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What is Melanoma Skin Cancer by Carissa Hoffman
By CPR Nashville, TN at November 7, 2013 | 7:47 am | 1 Comments
Melanoma is a form of skin cancer that originates in cells that are found in the skin called melanocytes. These melanocytes give the pigment or color to people’s skin. This is one of the three kinds of skin cancer and the most life-threatening. Not only can this type of cancer be very aggressive but it also progresses very rapidly. Melanoma undetected can spread 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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What is Coronary Artery Disease by Brendan Nahn
By CPR Nashville, TN at October 24, 2013 | 7:50 am | 1 Comments
Coronary artery disease, commonly abbreviated as CAD, is when the arteries of the heart have partial or complete blockage of blood flow to the muscles of the heart. How this happens is from a series of contributing factors that start the build of plaque along the walls of the arteries which is called arteriosclerosis. Plaque starts from cholesterol, specifically, LDL more...
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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