Heart disease

Pinpointing what factors lead to heart disease, in the case coronary heart disease, is a difficult task. However, it is an important task because knowing what leads to heart disease is the key to preventing it. After all, the goal of medicine is to prolong life, medicine cannot achieve this without further examining potential factors that can lead to heart disease. Annotation: In examining psychosocial and medical approaches, Stephen and Marmot first discuss how stress in different levels of…

heart is the most important organ in the human body. Without the heart life would not be possible, it is responsible for getting neturients and oxygen throught the body by way of the circulatory system. Modern medicine has advanced greatly within the last 30 years and almost all heart diseases can be treated successfully if detected in time. Congenital heart disease (CHD) is a malformation of the large blood vessel near the heart. Congenital heart disease is one of the most common forms of…

This article examined women and heart disease. It discussed that women and men have different symptoms of heart disease, and that more women die from heart disease than men. It reviews common symptoms like chest tightness or upper back or abdominal discomfort. The article shares that heart attacks occur often when women are resting or asleep. Since this is the case, by the time women seek help the damage to the heart has already been done. Some risk factors like, diabetes or low levels of…

task 1. The pacemaker is a treatment for the heart disease called arrhythmia. An Arrhythmia is a problem with the rate or rhythm of the heartbeat. During an Arrhythmia, the heart can beat irregularly (either too fast or too slow). There are four types of Arrhythmia. premature arrhythmia – are extra heartbeats that begin in one of your hearts two lower pumping chambers (ventricles). These heartbeats disturb your normal heart rhythm which causes your heart rate to increase. supraventricular…

Coronary artery disease (CAD; also more simply referred to as coronary heart disease) is a specific type of atherosclerosis, which is in turn a form of arteriosclerosis (Dulson, Fraser, LeDrew, & Vavitas, 2011). All of these medical conditions entail the same problem, which hinders proper blood flow of oxygenated blood in the arteries: the sclerosis (that is, hardening) of arteries in the circulatory system (Sclerosis [medicine], 2016). Arteriosclerosis is a general term used to describe the…

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. Public Health is working on lowering those number to a target number by 2020. The goal for public health is to improve the health of the heart and the quality of life. They plan on doing this by having prevention, detection and treatment for factors that are and might be of risk. Having early identification and treatment for heart attacks can help reduce future cardiovascular events. Health disease is a public health concern…

In the United States, 1 in 3 women dies from heart disease every year.1 Thus, heart disease is the number one killer of women compared to all cancers combined.1 It is reported that approximately 43 million women in the U.S are affected by heart disease, and about 90 percent of women have one or more risk factors for developing heart disease.1 More women die of heart attacks or other heart disease than men, and they are more likely to not get proper treatment compared to men. 2 This risk is even…

After completing lab 4a questions on the Heart Disease Risk Factor Questionnaire I totaled a score of 22. Having history of heart disease in my family on my mother side was one of the ones I I got high risk points on. Another one I got high risk point on was regular physical activity. I need to put more effort into exercising. "Regular exercise can help prevent heart disease and stroke by strengthening you muscle, lowering your blood pressure, raising your high -density lipoprotein(HDL) levels…

Introduction: The disease I am researching on is the Coronary Heart Disease, because it is the leading cause of death in Australia. The coronary heart disease is also known as Ischaemic Heart Disease, Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) or CHD (not to be confused with Congenital Heart Defection, it is a defection that can be lifelong and it is present at birth) it is one branch and also the most common form of the cardiovascular disease (CVD). Data: In each year, the coronary heart disease claims…

Katia Mahotiere Southeastern College Cholesterol and Heart Disease High blood cholesterol is one of the main factors for heart disease in men and women in the United States. The relationship between cholesterol and coronary heart disease is when too much blood cholesterol build up in the artery wall causing narrowing of the artery causing too much blood cholesterol to build up in the artery wall causing narrowing of the artery also known as Atherosclerosis. Narrowing of the…