Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Although the term cardiovascular disease refers to a disorder of the cardiovascular system‚ it is usually associated with atherosclerosis‚ also known as arterial disease. It is considered the leading cause of deaths in the world‚ taking 17.1 million lives a year. There are only a few factors that are non-modifiable‚ these being the persons age‚ gender‚ family history and their race and ethnicity. Although there are non-modifiable risk factors‚ there are multiple
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Can Cardiovascular Disease be prevented? Heart disease is one of the leading causes of deaths in the world. The primary factors that contribute to heart disease are age‚ male gender and family history. These factors cannot be changed or avoided but there are several steps that can be taken to prevent heart disease. Heart disease is mostly caused by the food we eat. Fatty foods‚ foods rich in sodium‚ smoking‚ stress and excessive alcohol are some of the causes that contribute to a heart disease. The
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everywhere. I asked her why she needed to take so many pills. She sat me down and talked to me about what diabetes is‚ and how it runs through our family. After having that talk at such an early age I became interested not only in diabetes but other diseases as well. This as well as my experience shadowing a pathologist led me to the area of research known as pathology. I am applying to the Pathobiology and Translational Science Ph.D. program at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. My interest
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Introduction In the United States‚ Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) remains the greatest common cause of death. Cardiovascular Diseases‚ also known as the common heart diseases‚ are any conditions that involve blocked blood vessels that can lead to either a heart attack or other heart problems. The common types of CVD are coronary artery disease‚ high blood pressure‚ stroke‚ and arrhythmia. CVD is a major disease that will not show any symptoms until the disease is at its extreme. Yet numerous adults
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Cardiovascular system consists of the heart which pumping and transporting blood to the body through blood vessels which is the other part of the cardiovascular system. The blood vessels consist of veins‚ capillaries‚ and arteries. Each one of the blood vessels has a specific function such as arteries which transfer the blood from the heart to the whole body‚ and veins which have the reverse process which carries the blood back to the heart. This is a simple definition of cardiovascular system. Then
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same time‚ they are not aware of how important regular exercise is for their health. The majority of people do not know that regular exercise helps people to protect from heart disease‚ obesity‚ back pain. This situation causes to increase some diseases such as heart attack‚ obesity and diabetes. On the other hand‚ the risk of getting ill decreases in people who exercise regularly. Some scientific researches also show that people who exercise regularly
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Abstract: Atherosclerosis is one of the important cardiovascular disease‚ which often leads to narrowed arteries that obstruct the flow of oxygenated blood which may limit the oxygen delivery to the heart muscle and can lead to a heart attack. The blood flow through these narrow arteries is often restored by inserting folding structures‚ named Stent. A Stent is small expandable mesh-tube like device that is used to treat narrow arteries and allow the passage of oxygenated blood to heart. The aim
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Nursing profession lacks a defined philosophical and theoretical view that is applied universally. This is maybe due to the fact that our nursing practice lacks unity and not yet standardized globally. We tend to borrow values from other sciences like psychology‚ sociology‚ anthropology as some of the basis of our nursing theories. We also have different educational preparation‚ working condition and different specialization (Jarrin‚ Olga F.). The two predominant philosophical views of thought in
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The Metaparadigm of Nursing: Present Status and Fut ure Refinement s Jacqueline Fawcett‚ Ph.D.‚ F.A.A.N. Abstract The central concepts and themes of t he discipline of nursing are identified and formalized as nursing’s metaparadigm. Examples illustrate the direction provided by the metaparadigm for theory development. Refinements of the metaparadigm through conceptual models and programs of nursing research are proposed. T he discipline of nursing will advance only through continuous
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Factors for Cardiovascular Disease Large scale studies have been undertaken to find the risk factors for many common diseases‚ including CVD. Epidemiologists (scientists who study patterns in the occurrence of disease) look for correlations between a disease and specific risk factors. Two commonly used designs for this type of study are; • Cohort studies- a group of people are followed over time to see who develops a disease • Case control studies- a group of people who have the disease are compared
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