Week 8 Mental Illness Paper HCA 240 For this week’s assignment‚ I have selected to write about Post traumatic stress disorder. I have quite a bit of experience will this illness as well because my husband suffers from Post-traumatic stress disorder following a severe car accident that he was in about 6 years ago. Exposure to trauma is anything but new to the humankind. Post-traumatic stress disorder‚ also known as PTSD‚ has been around for centuries but was not given the name Post-traumatic
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Project Periodontitis and Heart Disease Andrea Wilson University of Arkansas-Fort Smith Abstract According to the American Heart Association‚ cardiovascular disease and heart disease are used interchangeably. Cardiovascular disease is a disease that is associated with the heart and blood vessels. There are many different types of heart diseases and they all include a variety of problems. Periodontal disease is a complex chronic inflammatory disease that results in the loss of connective
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Lifestyle or Medication? Celiac Disease By: Heather Banks Course: HCA 240 Health and Diseases: Understanding the Pathos of Pathology Instructor: Jessica Grippo There is a lot of mystery surrounding celiac disease. While some confuse celiac disease with a food allergy‚ it is not. Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder. According to "Celiac Disease" (1998-2012)‚ “one out of 133 people in the United States are affected with celiac disease.” Celiac disease is gluten sensitivity and not
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Cardiovascular disease is among the most common disease that cause early mortality. There have been an inexhaustible amount of studies on cardiovascular disease. It can be a preventable and controllable disease with the proper nutrition‚ exercise‚ and dedication. People for centuries have been dying early deaths because they did not know how to take care of their own body. Now that we have reached the 21st century‚ we have the medical knowledge as well as the tools to better prevent disease such
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CARDIOVASCULAR: PROJECT Did you know that "Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States‚ and claims the lives of approximately 800‚000 Americans each year"? What if there was a way to prevent it? Actually in a lot of cases there are ways. More than 200‚000 of these deaths from heart disease‚ stroke and high blood pressure are preventable‚ according to a first-of-its-kind analysis by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Find out how so you won’t be one of
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risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in African Americans‚ to improve self-efficacy for diet and physical activity‚ and to increase intentions to eat healthier and be physically active. This paper examines the effects of risks associated with being an African American with cardiovascular disease. These changes in behavioral‚ educational and physical activity may reverse the effects of cardiovascular disease. Providing education about the risk factors for cardiovascular disease can offer a reduction
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Introduction In the United States‚ Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) remains the greatest common cause of death. Cardiovascular Diseases‚ also known as the common heart diseases‚ are any conditions that involve blocked blood vessels that can lead to either a heart attack or other heart problems. The common types of CVD are coronary artery disease‚ high blood pressure‚ stroke‚ and arrhythmia. CVD is a major disease that will not show any symptoms until the disease is at its extreme. Yet numerous adults
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understanding of Alzheimer’s disease‚ and to hopefully prevent others from acquiring it in older age. * In 1906‚ Dr. Alois Alzheimer was the first one to recognize the abnormality of a brain affected with Alzheimer’s. Alzheimer’s disease is a type of dementia that causes problems with memory‚ thinking and behavior. With Alzheimer’s the connections between the brain cells deteriorate and die‚ which causes the memory loss. There are many myths surrounding Alzheimer’s disease. “It is a normal part of
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Blood Disorders Vicki L. Fowler HCA/240 July 24‚ 2011 Mary Dawson Blood Disorders There are many different types of blood disorders that people live with. Some of the blood disorders are hereditary and some are caused by other related factors. There are blood tests and symptoms that are checked by the doctor to treat the correct problem. The treatment of blood disorders is essential to prevent further problems or death. These blood disorders described below are just a few or the
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Disorder (atypical autism) and classic autism also known Autistic disorder. Several myths surround the disease because of popular shows and movies such as “Rain man”‚ in which actor Dustin Hoffman portrays an adult male named Raymond Babbitt whom is autistic. The film won four Oscars at the 61st Academy Awards in 1989 which included best picture. Because of the spark of exposure on the disease most people assumed that there was instant epidemic and or that people with autism had extremely exceptional
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