is heart disease. A couple reasons why people are so overweight are lack of exercise‚ poor diet‚ and unfortunately also heredity. Heredity is major factor when dealing with heart disease or any disease in general. Since genes are a factor into people’s health; people should definitely know all chronic disease in their family. In my family heart disease is a major issue unfortunately. Many of my family members suffer or suffered from heart problems. Since my family has a history of heart problems
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Introduction Everywhere‚ we see people smoking where most of them are men. It has become a trend and a daily necessity to smokers. Therefore‚ it is very difficult to control smoking habit. However‚ benefit of smoking only for certain things such as increasing in economy income and chance of jobs but as for individual‚ it will only bring harm rather than good. Body A. Topic Sentence Most of smokers which are men have a lack of awareness about disadvantages of smoking. There are several
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322 Apply stone therapy massage 322 Apply stone therapy massage By Lucy Barnett By Lucy Barnett Task 1a * The importance of carrying out a detailed body analysis & relevant tests is so that you can pick up on any posture faults‚ avoid any areas which may be contra indicated and you are able to give them information on ways to improve their posture. It is important to carry out relevant tests such as cold or hot and sharp and blunt so that you are sure the client can feel the difference
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Congested Heart Failure (adapted from McGraw Hill Case Studies) Chief Complaint: 74-year-old woman with shortness of breath and swelling. History: Martha Wilmington‚ a 74-year-old woman with a history of rheumatic fever while in her twenties‚ presented to her physician with complaints of increasing shortness of breath ("dyspnea") upon exertion. She also noted that the typical swelling she’s had in her ankles for years has started to get worse over the past two months‚ making it especially
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Give an account of how a poor diet and obesity can increase the chance of a person developing Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) A good diet consists of consuming a full range of all the various nutrients needed for proper function of the body and bodily systems. When someone consumes the correct nutrients in the correct proportions‚ they are considered to have a “Balanced Diet”. However‚ when someone is not consuming the correct nutrients or not consuming the correct amount of nutrients they are
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Shark Attack (Summarizing and Note-taking) Read the story on this website: http://www.sciencecases.org/shark/shark.asp Answer the following questions: 1. Identify at least five organ systems in this region of the arm that the surgeon would have marked for reattachment. 2. List the names of the specific structures that had to be reattached. 3. What organ system was most likely not reattached? Explain. 4. Why was a clean bite so important? 5. Why was the bone shortened? 6. Identify
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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 may
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Rheumatic Fever! Rheumatic Heart Disease By Kaya Michaelis Causes: Rheumatic heart disease is damage of the heart’s valves caused by rheumatic fever‚ which is caused by streptococcal bacteria. A streptococcal infection is caused by strep throat or scarlet fever.The streptococcal infection may result in scarring of the valves‚ weakness of the heart muscle‚ or damage to the hearts pericardium. Rheumatic fever mostly affects children from the ages of 5 -15‚ and occurs approximately 14-28 days after
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and faster patient care. The SeniCardiac is one of these new gadgets that Cardiologist can now use. SensiCardiac is an electronic stethoscope that pairs with the iphone to diagnoses heart murmurs. It allows the cardiologist to record‚ analyze‚ and confirm heart murmurs. The SensiCardiac provides a full cardiac murmur assessment within two minutes. No special training is required and the “app” handles reading the assessment. It records four 20 seconds readings; in the Aortic‚ Pulmonary‚ Tricuspid
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OB Case Preceptorial A Case Presentation on Rheumatic Heart Disease General Data: V.V.‚ 25 years old‚ female‚ married‚ housewife‚ residing at Balibago‚ Angeles City was admitted for the first time at AUFMC on February 6‚ 2014 Chief Complaint: Chest pain History of Present Illness: The illness started 2-1/2 years ago‚ when she started to experience occasional chest pain‚ lasting only for a few seconds especially during her aerobic exercise but does not
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