It is estimated that more than one-third of population in the US is obese [2]. Obesity and morbid obesity are defined as body mass index (BMI) ≥30- <40 kg.m-2 and ≥40 kg.m-2‚ respectively. A broad range of health issues such as cardiac disease‚ hypertension‚ stroke‚ type 2 diabetes mellitus‚ obstructive sleep apnea and obesity hypoventilation syndrome are associated with obesity. All of the latter consequently increases the risk of hospitalization and a need for higher level of care. A recent study
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only in the health care delivery system but to the economic and social instability of the country as well considering the loss of productive manpower and the cost of cardiovascular disease management. Acute especially chronic conditions such as hypertension and other heart diseases consequently increase the demand on health care services‚ from simple medications to complex procedures that are necessary to manage these conditions. Countries all over the world have been experiencing the same trends
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of the heart tissue. Diagnosing for arrhythmia‚ what happens to begin with‚ is the specialist’s first take a gander at your history to check whether it could really be feasible for you to have this. They generally search for coronary illness‚ hypertension‚ ailment‚ and wellbeing issues. At that point in the wake of looking over your history they do a physical exam. Nothing excessively distinctive when they do a physical exam‚ specialist’s simply listen to your heart beat and mood to hear if
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resonance imaging have demonstrated renal injury in 63-85% of patients treated with shock wave lithotripsy (63). A recent retrospective case study with 19 year follow-up noted an association between shock wave lithotripsy and the development of hypertension and diabetes mellitus. In the lithotripsy group‚ diabetes developed in 16.8% of patients versus 6.6% of controls (64).
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another is sweat crystalizing on your skin. People with kidney disease also have a higher chance of cardiovascular disease. Another symptom is increased protein in your urine. Causes There are three main causes of kidney disease. They are diabetes‚ Hypertension‚ and glomerulonephritis. Other causes include kidney stones‚ disieses in the prostate and sometime pinworms. Treatment There is not much treatment options for kidney disease. One treatment is a kidney transplant‚ but until then you will need
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is an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor. Enalapril is used to treat high blood pressure known as hypertension and congestive heart failure. Enalapril is also used to treat a disorder of the ventricles 4) Functional Groups Carbonyl Phenyl propyl Butenedioate Atenolol 1) Structure : 2) Name: Atenolol or chlorthalidone 3) Atenolol is for the treatment of hypertension. It combines the antihypertensive activity of two agents cardio selective and a hydrophilic blocking agent
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Cardiovascular disease is a general name for a wide variety of diseases‚ disorders and conditions that affect the heart and sometimes the blood vessels as well. Risk factors for developing cardiovascular disease include having hypertension‚ diabetes‚ high cholesterol‚ obesity‚ and a sedentary lifestyle. Other risk factors include being of African-American ancestry‚ male‚ drinking excessive amounts of alcohol‚ having a lot of long-term stress‚ smoking and having a family history of a heart attack
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The impact of psychological interventions on psychosocial risk factors for stroke and their relationship with the immune system The impact of psychological interventions on psychosocial risk factors for stroke and their relationship with the immune system Introduction More than 2‚400 years ago the father of medicine‚ Hippocrates‚ recognized and described stroke as apoplexy‚ which means “struck down by violence”. Stroke is a condition with high mortality rate (Townsend et al.‚ 2012) and leading
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Retrived from 13th July 2010 from http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4726 2) Dhawan 5) Lee‚ J.‚ Ma‚ S.‚ Heng‚ D.‚ Chew‚ S. K.‚ Hughes‚ K.‚ & Tai‚ E.S. (2008). Hypertension‚ concurrent cardiovascular risk factors and mortality: the Singapore Cardiovascular Cohort Study. Journal of Human Hypertension‚ 22‚ 468–474 6) Leibson C 11) Tavintharan‚ S.‚ Cheung‚ N.‚ Lim‚ S.C.‚ Tay‚ W.T.‚ Shankar‚ A.‚ Tai‚ E.S.‚ Wong‚ T.Y. (2009). Diabetes and Vascular Disease Research. SAGE; 6(2): 80-
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Garrett Boone Professor McCabe ENGL 110 November 1‚ 2012 The Importance of Genetic Propensity for Disease In this new modern world‚ it is common to believe that there is a cure out there for everything. Treatments for cancer are getting better every year‚ and the methods for delivering insulin to Diabetes patients has become more refined and precise. However‚ these are all focused on cures‚ and very little attention is spent on prevention. The main reason for this is that the exact causes of
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