Browsing Month March, 2013
What is ADHD by Kelly Lange
By CPR Nashville, TN at March 18, 2013 | 8:16 am | 0 Comment
My health topic of interest is ADHD. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. My daughter was recently diagnosed with this childhood behavioral disorder and I thought this would be a good way for me to understand the disorder better as well. ADHD is primarily diagnosed early in childhood and can carry out into adulthood. The main symptoms of ADHD are lack of more...
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What is an Aortic Dissection by Eric Hegger
By CPR Nashville, TN at March 17, 2013 | 9:17 am | 0 Comment
An aortic dissection occurs when you develop a tear in the inner layer of the aorta. Blood rushes out of the opening caused by the tear and into the middle layer of the aorta. This causes a separation between the middle and inner layers of the aorta. The aorta then swells up and can rupture if it is not caught in time, which often results in death. Aortic dissections are more...
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What is Asthma by Kha Vo
By CPR Nashville, TN at March 16, 2013 | 11:44 am | 1 Comments
Asthma is a long-term disease that affects many people, mostly children. There are approximately 300 million people affected; a large majority being children because it is very common for children. Asthma does not discriminate against anyone for the status of living; it affects anyone and everyone prone to allergies. Because most people affected with Asthma do not more...
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Fecal Implants or Fecal Microbiota Transplantation by Michael Hinrichs
By CPR Nashville, TN at March 15, 2013 | 9:44 am | 0 Comment
This topic caught my interest as it ties into many subjects. Coprophagia, or eating feces, is a common behavior in dogs and many animals. In some herbivores, the mother will feed its feces to its young to pass on its bacteria to them, presumably to aid in the digestion of raw plants. Also, I’m in the nursing program here, and washing hands is taught over and over more...
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What to Know About Chemotherapy Treatment by Alyssa Arceri
By CPR Nashville, TN at March 14, 2013 | 9:15 am | 1 Comments
There are many types of cancer a person may get throughout their lifetime: lung cancer, breast cancer, ovary cancer, etc. One thing most cancers have in common is a treatment that is offered to fight their cancer, Chemotherapy (chemo). Chemo is used to slow down cancer growth throughout a person’s body. Many different kinds of drugs are used during chemo to kill cancer more...
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