Health-Disease Articles
What is Sleep Paralysis by Jessica Farwell
By CPR Nashville, TN at April 29, 2012 | 8:27 am | 0 Comment
Sleep paralysis is a parasomnia disorder, wherein a person is transitioning between sleep and a wakeful state, but cannot move their body and feels a pressure or weight on their chest. This paralysis of the body is accompanied by an intense feeling of dread, which is why various supernatural explanations have been given to this disorder over the years. Eye movement is more...
Alzheimer’s Disease by Briana Zurbriggen
By CPR Nashville, TN at April 28, 2012 | 8:29 am | 1 Comments
Alzheimer’s can affect anyone over the age of 50 and every year the chance of developing it increases. “Alzheimer’s is a degenerative, incurable brain disease that systematically robs the mind of its ability to think, plan, remember and express basic thoughts and needs.”(2) This disease is the most common cause of dementia in 60-80% of cases. The disease can last more...
My Story of Thymoma Cancer by Crystal Moore
By CPR Nashville, TN at April 27, 2012 | 10:54 am | 0 Comment
Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the world (Health: The Basics; Rebecca J. Donatelle, pg. 365,207). There are many different types of cancer but the signs are all the same. They all come with the same symptoms, you just have to really understand your body and recognize any symptoms that seem not normal. Different cancers have different symptoms, for example more...
Colorectal Cancer by Lacie Ruzicka
By CPR Nashville, TN at April 26, 2012 | 11:24 am | 0 Comment
Colon Cancer or Colorectal Cancer is the third leading most diagnosed cancer upon men and women. It is also the second highest cause of death from cancer in the U.S. This type of cancer begins in the large intestine (colon) or rectum where abnormal cells being to form into polyps. There are two types of polyps called adenomas and hyperplastic polyps. Some of these more...
Type 1 Diabetes by Jennifer Hendrixson
By CPR Nashville, TN at April 25, 2012 | 10:10 am | 3 Comments
There are several types of Diabetes, but I chose to talk about Type 1, which used to be called “juvenile diabetes”. This type is generally discovered in young children and young adults. This type of diabetes is where your pancreas doesn’t produce insulin. Insulin is a hormone that usually is secreted by the pancreas and it controls how sugars and starches are more...
