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Acupuncture for Alzheimer’s by Alexandra Johnson
By CPR Nashville, TN at April 20, 2013 | 8:29 am | 0 Comment
Dementia of any kind, and Alzheimer’s in particular, is a devastating disease, that takes an extraordinarily high emotional toll on the patient and even on his or her family members. It significantly increases a person’s chance of dying, costs large amounts of money, and at best can be slowed down or a little bit reversed but not actually cured – by traditional more...
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Overweight and Obesity by Ash’Lea Brooks Brown
By CPR Nashville, TN at April 17, 2013 | 8:43 am | 0 Comment
Obesity and overweight are terms that are used when discussing ranges of weight that surpass what is considered a healthy weight for any given height. Obesity is an excess proportion of body fat overall. When the weight is 20% or more above normal, someone is considered to be obese. Obesity is commonly measured through a body mass index calculation. If the BMI is between more...
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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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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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Facing the Childhood Obesity Epidemic by Rebecca Yohe
By CPR Nashville, TN at February 28, 2013 | 6:50 am | 0 Comment
Childhood obesity is a growing problem worldwide; the rate of overweight children has increased three fold in the last 30 years and continues to climb. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention the rate of 2-5 year olds at an unhealthy weight has risen 20% in the last several decades. With the increased consumption of fast food our nation’s children more...
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