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Alzheimer’s disease By Claire Perry
By CPR Nashville, TN at September 20, 2012 | 8:00 am | 2 Comments
Alzheimer’s disease more commonly spoken just as Alzheimer’s is defined as a disease that causes brain degeneration and death of brain cells causing mental breakdown and memory loss. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia which is defined as the progressive deterioration of intellectual functions such as memory that can occur while other brain more...
Atrial Fibrillation by Cheryl Glaeser
By CPR Nashville, TN at September 19, 2012 | 9:56 am | 0 Comment
Atrial Fibrillation is the most common type of cardiac arrhythmia. An arrhythmia is a variation from the normal rhythm of the heartbeat. The heartbeat in an arrhythmia can be too fast, too slow, or may have an irregular rhythm. Many of the arrhythmias are harmless, but some can be serious and even life-threatening. Our hearts have an electrical system that more...
Depression By Emily Bone
By CPR Nashville, TN at September 18, 2012 | 6:44 am | 7 Comments
Depression is one of today’s leading causes of death, and many who suffer from it, may not even realize it or even seek treatment because they either cannot afford to do so or feel like it will go away in time; which in less severe cases is true. Often when a person suffers from depression, they can have frequent daily interruptions and if left untreated can be quite more...
Alopecia Areata by Emily Luebbers
By CPR Nashville, TN at September 17, 2012 | 8:50 am | 1 Comments
Alopecia is a medical term for baldness. There are three types of alopecia. Types consist of alopecia areata, alopecia totalis, and alopecia universalis. The most common is alopecia areata. Alopecia areata is patches of hair loss, usually on the scalp; they can also be throughout the body. Then there is alopecia totalis, this is when you have complete loss of scalp hair. more...
9 Things to Know About a Prolapsed Uterus by Bijalben Shah
By CPR Nashville, TN at June 22, 2012 | 8:31 am | 0 Comment
Prolapse means falling out of place. Uterus prolapse occurs when the uterus falls down or slips out from its normal position into or through the vagina. The uterus is an organ of the female reproductive system which is located inside the pelvis. The pelvic floor is a group of muscles and ligaments attached to our pubic bone and our tailbone. The muscles and ligaments of more...
