EMC Lifestyle - For five years‚ our backyard shed has been jammed with boxes from my previous life when I was a daily newspaper reporter‚ columnist and editor. A few days ago‚ when we were preparing for a yard sale‚ I decided it was time to sort through the stuff. But‚ after five years‚ the newspapers were disintegrating and damp. I tried to dig through them‚ but there were creepy-crawlers‚ cobwebs and unknown brown blotches on them. But in one box‚ I could see a few papers - three-hole-punch
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Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiovascular disease is defined as a disease that affects any area of the cardiovascular system‚ including the heart and blood vessels‚ and covers a range of diseases such as arteriosclerosis‚ atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease. Diet plays a vital part in the prevention and control of these diseases however other manageable factors such as smoking and physical inactivity also contribute to the diseases if not controlled correctly. However corrective action or
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Lifestyle Disease Lifestyle disease which may also be referred to as Non-Communicable Disease‚ has in recent times become an issue of grave concern for governments both globally and regionally. The World Health Organization (WHO) Secretary-General‚ during a General Assembly Summit (first ever summit on deadly chronic illnesses) in 2011deemed in a statement "...the spread of non-communicable diseases as a socio-economic and development challenge of epidemic proportions..." . In another report from
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Abstract The purpose of this report is to identify whether apathy is a disease or not. Objectives were to know the meaning of apathy‚ causes of apathy‚ meaning of someone being apathetic‚ the solution to this problem‚ and the answer to whether apathy is a disease or not. Problems were located in the report’s body‚ causes‚ definitions in addition solutions‚ answers‚ especially between the introduction and the body. The report recommends a change of behavior and making creative works‚ taking risks
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Colorectal Cancer (HNPCC or Lynch Syndrome) is an inherited predisposition to colorectal cancer and other cancers. The “non-polyposis” stems from the knowledge that this form of bowel cancer can occur with formation of few or no polyps. First named over 100 years ago‚ it is the most common form of familial colorectal cancer‚ however only accounts for around 5% of all bowel cancer cases. Other cancers that HNCPP increases the risk of includes: endometrial cancer‚ duodenal cancer‚ cancer of the ureter
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Diagnosis of LUNG CANCER Lung cancer diagnosis is extremely important to follow a proper therapy as there are various lung diseases that result in the almost same sign and symptoms as in case of cancer‚ yet the treatment strategies vary in each case. Lung cancer complete diagnosis can be done by the imaging and biopsy method in addition to the staging of cancer according to the TNM classification. Various imaging techniques are frequently employed to diagnose a particular condition while X ray analysis
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Cancer Research Assignment Leukemia Leukemia is a form of cancer found in the blood and the bone marrow‚ where more white abnormal cells are dividing quickly which could overtime outnumber the normal cells. Leukemia starts formation in the stem cells of bone marrow and develops when the blood stem cells in the marrow are abnormal. Overtime this rapid growth and division will cause the leukemia cells to overcrowd the normal blood cells‚ making it harder for the white blood cells‚ red blood cells
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Article Review: Cancer 1. Gibbs‚ W W. "Untangling the Roots of Cancer." Scientific American July 2003: 56-65. Print. 2. In the human body‚ cells are constantly going through the cell cycle. An important step of the cell cycle is called mitosis‚ in which the cell (referred to as the parent cell) undergoes a series of steps that lead to the formation of two daughter cells. This process only occurs in somatic cells‚ which are any non-gamete cells. Gametes are haploid (containing only half of a full
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Families of Children with Cancer Families of Children with Cancer Allison Hershberger HCA/240 Health and Disease Kathalene Harris February 27‚ 2013 Families of children with cancer There are many different types of cancer that are well known‚ not all of them are commonly found in children. The most common cancer we find in children today is Leukemia. What causes cancer cells to form? A
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Ovarian cancer can develop from the epithelial cells surrounding the ovary‚ the germ cells‚ or stromal cells within it. Epithelial ovarian carcinomas account for 85-90% of ovarian cancers‚ and will be the focus of this essay. Most symptoms of epithelial ovarian cancer are due to the fact that it often spreads to the lining of and organs in the abdominal cavity. These symptoms include bloating‚ pelvic or abdominal pain‚ urinary urgency or frequency‚ and trouble eating associated with feeling of fullness
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