inactivity • Heart
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Texas Due to the increase risk for Heart disease in Plano‚ the population is Risk for developing Hypertension which in turn could result in decreased cardiac output‚ activity intolerance‚ imbalanced nutrition by taking more than body requirements‚ and a learning deficient in regarding condition‚ treatment plan to include‚ diet‚ exercise‚ follow up‚ Untreated Hypertension potentially puts them at risk for Congestive heart failure‚ angina‚ or myocardial infarction. These in turn
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respiratory diseases (7%)). Hypertension is also one of the modifiable lifestyle diseases. A World Health Organization (WHO) study projected an increase of global deaths by a further 17% in coming years the period 2005-2015‚ meaning that of the 64 million estimated deaths in 2015‚ 41 million people will die of a chronic disease (WHO‚ 2005). In researches done at the Mayo clinic in February 2011‚ it was found that some of the biggest threats to men’s health were Hypertension‚ Stroke‚ Cancers‚ Heart Disease
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Myocardial Infarction Nursing 231 – Task 2 2000 Word Essay Sharon Watkins Student Number: 1065277 Word Count: 2‚069 Sharon Watkins: 1065277 Page 1 Introduction Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a coronary artery disease (CVD) that affects the lives of many Australians. Various genetic‚ social economic and environmental factors increase the risk of AMI. This essay covers CVD in Australia‚ the major modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors that cause AMI. How the nurse’s role in managing
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acids or flaxseed oil‚ according to APhA. Diets can also affect how medications are metabolized. Consumers should be warned that grapefruits and grapefruit juice could cause adverse side effects for people who use certain medications to treat hypertension‚ high cholesterol‚ anxiety‚ or depression by making it harder for the medication to enter the digestive track. In addition‚ consumers should be advised that the effectiveness of anticoagulant drugs could be hindered by leafy greens that are high
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Childhood obesity is a condition when a child’s weight is greatly rotund for their age and height. According to WHO 43 million children worldwide are overweight or obese‚ Children who are heavy as a child turn to be fat as an adult. “ A child who is obese at age 6 has a 25% chance of being obese as an adult‚ and a child who is obese at age 12 has a 75% chance of being obese as an adult” (Barness‚ 2007). The roots of childhood obesity and their risk factors can be unhealthy eating‚ heritage and lifestyles
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Congestive Heart Failure Olasumbo Dada Liberty University Abstract The prevalence of congestive heart failure is on the increase both in the United States and all over the world‚ and it is the leading cause of hospitalization in the elderly population. Congestive heart failure is a progressive disease generally seen in the elderly‚ which if not properly managed‚ can lead to repeated hospital admissions or death. Heart failure means that the heart muscle is weakened. A weakened heart muscle
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