Congenital Heart Disease Congenital heart diseases are lesions‚ caused by abnormal development of the structures of the heart. This happens in the embryonic life due to environmental or unknown factors. The cause of congenital disease is usually unknown‚ but there are multifactor reasons that are incriminated. They are said to be sporadic. This meaning that it is not secluded to one geographic location. However this incidence is increased in those with a positive
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Finding out you or a loved one has a heart murmur can be frightening. Anything that causes heart complications is frightening. A heart murmur is an extra or unusual sound heard during your heartbeat. Although heart murmurs are common and need to be taken seriously‚ they are often quite harmless. Heart murmurs are most common in healthy children who can possibly out grow the symptom. With normal tests‚ doctors can find out the cause of a heart murmer and help with the problem. There are many alternate
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and Labarthe (2010) studied coronary heart disease risk factors trends and mortality in the United States. The purpose of this study was to look at cardiovascular risk factors in the United States since coronary heart disease is among the leading causes of death in the world. It is not only the leading cause of death‚ but coronary heart disease is also costing the United States a lot of money. Since much of the population is affected by coronary heart disease‚ health care costs are extremely high
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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 are unaware
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03-13-2013 COM 110 Informative Outline Heart Disease in Women Introduction Greeting: Hello Everyone‚ My name is Shelly Kutschenko and I’m here to talk about Heart disease in women Attention getter: Heart Disease is the leading cause of death in women in the United States. According to The Center for Disease Control (CDC)‚ heart disease claimed more than 292‚188 women’s’ lives in 2009‚ that’s 1 in every 4 female deaths. The National Coalition of Heart Disease states that “A woman dies every 34 seconds
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Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Although the term cardiovascular disease refers to a disorder of the cardiovascular system‚ it is usually associated with atherosclerosis‚ also known as arterial disease. It is considered the leading cause of deaths in the world‚ taking 17.1 million lives a year. There are only a few factors that are non-modifiable‚ these being the persons age‚ gender‚ family history and their race and ethnicity. Although there are non-modifiable risk factors‚ there are multiple
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Racing Against Your Heart Friedman‚ M‚. & Roseman‚ R.H. (1959). Association of specific over behavior pattern with blood and cardiovascular findings. Journal of the American Medical Association‚ 169‚ 1286-1296. This study by Friedman came about in a very odd way‚ and dared to take a look at things not understood and in an area no one had before ventured. Dr. Friedman was having the upholstery redone on the couches and chairs in his office‚ since with so much traffic from patients‚ it had
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in their houses as it is recognised as a healthier option in comparison to butter and other fat spreads. The first Flora was launched in 1960 via pharmacies‚ by 1962 it was available in local shops as a commercial product.” The Flora “Love Your Heart” campaign is a campaign I have chosen because has made an impact on society and the way people live their lifestyle. Flora created a video that was posted on Youtube‚ which is an online video viewing platform. The video became on of the most viewed
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Task 2 is to describe the different stakeholders that influence the purpose of Apple and British Heart Foundation. A stakeholder is a person or group that has an investment‚ share‚ or interest in something‚ as a business or industry. This is not just limited to someone who has purchased stock in a company‚ which is a shareholder. Who are stakeholders for Apple? Customers want the business to produce quality products at reasonable price. You have different types of customers. There are different
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Rheumatic fever is an autoimmune inflammatory disease that can develop as a complication of insufficient treatment of strep throat or scarlet fever. Strep throat and scarlet fever are caused by an infection with group A streptococcus bacteria. Rheumatic fever is most prevalent in children ages 5- to 15-year-old‚ although it can develop in younger children and adults. Although strep throat is common‚ rheumatic fever is rare in the United States and other developed countries. Nevertheless‚ rheumatic
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