Heart disease is a common disease in people. Its a disease that affects the heart and the cardiovascular system. There are many types of Heart disease. Most often when people think of any kind of heart disease they usually think of the Coronary Artery Disease. That is the narrowing of arteries that ...

Cardiovascular diseases rank as America's number 1 killer. They claim the lives of 42.7 percent of the more than 2 million Americans who die each year. Cancer follows, killing 23.8 percent. All other causes of death account for 33.5 percent. Medical research continually seeks to reduce di...

Rh Disease Rh disease is a blood disorder that affects over 4,000 babies in the United States every year. This disease affects newborns every year because of an incompatibility between the mother's blood and her fetus during pregnancy. It causes severe destruction of the fetus' red blo...

Exercise has many benefits that will help people live longer, healthier, and happier lives. Not only is exercise healthful, it also has an effect on our overall appearance and body composition, which can directly influence self-esteem, self-worth, and level of confidence. Heart disease is Amer...

SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS CAN DESTROY THE MORAL AND ETHICAL FIBRE OF SOCIETY Scientific progress can destroy the moral and ethical fibre of society, well that is the question puzzling the people for 70 years. The first attempt at cloning happened in1938 by Hans Spumone he was the first man to success...

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...

What Should Our Cholesterol Levels Be, Ideally, and How Can We Control Our Cholesterol Without Prescription Drugs? At the moment, suppliers of anti-cholesterol drugs, such as Pfizer's Lipitor or Pravachol, are marketing their merchandise as the sole weapon available to combat the relentless onsl...

One of the major health problems that the American society and the whole world experience is the prevalence of hypertension or high blood pressure, caused illnesses or deaths in many people today. A special report made by the website Lifeclinic.com stated that almost 50 million Americans have hyper...

Scientific name - Dirofilaria immtis Common name - dog heartworm Related parasites- Intestinal worms can cause serious problems such as bloody diarrhea and fleas can bite and cause extreme discomfort for your dog. The Life Cycle The life cycle of the heartworm begins when an infected dog, ca...

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...

Marfan's Syndrome In 1896 the French pediatrician Antonin Marfan first characterized and named the disease Marfan's Syndrome, also known as Arachnodatyly an MFS. In the past many have suffered, even died due to the lack of knowledge held by the medical profession pertaining to complicat...

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...

Emotional Stress In our society of today, stress plays a big role in our daily lives. Stress is what moves us, and it can also be what harms us. Yes, stress is what motivates us to do things efficiently, but it is also what can cause serious diseases to occur such as heart disease or cancer. Str...

Smoking is bad for your body and your overall health. There are many side affects that can hurt and even kill your body. It also can harm your lungs and make it hard for you to breathe. When you look at the statistics I don't understand why people do smoke. Cigarette smoking is the most...

Meningococcal Meningococcal disease, a form of meningitis, is becoming more common and widespread and just as deadly around the world everyday. There are numerous different types of Meningococcal disease, which include A, B, C, Y and W135. A and B are the cases mainly found throughout the worl...

Circulatory system, cardiac location and structures, the heart is the driving force of the circulatory system, contracting about 70 times/minute to pump an adequate volume of blood with sufficient pressure to perfuse all body organs. The muscular organ weights from 300 to 400g, it's located wit...

The AIDS Epidemic Initial Draft Today, forty million people are estimated to be living with HIV/AIDS. With an astounding number of cases being reported each year, something must be done to educate the world's youth about the dangers of this pandemic. With over 40,000 cases of HIV/AIDS bein...

Lupus Definition of the Disease Lupus is a chronic inflammatory disease of unknown cause that can affect virtually any part of the body. The medical term for Lupus is Systemic Lupus Erythematosus or better known as SLE. With Lupus there is a malfunction in some of the cells of the imm...

While viewing an episode of forensic files on Court TV February 2004, I was inspired to do my research paper on Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS). As I watched, an eleven-year-old boy was suffering from a severe outbreak of HUS. I watched in disbelief as this child's body shut down one system a...

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 ...

Almost thirty years ago, Ebola climbed out of its unknown hiding place, and caused the death of hundreds of people. Fear gripped the victims' faces, and uncertainty tortured their minds. The people of Zaire waited outside clinics, churches and in their homes for a treatment of the horrible disease...

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...

Marfan's Syndrome is a genetic disorder that affects the body's connective tissue. Connective tissue makes up much of bone, cartilage, tendons and ligaments. Dr. Marfan first recognized Marfan's Syndrome in 1896. The disorder affects about 1 in every 10,000 newborns and currently ...

Sickle-Cell Anemia Hemoglobin, an oxygen carrying protein in blood, is sometime altered in people causing interruptions in the circulation of blood. This is known as Sickle-Cell Anemia. In the United States, Sickle-Cell Anemia is found mostly in blacks. About 1 in 400 blacks in ...

As a teenager in today's society, I have a first hand account of the immense pressures that young adults are constantly faced with daily. Teenagers are forced to deal with issues such as drugs and alcohol, specifically smoking tobacco cigarettes, which include nicotine, a highly addictive ing...