Congenital heart disease

Population and Health Issue High blood pressure according to MayoClinic is a common condition in which long-term force of the blood against your artery walls is high enough that it may eventually cause health problems, such has heart disease ( www.mayoclinic.org). However, hypertension commonly know has high blood pressure is much more common in the African American community. There was a study done in an urban ambulatory internal medicine clinic in southeast Michigan. Enrolled in the study…

protein that binds with oxygen and supply oxygen from the lungs to the whole body (National Heart, Lungs, and Blood Institute, 2014). Due to insufficient amount of iron, the blood…

What You Need to Know About Slipped and Herniated Discs Do you often experience a tingling sensation on your hands and legs? Do you have a pain that starts in the back and moves to your hand and feet? These may be signs indicating that you have a herniated or slipped disc. Discs are like cushions that keep our spine protected. They have a soft cartilage interior and a tough exterior meant to fit in between the vertebrae. A slipped disc means that the outer layer of the disc has cracked out…

and other forms is a primary contributor to the development of DOX-induced cardiomyopathy(Zhang et al.,2009) The anthracycline doxorubicin-induced myocyte apoptosis is mediated by oxy radical chemistry. and change in level of antioxidant in the heart tissues(increase in CAT ,SOD and decrease level of GSH). On the other hand, a significant increase was observed in GSH levels, SOD and CAT activities in liver in the group that was given DOX and omega-3. This might indicate that omega-3…

Even people living in not so hot places search for information on how to stop armpit sweating effectively. The reason for this information search is because of problem of excessive perspiration called Axillary Hyperhidrosis. When a person suffers from hyperhidrosis excessive sweating is seen in some or several parts of the body even under normal cool atmospheric conditions. This problem happens because of an overactive sympathetic nervous system in some parts of the body. The over activity…

Congratulations. That’s great. Amazing. All things people say after someone has climbed Mount Everest or any other high-altitude mountain. The question most should be asking is was it worth it? Varying degrees of mountain sickness can affect a climber. They range from just headaches as a result of acute mountain sickness to death from High Altitude Cerebral Edema (HACE). High altitude climbing can also kill brain cells, which can impact a person later in life. High-altitude climbing is very…

Scleroderma is a rare disease that causes the skin to become thick and hard. It’s a rare disease that can be life threatening. More than 75% of people that get this chronic disease are women. There are usually two types of scleroderma, localized and systemic scleroderma. Localized scleroderma usually only affects the skin, and systemic scleroderma is more serious. It affects the skin, muscles, blood vessels, and organs. The cause of scleroderma is unknown and there is no cure for this disease at…

This muscle group is used in almost everything a person does. It is a huge and important part of all of the functions of a human. It can be strengthened in many different ways depending on which part, if any, you would like to focus on. The Abdominal muscles do a lot for the body to keep it functioning. They assist in breathing and protecting the important organs within the body. They assist in bodily functions such as urinating, childbirth, singing, vomiting and much more. They also assist in…

risk of suffering from a cardiovascular or heart disease are age, gender, diet, physical activity, alcohol and tobacco consumption, genetic factors, pre-existing diseases and geographical location. Most heart diseases affects older adults. In fact with every decade, the chances of getting a heart disease increases threefold. Gender wise, men are more prone to develop a cardiovascular or heart disease than women. Of all the deaths caused by heart diseases, 80% among men and 75% among women are…

kaliuretic diuretic agents in congestive heart failure or hypertension. Firstly, it helps to restore normal serum potassium levels in patients who has developed hypokalemia on the kaliuretic diuretic. Furthermore, it prevents the development of hypokalemia in patients who would be exposed to the risk factors, for example, digitalized patients or patients with significant…