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Breast Cancer and Young Women by Jennifer Snyder
By CPR Nashville, TN at April 16, 2013 | 6:30 am | 1 Comments
Each year, one million individuals are diagnosed with cancer. The American Cancer Society estimates that of this one million, 296,980 of these cases will be women diagnosed with breast cancer in the year 2013. Of the 296,980 diagnosed, 7 percent will be women under the age of 40 or roughly 20,789 women. This is a staggering figure, considering most women in this age more...
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Obesity by Briyanna Jackson
By CPR Nashville, TN at April 6, 2013 | 6:56 pm | 1 Comments
Obesity has become a global problem since 2005. Obesity usually occurs between ages 15 and up in adults and children 5 and under. Obesity is defined as an excessive portion of body fat. Another term that is used for obesity is also known as overweight. A person is considered overweight when their weight exceeds 20% of normal weight. A common tool that is used to determine more...
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How Many Women Die from Breast Cancer by Shenetra West
By CPR Nashville, TN at March 20, 2013 | 7:41 am | 0 Comment
I chose breast cancer as my health topic. I chose this health topic because my grandmother was diagnosed back in August and I need to know as much as I possibly can. Over 200,000 American women are diagnosed, and almost 40,000 of them die from breast cancer. This disease is the second type of cancer that results in death among American women. What is breast cancer and the 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 Dysautonomia by Stacy Muehlher
By CPR Nashville, TN at March 12, 2013 | 10:35 am | 0 Comment
Dysautonomia is a term used for dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system, which regulates many involuntary processes within the body. Heart rate, blood pressure, sweating, and the dilation of blood vessels are just some of the functions controlled by this complex system. Within our blood vessels and internal organs, nerves carry sensory impulses to our brains, where more...
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