Atrial fibrillation

I visited the Tampa museum of art and discovered some very interesting and beautiful works of art. My favorite painting I came across was Lupins and Foxgloves on Indian Creek, Painted by Carolyn Brady in 1988. It was placed on the museum as a gift from the Bank of Tampa, in memory of Judith R Blanchard. It’s a watercolor painting on just plain paper. Depicting both land and sea shows how artists perceive and portray the natural world around them. From romantic depictions of the American…

Over a year ago, a woman by the name of Carla Camarillo was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer. The main tumor was six centimeters, and it had metastasized throughout her body. It was said to be terminal, and the only options were chemotherapy and surgery, which would have only prolonged her life. However, she did not agree to undergo these treatments. She relied on a primarily vegetarian diet, which included juicing, vitamin C infusions, and supplements. After three months, the tumor had…

a piece of cluster breaks, and enters the circulatory system and circles through the mind's vessels until it comes to at the tightest area which is too little to give it a chance to pass. Another reason for embolism is sporadic pulse i.e., atrial fibrillation. It makes circumstances where clusters can shape in the heart separate and goes to…

REPORT TO STATE GOVERNMENT ON ALCOHOL USE, ACTION PLAN AND RECOMMENDATIONS Assessment 6.2 The report is prepared to deliver a summary on trends of alcoholism, associated risks in Australia and worldwide. The report is based on extensive research involving scientific literature, government publications and research papers. The extensive use of alcohol in Australia has increased the burden on public health. Alcoholism is associated with social, psychological, cultural, physical and…

Eight hundred thousand people experience a new or reoccurring stroke every year. A stroke occurs when there is a lack of blood flow to the brain and is the fifth leading cause of death in the United States. There are two types of strokes, Ischemic and Hemorrhagic. A stroke has many symptoms that can help one to know if they are having a stroke, about to have one, or have already had one. Along with these symptoms, there are risk factors that cause them. These risk factors are both controllable…

Heart failure (HF) is a complex and progressive clinical syndrome that can result from any structural abnormality or functional impairment of ventricular filling or ejection of blood.1 The term “heart failure” is preferred over “congestive heart failure” because some patients may show no signs or symptoms of volume overload.1 An estimated 5.1 million Americans >20 yrs of age have HF based on NHANES 2007-2010 data.2 By 2030, projection show that the prevalence of HF will increase 25% from…

Introduction Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a complex, irreversible brain disorder that causes nerve cells to die within the brain, progressively affecting dysfunction in memory and cognitive ability, behaviour and language problems (National Institute on Aging, n.d.). Primarily this disease affects older adults over the age of sixty, although it is not considered a normal part of the aging process (Dementia Alliance International, n.d.). AD is considered the most common of the dementia diseases, a…

doctor found her blood pressure was high, which required another prescription. Her blood pressure medicine was not working, so the doctor prescribed a stronger medicine. After taking the medication “she developed an irregular heartbeat due to atrial fibrillation” (Le Fanu, 2014) requiring her to add additional drugs to include another blood pressure medicine and a blood thinner. Despite, or perhaps because of all the medications, she profoundly felt weak and lethargic. A required blood test…

Introduction Cardiomyopathy is the disease of the heart in which the muscles of the heart are affected to an extent that they become stiff or of an irregular size, the effect it has on the heart classifies the type of disorder it is. It can take up many forms, the most common of these are hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, dilated cardiomyopathy, restrictive cardiomyopathy and Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia. As cardiomyopathy begins to become more severe, the overall health of the heart…

Caffeine is a popular topic of debate throughout the health field. Coffee is the adult population of America’s largest source of caffeine. The United States consumes more coffee than any other nation and is “second only to water as the most widely consumed beverage in the United States. The consumption of coffee in the United has been increasing for the past 2 decades, and today about two thirds of American adults drink coffee on a daily basis.” (O’Keefe et. al., 2013, p. 1) Previously,…