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This paper has been written in an attempt to study heart disease in the low-income geographical area.... The paper tells that heart disease is the leading cause of death among women in Georgia.... Statistics in this respect reveal that many women are at a substantial risk of developing heart disease.... times higher for blacks than for whites; black males were more prone to premature deaths due to CVD and had a higher risk of having a heart disease....
9 Pages
(2250 words)
Research Paper
With the advancing age many changes take place at the physical and psychological levels, like musculoskeletal changes (gradual loss of bone), pulmonary changes leading to less breathing capacity, Endocrine changes with the possibility of diabetes mellitus after the age of forty, gastrointestinal changes, physiological changes, that may lead to coronary heart disease, hypertension, arthritis, integumentary changes like wrinkling ,graying drying of the skin, change in complexion, hair fall of thinning of hair, hardness of nails, cardiovascular changes like thickening of the arteries, rage and the rhythm of the heartbeat etc....
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Essay
The most common causes regardless of smoking history include postnasal drip syndrome, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), asthma (cough-variant asthma), and use of ACE inhibitors.... Cancer represents one of the most frightening diagnosis in medicine, despite cardiovascular diseases' prominence in worldwide mortality rates.... The reason for such an attitude toward this diagnosis is based in several, widely accepted, in both patients and physicians, beliefs; cancers have a higher ratio of incidence to mortality than cardiovascular diseases, despite the latter's higher incidence and mortality rates....
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Essay
Heart disease in the UK is even considered as one of the primary causes of death as figures in the year 2006 indicate that about “113,000… And these heart attacks became even more common among the elderly and more common in men than in women.... The causes for atherosclerosis have not been fully determined; however there are traits and conditions which have been considered as risk factors for this disease....
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Essay
More that 400 Americans are said to suffer from end state kidney disease.... These include abnormalities of cardiovascular and musculoskeletal systems.... This calls for careful assessment of the choice of dialysis mode to the individual patients suffering from end stage renal failure....
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Essay
Regular physical activity has shown to preserve the optimum functions and structure of muscles, bones, joints and the cardiovascular system, leading to increased quality of life.... The inclusion criteria for our study were male college students in the age group of 19-24 years, non-smokers and must be involved in some level of physical activity....
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Lab Report
This paper "Periodontal disease and Its Prevalence in Australian versus European Population" tells that 90% of the global population can be affected by prevailing periodontal diseases.... General types of periodontal disease have been connected with unpleasant pregnancy results, heart disease, heart attack; diabetes, and pulmonary disease, other than the fundamental associations that have not been recognized.... Calculating the bacterial biofilm presentation in teeth is the prevention and treatment of this disease and further threatening aspects, controlling increasing disease, and repair the lost tooth structure (Darby, 2009)....
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Case Study
A wide range of health problems originates from both tobacco and cigarette starting from atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, lung cancer, and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (Glanz et al, 2008 pp 13).... Individuals who have high blood pressure or high blood cholesterol similarly stand at a greater risk of developing heart disease when they are exposed to secondary smoking.... Cigarettes indeed contain chemicals that cause addiction in smokers, where the chemicals (nicotine, carbon monoxide) stimulate the mind causing it to be active while equally having several harmful effects on the cardiovascular system including coronary vasoconstriction, increased hypercoagulability dyslipidemia, and dysfunction....
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Case Study