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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The leading cause for death in a majority of countries including the United States and India is ischemic heart disease. It is estimated that one fifths of deaths in India are a result of cardiovascular diseases which include coronary heart disease‚ congestive heart failure‚ peripheral arterial disease‚ rheumatic heart disease and many more. These diseases result largely in ischemic heart failure which‚ if severe enough‚ can cause the loss of critical amounts of cardiomyocytes. This can lead to several
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University of Phoenix Material Diabetes Chronically Diseases Outline I. What is diabetes? Diabetes is a disorder of the metabolic and endocrine system. A. Cause 1. Type 1-diabetes occurs when the body own immune system destroys the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas (called beta cells). 2. Type 2-either the body does not produce enough insulin or the cells ignore the insulin. B. Risk factors 1. Type 1 a. People with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and/or impaired fasting glucose
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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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Perception‚ Knowledge & Awareness of Coronary Heart Disease among rural Australian women 25 to 65 years of age – A Descriptive Study Rosanne Crouch Submitted for Master of Nursing Science‚ October 2008 Discipline of Nursing‚ The University of Adelaide Table of Contents Index of Figures……………………………………………………………………...iii Index of Tables ....................................................................................................... iii Signed Statement ..........................
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of Heart disease Heart disease is very serious issue that can affect many Americans everyday. In the United States‚ more than 60 million Americans have some form of cardiovascular disease. About 2600 people die everyday of cardiovascular disease. Cancer‚ the second largest killer‚ accounts for only half as many deaths. Cardiovascular disease can take many forms‚ including high blood pressure‚ coronary artery disease‚ valvular heart disease‚ stroke‚ or rheumatic fever/rheumatic heart disease.
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Diabetes is an example of a non communicable disease. I chose diabetes because it is a very common disease that a lot of people live with so I would like to learn more about it. I want to learn about the disease itself and the symptoms that are associated with the disease. Then I want to learn about treatments to help with diabetes. And since I don’t have diabetes I want to learn what health practices I need to work on to prevent getting diabetes. These are all things this assignment will help me
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Heart Blocks 7/ 2005 Hi all. Yet another one‚ which occurred to me that I should do about two weeks ago‚ when a patient was doing some pretty strange things on the monitor. As usual‚ please remember that this is not meant to be an official reference‚ but is supposed to represent the information that a preceptor would pass on to a new orientee in the unit. Please get back to me if things aren’t clear‚ have been left out‚ or are just plain wrong‚ and I’ll fix them up right away. Thanks
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“Prolonged cold weakens out resistance to infection” is a statement that’s true whether or not you’re in a weakened state of health. For those that are‚ for instance‚ people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)‚ the effects of cold can be much more severe and potentially more likely to be permanently damaging. As is explained by Liesl Osmond‚ regarding a study conducted regarding temperature and sufferers of COPD‚ “This is the first time a direct relationship has been found between the
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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.
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