Robert Guillaume The Rough Ride of a Smooth Actor Mark Miller Actor Robert Guillaume is a man without regrets. Well‚ maybe one. "I always wanted to be able to play the piano & never succeeded. I was a total bust. I had an inability to practice‚ and when I did practice‚ no amount of practice made me play better or sound better. And I blame the Catholic Church for screwing up my sense of music." The Catholic Church? But isn’t the Church known for its music? Guillaume elaborates.
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(apixaban) is a blood thinner used to reduce the risk of stroke and blood-clots in people who have atrial fibrillation (Afib). Afib is an irregular heartbeat‚ but it can cause blood clots to form. This can result in a stroke according to Eliquis.com (2014). ELIQUIS can play an important role for patients with Afib not caused by a heart valve problem. ELIQUIS can’t regulate irregular heart or treat people who are symptomatic; it can reduce the risk of a stroke by helping to prevent a formation of a clot. Advertisements
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Hypertension Treatment in a Low-Income‚ Minority Population. Annals Of Family Medicine‚ 10(3)‚ 199-205. doi:10.1370/afm.1369 2. Mohd‚ Aziz‚ N.‚ Alkaff‚ S.‚ Sulong‚ S.‚ Aljunid‚ S.‚ Keat Wei‚ L.‚ & ... Csiba‚ L. (2012). Rehabilitation for patients after stroke in a tertiary hospital: is it early and intensive enough?... ...including commentary by Loo KW‚ Gan SH‚ Hofgart G and Csiba L. International Journal Of Therapy & Rehabilitation‚ 19(11)‚ 603-61 3. World Health Organization. (n.d) About WHO. Retrieved
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United States of America‚ stroke is the third leading cause of death and it kills almost 140‚000 people each year‚ more particularly on average one American dies from stroke every 4 minutes. Every year 795‚000 people in the United States have a stroke. In this‚ 610‚000 are first and new and 185‚000 are recurrent strokes. Nearly 75% of all strokes occur in people above the age of 65. The risk of having a stroke increases after the age of 55 but it can occur at any age. Stroke mortality rates are higher
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Examinations of the lab animals showed that they had developed stomach ulcers‚ shrinkage of lymphoid tissue and enlarged adrenal glands. Further in his research‚ he discovered that long term stress caused these same animals to develop various diseases‚ strokes‚ arthritis‚ kidney disease and heart attacks. Seyle proposed that these same issues could develop in humans exposed to stress. According to the American Heart Association in 2010 there were over 200‚000 deaths attributed to cardiovascular disease
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five through thirty- four years old. The goal set by Healthy People 2020‚ is to improve cardiovascular health and quality of life through prevention‚ detection‚ and treatment of risk factors for heart attack and stroke; early identification and treatment of heart attacks and strokes; and prevention of repeat cardiovascular events. In healthy people 2010 the goal is to reduce the deaths of African Americans by thirty percent. According to a twenty year old study high blood pressure in middle age
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has only completed the eighth grade you want to make sure that you can make it so that he understands what is wrong with him and how to handle it. So instead of tell him that hypertension “is a condition that increases the risk for heart attack‚ stroke‚ kidney failure‚ coronary heart disease‚ and other serious health problems” (Krucik‚ 2013) and leave it at that‚ you will need to go more in depth with the explanation for him. As the nurse we need to make sure that he knows about every side effect
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References: A Clinical Practice Guideline for Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: a US Public Health Service Report. (2000) Journal of the American Medical Association‚ 283(24)‚3244-3254. American Heart Association & American Stroke Association (2008) Heart disease and stroke statistics‚ 2008 update. Retrieved February 14‚ 2009 from http://americanheart.org Blood Pressure (2009) Borio‚ G. (2009) The tobacco timeline. Retrieved February 14‚ 2009 from http://www.tobacco.org/History/Tobacco_History
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1. Define and identify general characteristics of cerebral palsy (CP). Cerebral palsy is a condition in which permanent disabling symptoms are a result of damage to the motor control areas of the brain. Characteristics of cerebral palsy include abnormal reflex development‚ seizures‚ speech and language disorders‚ sensory impairments‚ bone growth‚ and respiratory conditions. 2. There are three neuromotor classifications (types) of CP. Identify the area of the brain affected in each as well as a
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scans upon admission to view and localize lesions. They were then rescanned 2 weeks later if the initial scans yielded negative results. Excluded from the study were agitated patients and patients with a history of disorders and diseases other than stroke that would cause dysphagia. Within 5 days of admission‚ the men were given an oropharyngeal exam of gag reflex‚ volitional cough‚ speech‚ and voice. A video fluoroscopic assessment was also given that consisted of 3‚5‚10‚ and 20 ml‚ and ½ tsp of barium
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