Introduction Most people don't know very much about heart disease, and used to be one of those people. I wanted to be informed on these things that I didn't know about. I didn't want to go on not knowing about it, especially when many members of my family have been diagnosed with some type of hea...

During the course of my life there have been health choices that I've made that may affect my body and/or my health in the future. But by knowing my family's history and those diseases that seem to be hereditary will be quite supportive in maintaining a long and healthy life. This knowle...

Hypertension, or high blood pressure as it is typically known, is sometimes called the silent killer because a person could have it for years without even knowing it. It can be a very dangerous illness if not treated right away and properly. About fifty million Americans have high blood pressure, b...

Late one afternoon, a lady was driving home in the rush hour traffic. The last thing she needed was a pounding headache. While she was stopped, she dug in her purse for some aspirin to relieve her headache. She chugged it down with the Pepsi sitting by the seat. Her only worry was to relieve h...

An Article Critique on : Risk Syndrome Found In Overweight Teens There are several issues that need to be dealt with in the world today but overweight teens is something so important that it requires immediate attention. "Nearly 1 million U.S. teenagers suffer from a syndrome associated with...

Progeria Progeria is a rare and fatal genetic condition that causes rapid aging in children. Progeria comes from the Greek and it means "prematurely old." While there are many different types of this disease the classic type is Hutchinson Gilford Progeria Syndrome named for Dr. Jonathan Hutchi...

One out of the four of you in this classroom will have it. It affects 50 million Americans and nearly half are women. There are no symptoms to this disease. Many people have it for years without knowing it. This is why high blood pressure is also called the "silent killer." Uncontrol...

Diabetes in the United States Diabetes affects more than15.7 million American's, or 5.9% of the population. In the United States alone, 10.3 million people have been diagnosed with diabetes and 5.4 million people remain undiagnosed, with 798,000 new cases diagnosed each year. Diabetes affe...

Recently, I read that in some religions, it is felt that when a pet owner is ill, the animal can take on the illness to help in healing their owner. While many pet owners claim that their pets do make them feel better, there are still some skeptics. However, research studies show that pets do have a...

Article Essay The term "global events" in Mr. Beeken's definition is any incident that gets people react or provokes reactions. Examples are human rights violations, public health issues, economic, technological advances, environment issues, war, and etc. Articles aren't rea...

"When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease--of the joy that kills." Louise Mallard dies at the end of Kate Chopin's "Story of an Hour" precisely for the reasons the doctors suggest. Heart disease serves as a metaphor for an affliction of the soul. Their diagnosis is most likely n...

ARRHYTHMIAS An arrhythmia is a disruption in the normal events of the cardiac cycle. It may take a variety of forms. SINUS TACHYCARDIA A. General information A heart rate of over 100 beats/minutes, originating in the SA node. May be caused by fever, apprehension, physical acti...

Pathology Peripheral Vascular Disease PVD It is related to Arteriosclerosis Obliterans, defined as arteriosclerosis in which proliferation of the intima has caused complete obliteration of the lumen of the artery, is also known as atherosclerotic occlusive disease. Occlusive disease of the femo...

HYPERTENSION Hypertension is a common disorder characterized by a sustained elevation of systolic arterial pressure (top number) of 140 mm Hg or higher, or a diastolic arterial pressure (bottom number) of 90 mm Hg or greater, or both. Hypertension is divided into two categories: essential (o...

One of our biggest controversial issue is cloning and "designer babies". As we get older, technology and its abilities are advancing to reach newer goals. Today we can do something called cloning with animals, and now humans. However this hot topic has raised many voices. With the help...

This 38-year-old female mother of four that is married is a stay-at-home mom that has a height of 5\'6\" and a weight of 135. For her height, she is at a good weight. She smokes two packs of cigarettes a day, which is really bad for her health and her kid\'s health. Her cholesterol is 198 that could...

Physiology Exam Directions: The following exam consists of various types of questions designed to test the critical reasoning skills of the examinee. Answers are found on the following page, with rationales. This is a Twenty question test, with an allotted time of 45 minutes to indulge one...

Alcohol is a mood altering depressant drug. It can affect almost every part of a person's body. The affect alcohol has on a person depends on their sex, weight, how fast they metabolize alcohol, situation, mood, and the presence of food in the stomach. Alcohol decreases a person's inhi...

Potassium, which is the nineteenth element in the Periodic Table, influences the health of all living things. Whether it be used in a medicine or in certain amounts in dietary supplements, it helps all living things to improve the quality of life. Potassium has many uses, ranging from those of e...

What is high blood pressure? High blood pressure means that your heart is working harder than normal to force blood into the arteries and through the circulatory system. For an adult a blood pressure reading greater that 140 over 90 is considered as high. Normally, the pumping of the heart creates ...

Know the Facts About Hypertension Hypertension is the increase of blood pressure above normal levels over an extended period of time. Anyone with a regular blood pressure reading greater than or equal to 140/90 mmHg is considered to have hypertension. Those with a blood pressure of 120/80 mmH...

Anxiety and Life The dictionary defines anxiety as a concern or solicitude respecting some thing or event, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness. Some examples of anxiety are experience of fear, apprehensiveness, nervousness, p...

The children of today are becoming more obese, for the fact that they are obtaining laziness. They are spending more time in front of the television than they are getting their daily exercise. Their growing bodies need the practice to lose baby fat before it gets to be a severe problem. The growth o...

Technology and Television: Child Obesity The children of today are becoming more obese, for the fact that they are obtaining laziness. They are spending more time in front of the television then they are getting their daily exercise. Their growing bodies need exercise to lose baby fat before...

Technology and Television: Child Obesity The children of today are becoming more obese, for the fact that they are obtaining laziness. They are spending more time in front of the television then they are getting their daily exercise. Their growing bodies need exercise to lose baby fat befor...