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The Importance of Cultivating a Lifestyle of Consistent Health Checks
With the fast changing lifestyle of people, personal background, and changing environment the need to have a regular health checks cannot be over emphasized. The risk factors like, age, gender, genetics all growing with the likely occurrence of diseases and disabilities, hence a need for a routine health check.
A regular health checks serves as a fantastic preventive and cost effective measure to reducing non-communicable diseases like heart attacks, stroke, cancer, asthma, high blood pressure and diabetes. These collectively are referred to as NCD-Non Communicable Diseases.
NCDs are the leading cause of death globally. In 2012 they cause 68% of all deaths (38 million) up from 60% in 2000.About half were under age 70 and
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However, most NCDs are considered preventable because they are caused by modifiable risk factors. Put differently, NCDs can be prevented rather than treated.
In addition, a large number office workers hardly eat healthy because of the busy and hectic nature of their jobs. They now feed on fast foods like pies and fizzy drinks which are unhealthy due to high fatty, saturates and sugar contents. Living life on this sort of unhealthy diet must be stopped. Everyone is responsible for what they feed on regardless of the tight daily schedule. Healthy nutrition is key.
Similarly, research has shown that insufficient sleep is a health problem. Sleep is increasingly recognized as important to health issues among workers and the general public. As a matter of fact sleep insufficiency has been linked to motor vehicle accidents, industrial disasters, and medical and other occupational
When we are monitoring the health status of the community we are trying to identify and solve the certain problems of the community. We will be looking for the trends and patterns which will then be compared to other communities. This will help us to
A non-communicable disease (NCD) is defined as a disease which is not infectious. Such diseases may result from genetic or lifestyle factors. Such diseases may result from genetic or lifestyle factors. Current evidence indicates that four types of NCDs (i.e. cardiovascular diseases, cancers, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases) account for almost two third of all deaths globally, with 80 per cent of these deaths occurring in low-income and middle-income countries. NCDs are a leading threat to health and development. Yet, these diseases are preventable. By eliminating shared risk factors such as tobacco use, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity and the harmful use of alcohol, almost 80 per cent of heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes and over a third of all cancers could be prevented. In addition, improved disease management can reduce morbidity, disability and death and contribute to better health outcomes. Overall, proven cost-effective strategies do exist to prevent and control this growing burden.
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major cause of death and disability in the United States among adults. More than one-half of all deaths were caused by heart disease, cancer or
Which of the following conditions is not one of the 10 leading causes of death in the United States?
Heart disease is the number on killer in the United States. Nearly 787,000 people in the U.S. died from heart disease, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases in 2011. That’s about one of every three deaths in America. About 2,150 Americans die each day from these diseases.
Primary care practitioners are at the forefront of teaching and giving patient’s tools in order to promote healthy habits. Educating, supporting and following up with patients in order to live a healthy lifestyle should be the focus of primary health. “The most effective interventions available to clinicians for reducing the incidence and severity of the leading causes of disease and disability in the United States are those that address patients’ personal health practices” (BRKHealthcare, p. 135). Incentives from insurance and government for preventative care is essential to change the current approach to medicine. Preventative health practices will lead to lower mortality and lower cost of care.
Health screening, according to Durojaiye, (2009), is a systematic application of a test or inquiry to identify individuals at risk of a specific health problem. This enables further investigation or direct preventive action, among individuals who have not sought medical attention on account of their symptoms of that problem. The main aim of screening program therefore is to detect disease or risk factors among the general population, in order to carry out preventive, or therapeutic intervention because the highest benefit one can derive from a specific treatment is when the disease is less advanced (Wardle & Pope, 1992).
The effects of long work hours, resulting in insufficient sleep have been well documented (Rogers, 2008). Insufficient sleep alone has been noted to cause cognitive problems, mood alterations, reduced job performance, reduced motivation, increased safety risks, and physiological changes (Rogers, 2008). Failure to obtain a sufficient amount of sleep is even an important contributor to medical errors (Rogers, 2008). Now think of the effects of sleep, and add in stressful work environments, short-staffing, pressure from administration, and unexpected events, we can begin to realize how patient outcomes may be greatly compromised.
Diabetes, heart disease, cancer, eating disorders, obesity, asthma, types of Dementia, and arthritis are only a few types of chronic diseases.
With faster and performance-driven corporate expectations, it gets harder to enjoy healthy work life. But, with few right steps, it is possible. Corporate burnout is not a way of life. You cannot juggle corporate and personal demands successfully in this type of lifestyle. You do not need a quick fix like an executive health check-up without a follow-up. However, you need actionable plan towards a better lifestyle. So, let's explore the best way to take care of your health, work and personal life through this article.
Chronic diseases are the leading cause of death and disability in the United States. Chronic diseases and conditions such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, type 2 diabetes, and obesity are the most common, costly, and preventable of all health problems. In 2012, about half of adults had one or more chronic health conditions. In 2010, seven out of ten causes of death were chronic diseases (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2016). Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in Dallas County, Texas (Edwards et al., 2012). Cardiovascular disease is the condition that involves narrowed or blocked blood vessels that can lead to a heart attack, chest pain or stroke. The common risk factor for CVD includes, age, sex, family history, smoking, poor diet, high blood pressure, high
On this assessment I will explain the role of public health. When we talk about public health we mean either public or private measures set prevent disease, stimulate good health, and stretch life expectation. Public health has an important role within our society, it is important that both health care workers and patients remain aware of its relevance in our society. The second part of this assessment has for main goal to determine the implications of illness and disease in our communities. We will determine the numerous approaches to the provision of services for patients, explain the relationship between the prevalence of diseases and the services required to support the patients and analyse the importance of our lifestyles choices on future
CHD is responsible for the highest mortality rate of any disease in the United States and takes its deadly toll on approximately 370,000 individuals every year (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 2016). The mechanism to blame for the high death rate from this disease is a heart attack;
Chronic diseases are long lasting disease. Chronic diseases, such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, type 2 diabetes, obesity and arthritis are the most common and preventable health problems. These diseases generally cannot be prevented by vaccines or medication, nor do they disappear, but they can be prevented by having a healthy lifestyle since some of the major contributors are tobacco use, lack of physical activity, and bad eating habits. Cardiovascular disease is leading cause of death and disability in the United State and No. 1 killer of women, it claims more lives than all forms of cancer combined killing 380,000 people annually. About 720,000 people in the US suffer heart attacks each year. 1 in 31 death of women is
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the most common CVD and accounts for the most deaths in Australia. The incidence rates for this disease are decreasing. As you can see in the image below CHD is a major contributor to mortality in Australia.