high cholesterol. 7.5% of adults were diagnosed with a heart problem. The highest death rate was due to coronary heart disease‚ followed by stroke‚ lung cancer‚ influenza and emphysema/COPD. Causes of premature deaths are Coronary heart disease‚ homicide‚ liver disease‚ suicide and drug overdose. Death rates were higher for men than women in all categories. Death rates were at or below the Healthy People 2010 objectives for coronary artery disease‚ breast cancer‚ stroke‚ lung cancer and motor vehicle
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an important role in understanding the question. Chopin tells readers in the first line that‚ “ . . . Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble . . . “(168). One can assume that she had physical heart trouble and was unwell or ill. Yet‚ looking deeper into the definitions of Chopin’s word choice‚ it reveals that Mrs. Mallard had an emotional heart trouble. She might feel confined and broken down because of an event or individual. After hearing about her husband’s death‚ her response
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“The Story of an Hour” is a short story written by Kate Chopin. In this story‚ there are a lot of symbols. They range from as little as an open window‚ to as big as heart disease. Symbols can be very crucial to literature‚ and the story’s meaning. The symbols in this story are very interesting to me. I do not think the story would be as meaningful as it is if they were not included. When Mrs. Mallard first goes up to her room‚ she is described as being‚ “pressed down by a physical exhaustion that
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Hypertension (HTN) is a risk factor for coronary heart disease and account the single most important risk factors for stroke‚ affecting more than 1 billion people worldwide and is considered as one of the top global risk factor for mortality (Kearney et al 2005). The incidence of HTN rises with increasing age; indeed‚ the greater of elderly people have high blood pressure (BP) (Franklin 2006). Suggesting that an individual with normal BP older than 50 years of age‚ the probability during the next
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stressful but what I am saying is before we receive calming or terrible news. Tension is not involved in our mind. This novel starts off with a sad tone. It explains how the main character is afflicted with a heart trouble. In this passage‚ Louise is well supported by her family. Many times people with heart problems cannot receive any sad‚ shocking news at any time. The new would have to be told in broken sentences. The narrator explains how the character handled her grief when the shocking news was told
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Mallard’s heart condition which leads us to believe that the heart condition will affect the story. Many times in the story we see that Mrs. Mallard does not handle situations in the way most woman did in that time. She doesn’t seem to know how to really feel about the tragic situation of her husbands death. Mrs. Mallard goes through so many changes in such a short period of time that some readers would believe it is the amount of drastic changes that caused her to pass of a heart disease
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independence‚ she writes the story of a women‚ Louise Mallard‚ going from mourning the death of her husband to coming to realize her new found freedom. At the beginning of the story it is made very clear to the reader that Mrs. Mallard is afflicted with heart trouble and is upset with the death of her husband after she weeps in her sister‚ Josephine’s arms after the news has been delivered to her. However‚ later it is stated that “the tops of the trees were all aquiver with the new spring life”. The imagery
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In this short story‚ Louise is being oppressed by all three groups aforementioned. She is oppressed by society in having to conform to a certain stereotypical method of mourning‚ oppressed by her husband and their marriage‚ and oppressed by her own heart‚ which dares not continue on after losing her independence once more. Oppression in America was not uncommon at this time‚ especially in marriages. Kate Chopin was a feminist and often tried to expose how confined women were in society and in marital
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Top 30 pediatric hospitals for heart care and heart surgery by U.S. News & World Report‚ in their 2008 edition of America’s Best Children’s Hospitals. Arnold Palmer Hospital is the only hospital in the central area with an emergency/trauma department dedicated to pediatric patients. The hospital’s Congenital Heart Institute (CHI)‚ created by a partnership with Miami Children’s Hospital‚ is well-known for its pediatric cardiovascular services. The Congenital Heart Institute combines a select group
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character’s life. Throughout the story there are many symbols to help the reader understand the emotions and changes of Mrs. Mallard after hearing of the loss of her husband. The two symbols mentioned in this short story are the open window and the heart trouble that Louise had. Louise Mallard also repeats the word “Free” in the story‚ which gives insight to the reader of how she felt about the news that was delivered to her. These elements develop the story and are a key way Chopin used to allow the
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