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Sex: Male Age: 37 Family history: Mother had a heart attack at age 60 Height/weight: 5’9”/165 lbs Blood pressure: 145/80 (optimal is less than 120/80 Smoker: Yes Activity level: Sedentary Blood values: Total cholesterol: 210 mg LDL cholesterol: 160 mg HDL cholesterol: 34 mg Triglycerides 120 mg Which of the factors listed…

Administration with high and low doses of Bisphenol A no significant changes in serum total cholesterol, HDL serum and serum glucose levels did not change, but LDL cholesterol was significantly…

accumulation, inflammation, and cellular proliferation.8 Atherosclerosis can be caused by obesity and the resultant harmful changes in plasma lipids and lipoproteins.8, 9 These changes include increases in triglycerides and total low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol as well as decreases in high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol.9 In addition, chronic insulin resistance likely contributes to CAD.2 Persistent intake of extreme amounts of carbohydrates may lead to hyperinsulinemia, insulin…

Heart Disease in Women and their Unique Symptoms of a Heart Attack Introduction: Heart attacks are a very serious condition of the human body that require immediate attention. Heart attacks are known in the medical community as myocardial infarctions: myo- means muscle, cardio- means heart, -al means pertaining to; infarct means death of tissue (med term book). The parts come together as: tissue death pertaining to heart muscle (med term book). Each year, around one and half million cases of…

A low carb diet refers to a diet that has a limited content of carbohydrates and is high in proteins and fat. There are many kinds of low carb diets that exist. Since carbohydrates are the integral source of calories, low carbs are known to work great for weight loss; in fact, they work beyond weight loss, such as reducing risk from factors like diabetes and metabolic syndrome. Elaborating further, carbohydrates that are consumed by a human body can be segregated into: naturally occurring…

Introduction: What is Coronary Heart Disease? With cardiovascular diseases being the number one cause of deaths around the world, understanding the diseases, their risks and possible preventative actions can help an individual protect himself from the diseases. The research presented in this paper will focus on providing knowledge about coronary heart disease. Coronary heart disease, the most common of cardiovascular diseases, takes place when the coronary arteries become clogged with fatty…

Blood lipids include LDL (bad cholestrol), HDL (good cholestrol) and trigycerides. The focus should be on lowering LDL and increasing HDL. Three factors mainly determine the amount of cholesterol in the blood. Firstly, the amount produced by the liver (this is largely genetic); secondly, the amount absorbed from the intestinal tract and, finally, cholesterol increases with age. If you are at risk, medication is necessary to lower the LDL or to raise your HDL. If you have a strong…

to the cholesterol levels of the healthy volunteers. They gave 10 men and women a single meal containing zero, 1, 4, or 8 Brazil nuts, and they found that the ingestion of just that single serving almost immediately improved the cholesterol levels. LDL, or also-called “bad” cholesterol levels in the blood, was significantly lowered starting just 9 hours after the ingestion of the nuts, and by no insignificant amount, approximately 20 points within a day. Even the drugs don’t work that fast. It…

Due to this, a combined liver and kidney biochemical profile was done in 2012, to assess for kidney and liver function, as familial hypercholesterolemia we have an increase of LDL. Increased LDL primarily comes from a liver dysfunction, but increased LDL will have an inhibiting effect on the kidneys and the sodium/potassium activity. • eGFR- Low-79 mL/min/1.73m2 (80-120) eGFR is defined as the estimated glomerular filtration rate. This is often measured in…

In the outpatient setting older adults are often informed they have Aortic Valve Stenosis (AVS) but they are unaware that they have problem. They do not feel short of breath except maybe with significant exertion however their Echocardiogram indicts there is AVS. AVS is the third most common cardiovascular disease and frequently effects older individuals (Akerstrom, Barderas & Rodriquez-Padial, 2013). AVS is a progressive disease which does not show significant problems until greater than 50%…