Health-Disease Articles
Alcoholism by Chanel McPike
By CPR Nashville, TN at May 4, 2012 | 4:54 pm | 0 Comment
Alcoholism is a disease in which one is addicted to and craves alcohol. It is a dependence based on alcohol that a person can not control. People that suffer from alcoholism continually drink, even though they know its causing problems within their life. Studies have shown that around 18 million people in the U.S. abuse alcohol. Alcoholism is a disease that happens more...
Generalized Anxiety Disorder by Margaret Klass
By CPR Nashville, TN at May 3, 2012 | 7:26 am | 1 Comments
Generalized Anxiety Disorder is a type of anxiety disorder that affects 6.8 million Americans or 3.1% of the population, making it a prevalent condition in today’s society. Generalized Anxiety Disorder, or GAD for short, can be defined as unrelenting, excessive and irrational feelings of worry and anxiety over day-to-day activities. Individuals who suffer from more...
Diabetes by Crista McMath
By CPR Nashville, TN at May 2, 2012 | 7:36 am | 3 Comments
Having diabetes doesn’t just affect you it affects the whole family. Looking back on my life I have lost two great grandmothers and almost lost my mother due to diabetes. One of my grandmothers had a severe heart attack due to blockage and had to go through five different bypass surgeries, after her surgeries, she went into a diabetic coma and later died; my other more...
Hypothyroidism by Amanda Scott
By CPR Nashville, TN at May 1, 2012 | 6:50 am | 1 Comments
Are you constantly fatigued? Do you have unexplained weight gain, constipation, or have muscle aches? These could be symptoms of many different things, but it could also be hypothyroidism. Hypothyroidism is a condition where your thyroid gland, a butterfly shaped gland in your neck, does not produce enough thyroid hormone. By reading on you will learn more about the more...
BLS Class, Nashville – Managing Respiratory Arrest
By CPR Nashville, TN at April 30, 2012 | 8:29 am | 1 Comments
The statistics surrounding heart disease are alarming, however, looking at the statistics of people who suffer from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (chronic bronchitis and emphysema), Sleep Apnea, and asthma is just as scary. In 2007 there were 13.1 million Americans who had been diagnosed with COPD. In 2010 the money spent on medical care and expenses for those more...
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