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Atrial Fibrillation by Cheryl Glaeser
By CPR Nashville, TN at September 19, 2012 | 9:56 am | 0 Comment
Atrial Fibrillation is the most common type of cardiac arrhythmia. An arrhythmia is a variation from the normal rhythm of the heartbeat. The heartbeat in an arrhythmia can be too fast, too slow, or may have an irregular rhythm. Many of the arrhythmias are harmless, but some can be serious and even life-threatening. Our hearts have an electrical system that more...
Depression By Emily Bone
By CPR Nashville, TN at September 18, 2012 | 6:44 am | 7 Comments
Depression is one of today’s leading causes of death, and many who suffer from it, may not even realize it or even seek treatment because they either cannot afford to do so or feel like it will go away in time; which in less severe cases is true. Often when a person suffers from depression, they can have frequent daily interruptions and if left untreated can be quite more...
Alopecia Areata by Emily Luebbers
By CPR Nashville, TN at September 17, 2012 | 8:50 am | 1 Comments
Alopecia is a medical term for baldness. There are three types of alopecia. Types consist of alopecia areata, alopecia totalis, and alopecia universalis. The most common is alopecia areata. Alopecia areata is patches of hair loss, usually on the scalp; they can also be throughout the body. Then there is alopecia totalis, this is when you have complete loss of scalp hair. more...
Huntington’s disease by Jocelyn Owens
By CPR Nashville, TN at May 21, 2012 | 8:47 am | 0 Comment
Huntington’s disease, abbreviated as HD, is a genetic neurodegenerative that breaks down the brain nerve cells until that individual is incompatible with doing everyday tasks or controlling emotions. Most cases start around the age of 21. Someone can only get this disease if one parent is carrying the defective gene, which gives them a 50/50 chance of developing the more...
Antibiotic Resistance and Super Bugs by Christoph Schulz
By CPR Nashville, TN at May 5, 2012 | 8:58 am | 18 Comments
While savvy consumers know not to trust the flood of questionable and untested remedies presented in internet advertisements or late-night television infomercials, most people wouldn’t think twice about the effectiveness of a doctor-prescribed medication. That’s especially true of the ubiquitous use of antibiotics. So it might surprise many people to learn that more more...
