Top 10 life style diseases Alzheimer’s Disease: a form of brain disease. No one knows the exact cause‚ but a real breakdown of the cells of the brain does occur. There is no treatment‚ but good nutrition may slow the progress of this lifestyle disease‚ which lasts about seven years in most people who have it. Arteriosclerosis: A generic term for several diseases in which the arterial wall becomes thicken and loses elasticity. Atherosclerosis is the most common and serious vascular disease. Plaques
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Maintaining good physical fitness and a healthy diet could save most Americans from developing heart disease‚ however‚ other chronic diseases cannot be controlled. In‚ 2005‚ Dr. Rich stated in a report that cancer is the number one killer of Americans under age 85‚ not heart disease. Reports from the media stated that only very old Americans continue to die of heart disease than cancer; however‚ heart disease remains the number one killer among certain age groups. These age groups include men ages 40-59
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Chronic Disease Risk Assessment Essay There are several types of cancer plaguing our world today‚ but breast cancer is the most common invasive cancer in females. Breast cancer accounts for 16% of all female cancers and 22.9% of invasive cancers in women. But breast cancer can also affect men. 18.2% of all cancer deaths worldwide‚ including males and females‚ are caused by breast cancer. According to the “National Cancer Institute”‚ 232‚340 female breast cancers and 2‚240 male breast cancers
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Chronic Diseases: Cervical Cancer Every year about 12‚000 women in the United States are diagnosed with cervical cancer‚ that’s 33 women a day. Cervical cancer is a type of cancer that forms in the tissues of the cervix. This type of cancer is a slow growing cancer and can be hard to diagnose because sometimes women do not have any symptoms. Even though women sometimes do not show or have symptoms of cervical cancer it can be found with a regular Pap test; women should
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Lifestyle disease From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Lifestyle diseases (also sometimes called diseases of longevity or diseases of civilization interchangeably) are diseases that appear to increase in frequency as countries become more industrialized and people live longer. They can include Alzheimer’s disease‚ atherosclerosis‚ asthma‚ some kinds of cancer‚ chronic liver disease or cirrhosis‚ chronic obstructive pulmonary disease‚ Type 2 diabetes‚ heart disease‚ metabolic syndrome‚ chronic
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What is a learning style? Well a learning style is the way a person tends to learn best. It involves your preferred method of taking in‚ organizing‚ and making sense of information‚ Lake Washington Institute of Technology (2012). Some people prefer to learn by doing and touching‚ others prefer to learn by seeing‚ or by hearing the information. Still others learn using more than one learning style. If a person was interested in finding out what their particular learning style is would be to take
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It is a well known fact that health is one of the most important aspects of our life. Without our health‚ we will not be able to go about our daily activities without facing any difficulties. Our lifestyle affects the condition of our health. Thus‚ we should live a healthy lifestyle in order to stay healthy. In general‚ a healthy person will avoid smoking‚ exercise regularly‚ and eat a balanced diet. The public has always been aware of the detrimental effects of nicotine and other substances contained
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Benefits of Living a Healthy Life Did you know on average a person who lives a healthy life can out live a person who doesn’t by as much as 10 years? My mom‚ who works for the American Dairy Association‚ told me this fact and I was surprised. Living a healthy life is such an easy way to extend your life. My mom always encourages me to stay active and eat healthy because of the important benefits. People are always saying how important it is to stay healthy and now I’m curious about the benefits
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diet‚ exercising regularly‚ and getting enough sleep at night. 1. Physical activity a. It can help relieve stress & provide an overall feeling of well-being b. It can help you achieve and maintain a healthy weight and lower risk for chronic disease. 2. Getting enough sleep a. Getting enough sleep can keep our health b. Less sleep will make us in bad performance in studying & working 3. Nutritious diet a. The Healthy Eating Pyramid emphasizes that we should have proper diet for each
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Life’s Descriptions Life is one of those words that can be shaped however one may please and turned into an idea suited for themselves. For example‚ “Life is like photography. You need the negatives to develop” (Brown). There are many metaphors used to describe life depending on whether it is an optimistic or pessimistic view. Two comparisons some may make about life are having to do with having their life course mapped out and then‚ to its polar opposite‚ going through each day without a clue.
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