Exercise benefits people in many ways from physical to mental health. With the health conscious society we live in, there are more people now than ever that look to daily exercise to maintain overall health. It has been used to battle childhood obesity, increase energy levels as well as improve heart health. The versatile benefits of exercise has caused it to become a recent trend. Childhood obesity is a major problem in the United States due to the availability of junk food as well as the lack…
What is a stroke? A stroke is a major medical emergency. It happens when the brain isn’t getting the oxygen that it needs, and the blood flow to your brain stops. This causes brain cells to die which can result in loss of memory, speech, and/or loss of movement. There are two different kinds of strokes, ischemic stroke and hemorrhagic stroke. An ischemic stroke happens when there is a blood clot that blocks a blood vessel in the brain, this is the most common type of stroke. Hemorrhagic stroke…
Research based practice is an important element in nursing. Research supports our knowledge base and answers questions of clinical concern (Kearney-Nunnery p.88). Nurses need to ask questions of their environment and seek out knowledge on how to fix those problems. One way to encourage such practice amongst staff is to, hold monthly staff meetings and allow for open discussion about issues or concerns. Specifically in my department I would ask for volunteers for a committee to be made up of…
What is this potentially deadly disorder and who does it affect? This disorder is called Aortic Valve Stenosis and it can affect anyone. Aortic Valve Stenosis, also known as AVS, happens when the aortic valve narrows. The narrowing keeps the valve from operating properly by not allowing the valve to fully open. With the aortic valve not working correctly, it causes extra stress on the valve. Since the heart has extra stress on it, the blood flow is often reduced. The blood that cannot make it…
The obesity rates have risen dramatically in the past 30 years resulting in nearly one-third of the world population classified as obese (Murray & Ng, 2016). Some of the more common health risks associated with obesity include cardiovascular disease, cancer, and diabetes. These conditions could, in fact, most likely be prevented through healthy diet and exercise. In 2007, Doctor Guy Berkenboom, professor of cardiology at the Erasme Hospital, Brussel, stated in an article in the Journal of…
Marguerite M., 89 years old female, who suffered from a massive myocardial infraction, was admitted into the cardiac intensive care unit in Chicago’s Memorial Hospital at 3 AM, Sunday morning. In order to identify the degree of Marguerite’s heart attack her primary physician Dr. K. ordered an angiogram. Angiogram and following treatment based on the test’s results must be administered during the first 6 hours of post infraction time period in order to effective (Fremgen 2014). Angiogram is a…
Heart Disease No one can live without the heart because the heart is an important muscle, which pumps blood to the entire body. The heart is located in the chest and the size if it around the human fist. Everyone has to prevent his/her, heart because many people facing health problems, such as heart diseases. It is a group of conditions that affect the structure and the functions of the heart. Heart disease could affect anyone children, men, women, and even adult. There are different types of…
Hypertension is the most common medical disorder in pregnancy ranging from 12% to 22%, and is directly responsible for 17.6% of maternal deaths in the United States (Davidson, 2012, p. 461). Hypertension in pregnancy is classified into four groups: preeclampsia-eclampsia, chronic hypertension, chronic hypertension with superimposed eclampsia, and gestational hypertension. The most common type of hypertensive disorder in pregnancy is preeclampsia. Preeclampsia is a syndrome that affects…
diseases. Within this age group cardiovascular diseases are the main cause of death. The costs of treatments will also continue to increase. There are still millions of unanswered questions on cardiovascular diseases. Cardiovascular diseases cause more than 15 million deaths in the world each year, according to the World Health Organization…
TITLE: PHARMACOGNOSTICAL, PHYTOCHEMICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF Sesbaniagrandiflora (L.) PERS By Mr. K.V. Veerabhadrappa,M. Pharm,(Ph.D) Under the Supervision of DR. J. Raveendra Reddy, M.Pharm, Ph.D Faculty of Pharmacy PACIFIC ACADEMY OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCHUNIVERSITY UDAIPUR 1. NAME OF SCHOLAR :- K.V.Veerabhadrappa Hindi :-के.वि.वीरभद्रप्पा 2. TITLE OF THE RESEARCH :- Pharmacognostical, Phytochemical and Pharmacological activity of…