The importance of physical fitness cannot be emphasized enough. In today’s society that is moving towards a more sedentary lifestyle‚ there is a greater need than ever to increase the daily activity level to maintain both cardiovascular fitness and body weight. Benefits of Physical Fitness Staying active means keeping your body functioning at a high level. Regular exercise will maintain the performance of your lungs and heart to most efficiently burn off excess calories and keep your weight under
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1A: Health Issue: Cardiovascular disease Factors contributing to Loitja’s risk of cardiovascular disease include: Stress (Harvard Health Publications‚ Harvard Medical School‚ 2010-16) -Loitja’s can be due to: low income‚ being a carer; crowded living conditions; disability; language and cultural differences from the mainstream; being Indigenous given historical factors such as dispossession from land. Passive smoking could leave her at risk of: COAD; COPD; cardiovascular diseases; and lung cancer
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nerve was cut? | It would increase and go back to the 100bpm | Explain the effect that decreasing temperature had on the frog heart. | It slows the HR | Describe why Ringer’s solution is required to maintain heart contractions. | it contains all the ions‚ pH‚ glucose‚ ATP need to keep the heart beating. | Explain the effect that increasing the temperature had on the frog heart. | it increase the HR | describe the effect that pilocarpine had on the heart and why it had this effect | -It decreases
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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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Cardiovascular diseases include a wide range of heart abnormalities‚ as well as diseases of other parts of the circulatory system‚ such as the coronary arteries‚ ther cerebrovascular system‚ the aorta and pulmonary vessels‚ and the peripheral arteries and veins. Abnormalities of these structures may be either congenital or acquired over time. It has been said that cardiovascular disease kills about 954‚000 people annually‚ including more than 156‚000 people under the age of sixty-five years.
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HEALTH DAILY This week’s top headliner PAGE 1 Interview: How well do you know your heart? PAGE 2-3 Interview continued -Editorial PAGE 4 Cardiovascular Health: Simple steps to a healthy heart and life. Are you trying anxiously to stop the ticking time bomb from counting down to your next stroke or heart attack? Quite the wait and listen up because here are some lifesaving solutions to help you beat that clock! Do you know how to monitor your heart rate at home?
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Research & Methods Concerning Potassium Channels in the Cardiovascular System Response to Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension ABSTRACT Research concerning the functional role of potassium ions in the cardiovascular system with respect to hypertension and diabetes mellitus has boomed in the past decade. Through a series of experiments‚ data has been gathered which shows the diverse response of K+ channels in the cardiovascular system when exposed to these diseases. In elevated glucose
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Cierra Moore Unit 2 Case Study 1 A&P II Age-Related Changes that Occur in the Cardiovascular System As we age‚ certain changes in the heart are inevitable. Even in the absence of disease‚ the wall of the heart thickens‚ heart rate slows‚ maximum heart rate declines‚ and the heart doesn’t pump as efficiently as it once did. Health problems‚ such as hypertension‚ coronary disease‚ congestive heart failure‚ and myocardial infraction are more common in the elderly and aggravate age- related degenerative
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Why is cardiovascular exercise important? There are many reasons‚ as for one cardiovascular exercise helps your heart and lungs supply oxygen and blood to working muscles. Cardiovascular exercise helps you lose weight and it gets your heart rate up to prevent heart attacks‚ strokes‚ and sickness such as diabetes. In my opinion Cardiovascular exercise is very important and should not be ignored. Also in my opinion a child the age 5-15 should get at least 2-3 hours of exercise a day. Cardiovascular
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The function of the cardiovascular system The Cardiovascular system circulates oxygen and nutrients to body cells and tissues. It also allows for removal of carbon dioxide and wastes from those cells and tissues. The cardiovascular system delivers hormones to targeted tissues‚ maintains body temperature‚ and helps defend the body. The cardiovascular system is made up of the heart‚ blood and blood vessels. The heart is the pump of the cardiovascular system. It consists of 4 chambers‚ which is
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