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Helping Communities Handle Obesity by Sydney Johnson
By CPR Nashville, TN at March 22, 2013 | 8:16 am | 0 Comment
The United States faces the challenge of addressing the obesity epidemic which is currently affecting children, adolescents, and adults of all ethnicities. Most high-risk populations include African Americans, Hispanics, and American Indians. The statistical facts state that families in low socioeconomic statuses suffer high-risk factors related to chronic illnesses more...
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What is Glioblastoma Multiforme by Kara Friedman
By CPR Nashville, TN at March 21, 2013 | 7:59 am | 0 Comment
There are over 120 different types of brain tumors. The most common brain tumors origionate in the glglile tissue of the brain. Glioblastoma Multiforme (also known as GBM), is the most common and most aggressive brain tumor that appears in humans. It is a fast-growing brain or spinal cord tumor, but it mostly appears in the brain. A glioblastoma multiforme belongs 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 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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