Heart diseases are already a common problem in today’s world. When they are paired with diabetes‚ it becomes an even greater issue. ‘Having diabetes means that you are more likely to develop heart disease and have a greater chance of a heart attack or a stroke.’ according to NIDDK‚ a big player in research of heart disease. These are just a start to the list of problems you are likely to have when diabetic. The longer the diagnosis of diabetes‚ the bigger chance of heart disease. This does not mean
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Heart disease Introduction What is heart disease? Heart disease or Cardiovascular disease is an abnormal function of the heart or blood vessels. It can cause an increase in risk for heart attack‚ heart failure‚ sudden death‚ stroke and cardiac rhythm problems‚ thus resulting in decreased quality of life and decreased life expectancy. The causes of cardiovascular disease range from structural defects‚ to infection‚ inflammation‚ environment and genetics. In order to help prevent cardiovascular
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Congestive Heart Failure Congestive Heart Failure is a condition in which the heart cannot pump enough blood to meet the needs of the rest of the body (Department of Health & Human Services‚ 2012). The failure can occur in on either side of the heart. In left-side heart failure‚ fluid backs up into the lungs‚ causing shortness of breath‚ due to the fact that the blood entering the left side of the heart comes from the pulmonary artery‚ and when the left ventricle cannot pump fluid out of the
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The Effect of Exercise on Heart Rate The aim of this investigation is to find out how different types of exercise can affect my heart rate. To measure and record my heart rate‚ I am going to undergo an experimental test. I am going to do 3 different types of exercise: walking‚ light jog and lastly hard running. First‚ I will draw out a table to record my results‚ and then I will measure my resting heart rate for one minute. To make the experiment as accurate as possible‚ I will
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cause of death among women in the United States (US) is heart disease; it is also the leading cause of disability among women. Currently‚ “8 million women in the US are living with heart disease; 35‚000 are under the age of 65” (Women’s Heart Foundation‚ 2011). Among American women in 2005 over 36 million were age 55 or older increasing their risk of coronary heart disease (Garvin‚ Moser‚ Riegel‚ McKinley‚ Doering‚ & An‚ 2003). . Coronary heart disease claims the lives of over 200‚000 females yearly
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The heart is an organ that acts as a ‘’pump’’ because it pumps blood continuously that is rich in a high concentration of oxygen throughout the organs of the human body such as the brain. Blood is carried through tube like structures called blood vessels such as the artery and the vein. The arteries carry blood from the heart at high pressure which contains a high concentration of oxygen and nutrients to supply the organs. Veins carry blood at low pressure to the heart which contains a high concentration
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Coronary Heart Disease Coronary heart disease‚ also called coronary artery disease or ischemic heart disease‚ it characterized by an inadequate supply of oxygen-rich blood to the heart muscle (myocardium) because of narrowing or blocking of a coronary artery by fatty plaques. If the oxygen depletion is extreme‚ the effect may be a myocardial infarction (heart attack); if the deprivation is insufficient to cause infarction (death of a section of heart muscle)‚ the effect may be angina pectoris
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Heart Diseases in the Philippines Mortality and morbidity The data we gathered shows that the average morbidity level during 2000-2004 almost did not change in 2005. However‚ the level of mortality is alarmingly increasing. This means that more people die from heart diseases than before. Since we are comparing average of 5 years with another succeeding year‚ we expected that the data won’t have significant differences just like in our data about mortality. This means that if we see big difference
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Coronary heart disease is a common term for the buildup of plaque in the heart’s arteries that could lead to heart attack. But what about coronary artery disease? Is there a difference? The short answer is often no — health professionals frequently use the terms interchangeably. However‚ coronary heart disease ‚ or CHD‚ is actually a result of coronary artery disease‚ or CAD‚ said Edward Fisher‚ M.D.‚ Ph.D.‚ an American Heart Association volunteer who is the Leon H. Charney Professor of Cardiovascular
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CHF Heart Failure: failure of the cardiac muscle to pump blood to meet the body’s metabolic needs CHF is a complication that can result from problems such as cardiomyopathy‚ valvular heart disease‚ endocarditis‚ Acute MI Left-sided failure pulmonary congestion dyspnea‚ Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea Pulmonary edema‚ rales (crackles) cough blood-tinged‚ frothy sputum
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