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What is Diabetes by Bijal Shah
By CPR Nashville, TN at November 3, 2013 | 10:00 am | 0 Comment
Commonly referred to as the “slow killer,” diabetes has been affecting people’s lives for so many years. About 30 million people in the United States are diagnosed with diabetes. That is almost a tenth of the U.S. population! But what really is diabetes? Insulin is produced by your pancreas to get the glucose from your blood and transport it to your cells. Without more...
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What is Kidney Disease by Brittany Klann
By CPR Nashville, TN at November 2, 2013 | 9:08 am | 0 Comment
Your Kidneys are the organ that produces urine and cleanses your body of waste. Chronic kidney disease occurs when waste starts to build up in the body and the kidneys are not filtering as they should. Most people who are affected by chronic kidney disease are older adults, but it may occur at any age. People who are most likely to develop the disease are people that are more...
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What is Asperger’s Syndrome by Debbie Gorman
By CPR Nashville, TN at November 1, 2013 | 8:31 am | 0 Comment
One out of 300 births a year, a child is born with Asperger’s Syndrome. A form of Autism spectrum disorder (ASD), also categorized as Pervasive development disorder (PPD). At birth, there are no signs, symptoms, or tests that can be run to detect this disorder. The signs do not begin to show until around the age of three and it is found more common in boys than girls more...
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Proper Use of Antibiotics and Their Misuse by James Bowman
By CPR Nashville, TN at October 23, 2013 | 2:15 pm | 0 Comment
Antibiotics were first discovered on the morning of September 3rd, 1928, by Professor Alexander Fleming. Eighty-five years after this amazing discovery, antibiotics are still greatly misunderstood. Much of the common public is still sadly mistaken about the proper use of antibiotics and when they are to be appropriately taken. This has led to a great deal of misuse more...
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Alzheimer’s Disease: Signs, Symptoms, and Causes by Jacob Dawson
By CPR Nashville, TN at October 22, 2013 | 8:04 am | 1 Comments
According to the Alzheimer's Association, more than 5 million people in the United States are afflicted with Alzheimer's disease and it is the sixth leading cause of death in the country. My own life became personally impacted by Alzheimer's when my grandmother was diagnosed. She began forgetting the names of relatives, leaving food in the stove for too long, and once more...
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