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    (angina) or stroke. Other heart conditions‚ such as those that affect your heart ’s muscle‚ valves or rhythm‚ also are considered forms of heart disease. Many forms of heart disease can be prevented or treated with healthy lifestyle choices. Cardiovascular disease in our arteries can begin as early as our teenage years. Often a body ’s resistance to insulin‚ which is a natural hormone produced by the pancreas‚ leads to Type 2 diabetes and disease in your blood vessels.

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    on cardio-vascular risk among ischemic heart patients in Father Muller Hospital‚ Mangalore. INTRODUCTION: Cardiovascular diseases are becoming the major cause of morbidity and mortality in most of the developing countries including India. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) encompasses a number of diagnoses‚ including coronary heart diseases‚ hypertension and strokes. Common risk factors of cardiovascular diseases are older age group‚ being male‚ family history of ischemic heart problems‚ cigarette smoking

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    E. (2014). Health Promotion throughout the Life Span (8 ed.). Health Promotion. (2013). Retrieved from www.int/topics/health_promotion/en/ Lawrence‚ M.‚ Fraser‚ H.‚ Woods‚ C.‚ & McCall‚ J. (2011‚ 11/02/2011). Secondary prevention of stroke and transient ischemic attack. Nursing Standard‚ 26‚ 41-46. Retrieved from eds.a.ebschost.com.library.gcu.edu Mosayebi‚ A.‚ Javanmard‚ S.‚ Mirmohamadsadeghi‚ M.‚ Rajabi‚ R.‚ Mostafavi‚ S.‚ & Mansourian‚ M. (2011‚ 07/21/2011). The Effects of Cardiac Tertiary

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    QUESTIONS FOR MODEL 1. Which lobe of the brain is important for vision? Where is it located? The occipital lobe is important for vision and it’s located in the left cerebral hemisphere. 2. Which part of the brain is important for reasoning? Where is it located? The frontal lobe is important for reasoning and it’s located in the left cerebral hemisphere. 3. Describe three functions of the nervous system. the function of the nervous system is to send signals from one cell to others‚ or from one

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    neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy‚ traumatic brain injury‚ stroke‚ hepatic encephalopathy‚ and spinal cord injury‚ and as an adjunct to aneurysm surgery. In this review‚ we address physiological mechanism of hypothermia to mitigate neurological injury‚ the trials that have been performed for each of these indications‚ the strength of the evidence to support treatment with mild/moderate hypothermia. Evidence is strongest for prehospital cardiac arrest and neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy

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    leading to coronary artery disease‚ dyslipidemia‚ heart disease‚ and hyperlipidemia. The two types of stroke that result from these disease states are ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes. A stroke is the sudden onset of weakness‚ numbness‚ paralysis‚ slurred speech‚ aphasia‚ problems with vision and other manifestations of a sudden interruption of blood flow to a particular area of the brain. The ischemic area involved determines the type of focal deficit that is seen in the

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        Ischemia- local decrease in blood supply    Infarction- death & deterioration of tissue resulting from lack of blood supply. 2.    What is a stroke? Name the two main types of strokes and describe the mechanism(s) by which each type occurs. Cerebrovascular Accident- condition in which brain tissue is deprived of blood supply.  The most common stroke symptoms are: Numbness or weakness (paresis) of the face‚ arm‚ or leg‚ sometimes only on one side; Confusion‚ trouble speaking or understanding speech

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    history of high blood pressure which her mother died from stroke at age 85 years‚ father found dead at age 77years. Chronic disease The prevalence of hypertension increases with age and is higher in African American than in Whites. In comparison to whites‚ African Americans developed high BP at an earlier age‚ and it is more severe at any decade. As a result‚ African Americans have a higher prevalence of stroke‚ heart disease‚ and end-stage renal disease when compared

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    disorders include: Parkinson’s disease‚ epilepsy‚ and strokes. Parkinson’s disease is one of the few neurological disorders that also has physical symptoms that are noticeable. This disorder impairs a person’s ability to move normally. It can cause a person to have tremors‚ or excessive shaking‚ stiffness‚ or “slowing of movement” (Mayo Clinic). One of the first symptoms of Parkinson’s disease is not being able

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    It is estimated that 2.7 to 6.7 million people have Afib. There are 25 million people living with obstructive sleep apnea‚ or OSA. One percent of the patients in my office have both conditions. The Afib/OSA Profile My typical patient is a middle-aged person. Both men and women can have Afib and OSA. Many patients complain that they have an irregular heartbeat‚ night sweats and cannot sleep. Some patients also show up exhibiting symptoms of sleep apnea‚ such as shortness of breath‚ extreme fatigue

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