Cardiovascular Risk and Its Association with Hyperlipidemia‚ Diabetes Mellitus and Smoking in Singapore P K Lim¹‚ T S S Shirley¹‚ H Y Shi¹‚ L K Lau¹ ¹School of Health Sciences (Nursing)‚ Ngee Ann Polytechnic‚ Singapore Abstract Objective: To find out the prevalence of hyperlipidemia‚ diabetes mellitus and smoking as well as to increase the awareness of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) among residents in Singapore. Design: Cross sectional study‚ quantitative study‚ convenience sampling. Setting:
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(2006) My experience of the impact education had on creativity. “Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something‚ they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it‚ they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That’s because they were able to connect experiences they’ve had and synthesize new things.” Is a quote that Steve Jobs had which got me to think about how I really do feel about creativity in relation to education
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Diabetes is a term that covers several conditions that relate to a person’s ability to process sugar. The two most common conditions are called Type 1 and Type 2. Both of these conditions have similarities‚ but they also have great differences. To understand the different types of diabetes‚ it is important to understand how the body processes sugar. In general‚ terms‚ when a person consumes carbohydrates‚ they are broken down into glucose‚ which then enters the bloodstream. At the same time‚ the
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complexity of life might preoccupy one’s mind at any age when there is an underlying quest for personal growth and self discovery. Life on the Canadian prairie during the 1930s was filled with a sense of simplicity; truly appreciating the natural surroundings and resources available on the land. There was a recurrent theme to rely on oneself which made daily life difficult for many families on the prairie. Within W.O. Mitchell’s novel Who Has Seen the Wind‚ the protagonist‚ Brian O’Connal‚ tries
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Introduction Working presently as Senior Assistant Medical Officer at the Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health‚ I had been in this profession since 1982. Global warnings over diabetes increase. Research carried out by the International Diabetes Federation (2009) reveals that around 314 million people‚ equating to 8.2% of the global adult population‚ may have impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) which is a condition that often precedes the development of diabetes. The incidence of diabetes in Malaysia
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1. Which disease have you chosen? I have chosen Type 2 Diabetes for my PDH lifestyle and communicable diseases assignment. 2.Is this a lifestyle‚ genetic and communicable disease? How do you come to this conclusion? Diabetes type 2 is both a lifestyle and genetic disease. • Lifestyle- Diabetes type 2 is a Lifestyle disease because we can get it from not looking after ourselves. Many people in our society are becoming more and more obese and fat because they are not doing what’s right
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Between Mother and Daughter Even before birth a mother and child share a special bond. This bond is like no other‚ for it is miracle to have a baby growing inside your body. The feelings that emerge with this miracle are too strong for words. After birth‚ the bond develops into a greater emotional and physical bond. The child will spend much of his or her time learning in the first years of life with the mother‚ who is usually the primary caregiver. Much of what the children learn from their
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Dating has changed from the 1940’s dating was more formal. Males had more manners and more the leader in his household. This is one reason why relationship lasted longer in the old days. In today’s time we do more dating which has more sex and the focus is more about ‚sex than growing together with God in the relationships. I believe we should have more courting relationship. Courtship is a publicly visible process with rules and restrictions. More people should do courtship verses
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Ha Jin is a contemporary Chinese author and poet who grew up in China during the Cultural Revolution and has written many books of short story collections. “The Bane of the Internet” is fairly new and part of a collections of stories published in his 2009 book “A Good Fall”. Characters like the eldest sister in “The Bane of the Internet”‚ immigration to the land of opportunities shows the loss and gain of her life. Jin created the character of the eldest sister to dramatize the lives of the Chinese
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Type 2 diabetes can be described a one of the most common forms of diabetes that exists today. It need to be understood that what happens to an individual when he suffers from type 2 diabetes is that he would not be able to produce enough insulin‚ which is needed for the body in order to be able to use sugar effectively‚ or perhaps his cells would ignore the insulin that his body is producing. It would help to remember the important fact that it is sugar that provides energy for the body‚ and unless
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