Topic 4, DQ 1 The benefits of exercise extend far beyond weight management. Research shows that regular physical activity can help reduce your risk for several diseases and health conditions and improve your overall quality of life. Regular physical activity can help protect you from the following health problems. * Heart Disease and Stroke: Daily physical activity can help prevent heart disease and stroke by strengthening your heart muscle, lowering your blood pressure, raising your high-density
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Health problems do not affect all women and men the same way, women and men are both subjected to different risk depending on their current health situation. Focusing on ethnicity, age, health care coverage and household income; health issues can arise and affect women and men. First, we must understand that having the poorest health does make it easier but, it is a beginning towards identifying the societal, enriching and policy-related factors that influence the health of women and men. Additionally
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Chronic diseases are diseases or conditions that persist or progress over a long time. Chronic diseases develop slowly. Chronic illnesses are prolonged, do not resolve spontaneously, and are rarely cured completely. There are many different chronic diseases, but the two biggest killers are cardiovascular disease and cancer, by far the leading causes of death in the United States as well as the rest of the world. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) comprises a group of diseases that includes two major categories:
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Atenolol is a Beta adrenoceptor Antagonist which is more efficient in Blocking Beta 1 receptors. It is one of the most used drugs for treating hypertension since it is a cardioselective drug. It lowers the blood pressure and the heart rate and may be safe for asthmatics. The main indication is for angina pectoris, hypertension and arrhythmias. Its main action is to prevent sympathetic vasoconstriction and to reduce prostatic smooth muscle tone. One of the main problem with taking atenolol is that
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ACSC41 23/10/03 5:42 PM Page 88 41 Pathophysiology of acute myocardial infarction Start here Macrophages and T-lymphocytes Stunned myocardium Fibrous cap 24 h Lipid core Plaque rupture, platelet aggregation Mainly dead myocytes and neutrophils Transmural necrosed zone Infarct appears pale, most cells dead, neutrophils present— coagulation necrosis Granulation tissue moves inward and replaces dead tissue with scar tissue 2h 5–7 days Subendocardial necrosed
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INTRODUCTION This poster presentation is about coronary heart disease and women. Along with the supporting paper I will attempt to identify women’s perception of CHD and some of the risk factors. The author will define coronary heart disease (CHD), and show its implication for women TOPIC AND RATIONALE Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the single largest killer of women in the United Kingdom (Hatchett and Thompson, 2002; Julian et al 2005; Mikhail, 2005). Women perceive breast cancer
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Medication errors are “the most common single preventable cause of adverse events in medical practice” [1]. According to the Institute Of Medicine report (IOM, 1999 ), as high as 98,000 patients die in hospitals each year as a result of preventable medical errors [2] which makes medical errors the second leading cause of death in US. . The report further estimates that, medical errors cost the nation approximately $37.6 Billion each year; about $17 billion of those costs are associated with preventable
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Beirut Arab University Mucus Extravasation Cyst Submitted by: Ghina Mezher & Yara Ismail Submitted to: Dr. Ali Smaha Date: Tues., Nov. 10th, 2015 Oral Pathology Content 1. Definition 2. Etiology 3. Pathogenesis 4. Symptoms 5. Superficial Mucocele 6. Treatment Definition Mucus extravasation phenomenon is a clinical term that refers to a type of oral mucocele that is a common, benign lesion originating from a minor salivary gland. It contains saliva in its interior (Neville
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p.e revision stages of learning – cognitive 1. beginner stage 2. demonstrations important 3. clear verbal explanations 4. visual demonstration give learner mental picture of movement 5. verbal cues – ensure correct sequence of movement 6. limited attention capacity 7. brief instructions – to the point 8. USE MANUAL GUIDANCE – GUIDE LEARNER THROUGH MOVEMENT 9. Lots of mistakes in this phase 10. Give extrinsic feedback and positive reinforcement of correct
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1. Describe the relationship between assessment and diagnosis. Clinicians, in hope to find the correct treatment to help their clients experiencing dysfunctional symptoms and signs, use both the processes of assessment and diagnosis. The clinician will first take a psychological assessment in order to summarize the individual’s symptoms. This is done through a variety of ways, including objective and subjective tests, structured and unstructured interviews and observation. After completing an
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