must either cause symptoms or put a person at risk for more serious arrhythmias or complications of arrhythmias in the future. (American Heart Association) Risk Factors: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Age (MayoClinic.com and Heart Rhythm Society); menopause (Women’s Heart Foundation) High blood pressure (MayoClinic.com and Heart Rhythm Society) Obesity (MayoClinic.com and Heart Rhythm Society) Caffeine (MayoClinic.com and Heart Rhythm Society) Stress (Heart Rhythm Society) OTC medications – some
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Thesis Statement My literature review focus on the possible causes that contribute to the higher index of Alzheimer’s disease in women compared to men such as women life expectancy and menopause‚ and presents through studies‚ different types of prevention methods such as hormone replacement therapy (HTR)‚ multivitamin‚ neuroprotectin supplementation. Revised paragraph Two authors‚ Zandi et. al and Pagaini-Hill‚ focus on Hormone Replacement Therapy as an effective preventive procedure to lessen the
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What Is Hemp Seed? Understanding the Five Surprising Benefits of the Healthiest Seed in the World What is hemp seed? Do you think it’s some kind of a drug? Absolutely not. The hemp seed is actually a gift from nature. Produced by the hemp plant‚ it is usually confused with marijuana‚ for they belong to the same family. But the truth is‚ these plants are a bit different. Hemp contains not more than 1% of psychoactive drug‚ while marijuana has 20% or more. In fact‚ hemp seeds are the healthiest seed
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Assignment 2: Human Development There are seven stages a human moves through during his or her life span. These stages include infancy‚ early childhood‚ middle childhood‚ adolescence‚ early adulthood‚ middle adulthood and old age. Infancy is recognized as the stage of life from a human ’s birth up until he or she learns how to speak: generally until the age of one or two. During this stage‚ the child transitions from a dependent toddler to a relatively active child; he or she is typically
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Discuss effects on self-esteem and Self-confidence on the physical changes linked with ageing. As part of this task‚ I will produce a written document discussing the effects of Self-esteem and Self-confidence based on the physical changes related with ageing. I will go through the positive and negative sides of the affects‚ along with the Physical and Psychological changes that could take place. Self-esteem and Self-confidence are two very similar topics‚ although I will try and note
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The organs of the male reproductive system are specialized for the following functions: To produce‚ maintain and transport sperm (the male reproductive cells) and protective fluid (semen) To discharge sperm within the female reproductive tract To produce and secrete male sex hormones The male reproductive anatomy includes internal and external structures. What are the external reproductive structures? Most of the male reproductive system is located outside of the man’s body. The external
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gallbladder‚ breast (after menopause) and endometrium (the lining of the uterus). Weight gain affects the body’s immune system‚ certain hormones including insulin and estrogen‚ and factors that regulate cell division. Scientists in the American Cancer Society admit that research is limited in learning whether or not weight loss can reduce cancer risk. There is growing evidence to suggest that a reduction in weight may diminish the risk of breast cancer‚ after menopause‚ as well as more aggressive
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with menopause‚ and how women from different cultures experience different symptoms. Lock and Nguyen use research that was gathered in the mid-1980s about women from Japan‚ Canada‚ and the United States. The subjects were all women between the ages of 45-55. The results from this research showed that menopause was not difficult for United States and Japanese women. Many Japanese women did not experience hot flashes‚ which in the United States is one of the most common symptoms of menopause. When
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for impregnating younger women with premature ovarian failure (Grossman‚ Kort and Sauer). Later on‚ D-IVF emerged - a version of it that uses a donor egg was applied to treat perimenopausal and postmenopausal patients. First I will explain what menopause means in terms of physiological opportunities and decline of thereof. When a woman reaches puberty‚ her glands produce a full range of female hormones and her ovaries produce a least one mature egg every month. Ideally by the age of 25‚ woman’s body
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inside‚ they bind to estrogen receptors to control many genes and their expressions. In human women‚ there are three types of estrogen: estradiol‚ which is the dominant form of estrogen in women who are not pregnant‚ estrone‚ which is produced during menopause‚ and estriol‚ which is found in pregnant women. Estradiol is the most potent of the three types of estrogen found in women‚ almost ten times stronger than estrone and almost eighty times stronger than estriol. It has a very important impact on
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