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The first round of research indicated that it could lower blood pressure, even when the patient had a sodium intake of 3300 mg/day, also the research showed it decreased the use of first line blood pressure medications. Numerous studies have revealed the diet reduces the risk of stroke, some kind of cancer, heart disease, kidney stones, heart failure, diabetes, and many other diseases…

uncontrolled hypertension (High Blood Pressure Fact Sheet), increases the level of services, treatments, and procedures provided and places a large financial burden on the healthcare system. The clinical grade wearable has the potential to lessen the severity of the diagnosis. Patients may be more compliant with a treatment plan that includes monitoring if they can wear the small, noninvasive device in lieu of taking time out to manually check their blood pressure on a regular basis. The more…

Approximately 40% of adults living in the United States have hypertension. Almost half of these adults that have hypertension have unmanaged blood pressure. Hypertension has been termed the “silent killer” because a person may be unaware their blood pressure is elevated. Health care is shifting to place an emphasis on providing education to have a healthier community, as well as primary prevention in efforts to decrease hospital admissions due to hypertensive crisis or further complications…

Conformity and Rebellion In recent years, conformity and rebellion have become necessary stages for almost all teenagers who are in their adolescent movement. Meanwhile, during this period, teenagers suffer the pressure from their parents or society. Some of them might choose to follow other people and a few of them might fight for the rules. Therefore, tension is the main cause for adolescent conformity or rebellion. No matter whether the teens are conformable or rebellious, it is…

expressing the issue of peer pressure faced in a teenager’s daily life. The issue in the novel “In Ecstasy” by Kate McCaffrey was peer pressure. When you’re a teenager there is a lot of peer pressure which gets you to do a lot of crazy and dangerous things in life. In ecstasy is about two teenage girls Mia and Sophie who went through the same experience. Peer pressure was presented through these two girls and how they got into drugs because of their friends. Peer pressure was shown when Mia was…

Coronary risk factors and risk of diabetic cardiovascular complications: Diabetes usually occurs among elderly as part of metabolic syndrome, which includes abdominal obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and all these factors can act to promote diabetic complications so aggressive treatment of diabetes and associated coronary risk factors is recommended to prevent diabetic complications (Fowler 2008) (Boyle 2007). The main cause of death in diabetic patients is cardiovascular complications…

Personal Statement What aspirations, experiences, or relationships have motivated you to pursue the study of medicine and the Joint Admission Medical Program? Please explain why or how. * (5000 characters) My interest in medicine sparked when I was an adolescent being cared for by my pediatrician, Dr. Gonzalez. As a kid, I consistently had shortness of breath and wheezing during sports competitions. As a result, Dr. Gonzalez diagnosed me with asthma and prescribed an inhaler and nebulizer to…

Strategies to prevent heart disease Heart disease is a devastating condition. It is known to be one of the leading causes of death across the world. There are some risk factors which make you more exposed to get a heart disease. Broadly, there are two types of risks: modifiable risk factors – the ones you can control such as diet, weight, lifestyle; and non-modifiable risk factors - ones you can’t control, like genetics. However, the good news is that your choices can control your heart health.…

RESEARCH DEMYSTIFIES HOW STRESS INCREASES THE RISK OF HEART DISEASE AND STROKE Topic: Research demystifies how stress increases the risk of heart disease and stroke Purpose: To find out if there is a connection between stress and cardiovascular disease. Hypothesis: The author’s hypothesis is that since previous studies has concluded that there is a link between stress and higher activity in the bone marrow and arteries in animals, the same could apply to humans. The author…

Blood pressure is the pressure applied by blood on the walls of blood vessels, it is controlled by a negative feedback system where heart rate and blood volume need to be altered in order to control the pressure. Local negative feedback systems and heart rate is regulated but the cardiovascular centre which also in turn controls neural and hormonal mechanisms. Neurons regulate heart rate and contractility and some neurons inhibit, stimulate or control heart rate by causing constriction which…