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    How To Tell If You Will Get A Stroke Days Before It Happens! Did you know that strokes are the 3rd leading cause of death for women? As reported by the American Stroke Association‚ nearly 60 percent of stroke deaths occur in women‚ meaning that they are more susceptible to this problem compared to men. In addition to this‚ they are less likely to identify its signs and get proper medical care. It is worth noting that around 80 percent of strokes are preventable with lifestyle medications‚ exercise

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    body with stress hormones‚ such as adrenalines and cortisol. The brain shunts blood away from the guts and toward muscles. Heart rate‚ blood pressure and respiration increases. The unmanaged anger will causes the health problems such as heart attack‚ stroke and skin problems. Frequent anger will raise the risk of heart disease significantly. According to Prof. Kubzansky‚ explosive people who hurl objects or scream to others may greater risk for heart attack. Anger might produce direct physiological

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    the Freestyle Stroke The freestyle is also known as the front crawl or the sidestroke. It is used in competitions but there are no real regulations on how it has to be swum. Most swimmers choose to swim front crawl during freestyle competition because it is the fastest technique. For individual freestyle competitions‚ however‚ a swimmer can use any stroke they want‚ but during medley competitions they cannot use the breaststroke‚ butterfly stroke or backstroke. The freestyle stroke involves: coordination

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    Define stroke‚ differentiate between stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA). Classification of stroke by etiology and presentation. Identify risk factors for secondary stroke. Practical application of guideline recommendations for secondary prevention of stroke. Pharmacists’ role in preventing stroke reoccurrence. Stroke is defined as ‘abrupt onset neurological deficit lasting at least 24 hours”. It is the 5th leading cause of death in the United States. Transient ischemic attack (TIA) is

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    Six-stroke engine The six-stroke engine is a type of internal combustion engine based on the four-stroke engine‚ but with additional complexity intended to make it more efficient and reduce emissions. Two types of six-stroke engine have been developed since the 1990s: In the first approach‚ the engine captures the heat lost from the four-stroke Otto cycle or Diesel cycle and uses it to power an additional power and exhaust stroke of the piston in the same cylinder. Designs use either steam

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    Introduction We have heard about two and four stroke engines. Two stroke engines got its name from the fact that the required strokes are completed in one revolution. In short there is one power stroke in one revolution. In the case of four stroke engines the four strokes are completed in two revolutions‚ or there is a power stroke in two revolutions. Then how about a six stroke engine. The name of the engine has nothing to do with the number of revolutions or anything of that sort. This engine

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    Let’s face it‚ in the eyes of the modern day motocross racer‚ 2 strokes are a thing of the past. But don’t let anyone fool you into thinking that a camshaft equipped bike is superior to the modern day 2 stroke though. The 4 stroke equipped dirt bikes have the upper hand thanks to race rules regarding engine displacement. To help make them competitive they literally doubled the displacement for what is allowed for a 2 stroke. As the 4 stroke evolved and progressed over a few short years it was clear they

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    Although it has been explored through numerous experiments‚ ischemic preconditioning is yet it to be fully understood. All we know for now through experimenting on rats‚ rabbits and pigs‚ as well as in human isolated myocytes and human muscle tissue‚ is that a brief episode of ischemia has been shown to protect the heart from more prolonged episodes of ischemia‚ reducing infarct size‚ attenuating the incidence‚ and severity of reperfusion-induced arrhythmias‚ and preventing endothelial cell dysfunction

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    Transient Ischemic Attack

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    A transient ischemic attack (TIA) happens when blood stream to some portion of the cerebrum is blocked or decreased‚ regularly by blood coagulation. A little while later‚ blood streams again and the manifestation go away with a full on stroke‚ the blood stream stays blocked‚ and the mind has changeless harm. Even though a transient ischemic attack is thought of as a “mini stroke” it is more accurately thought of as a “notice stroke” and it is a notice that ought to considered important and not be

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    STROKE(cerebrovascular accident/Disambiguation)  A stroke‚ or cerebrovascular accident (CVA)‚ is the rapid loss of brain function(s) due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. This can be due to ischemia (lack of blood flow) caused by blockage (thrombosis‚ arterial embolism)‚ or a hemorrhage.  As a result‚ the affected area of the brain cannot function‚ which might result:  In an inability to move one or more limbs on one side of the body.  Inability to understand or formulate

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