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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 to Know About Chemotherapy Treatment by Alyssa Arceri
By CPR Nashville, TN at March 14, 2013 | 9:15 am | 1 Comments
There are many types of cancer a person may get throughout their lifetime: lung cancer, breast cancer, ovary cancer, etc. One thing most cancers have in common is a treatment that is offered to fight their cancer, Chemotherapy (chemo). Chemo is used to slow down cancer growth throughout a person’s body. Many different kinds of drugs are used during chemo to kill cancer more...
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What is Dysautonomia by Stacy Muehlher
By CPR Nashville, TN at March 12, 2013 | 10:35 am | 0 Comment
Dysautonomia is a term used for dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system, which regulates many involuntary processes within the body. Heart rate, blood pressure, sweating, and the dilation of blood vessels are just some of the functions controlled by this complex system. Within our blood vessels and internal organs, nerves carry sensory impulses to our brains, where more...
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What is Cholecystitis by Krysti Van
By CPR Nashville, TN at March 10, 2013 | 9:48 am | 0 Comment
The topic that I chose to write my article on is Cholecystitis. Cholecystitis is the inflammation of the gallbladder. The gallbladder is a pear-shaped organ located on the right side of the body. The primary function of the gallbladder is that it contains bile, which is a digestive fluid, which is set in the small intestine. There are two main types of Cholecystitis; more...
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