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    A Study On Heart Disease

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    United States, heart disease. I am choosing to do my project on heart disease for several reasons. First, heart disease is very common on my father 's side of the family. Both of my father 's parents have been diagnosed with heart disease and my father himself has been diagnosed with high blood pressure, which is a precursor to developing heart disease. Also, by doing my project on heart disease, I hop that I can learn some ways in which I can prevent myself from developing heart disease, since it

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    Heart Disease Case

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    Information and Identify Preliminary Issues Heart disease is the leading cause of death in both men and women in the United States.1 There’s been an increase in heart disease awareness among women in the United States from 34% in 2000 to 54% in 2009.2 This is due to public health efforts to educate women and increase awareness. The main issue in this case is figuring out a way communicate effectively by teaching women about their risk of heart disease and how the different risk factors can be improved

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    Heart disease affects over five million Americans both male and female. Researchers have discovered that the differences in the growth of the heart and how diseases develop vary in males and females. Although both genders have many of the same risk factors, such as obesity, cigarette smoking, hypertension, and metabolic syndrome. Females are more likely to develop heart disease from elevated blood pressure due to menopause, having an autoimmune disease, or stress and depression. (Group, 2017) The

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    Ischaemic Heart Diseases

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    of heart disease has become very common. Many people lose their lives since they are not familiar with the reasons associated with the heart diseases. According to the fact sheet of WHO the 10 leading causes of death in the world during the year 2000 to 2012 where Ischaemic heart disease, stroke, lower respiratory infections and chronic obstructive lung disease have remained the top major killers during the past decade. Also it is mentioned that 7.4 million deaths are due to Ischaemic heart disease

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    Over the past years, heart disease has constituted one of the leading causes death in America. In fact, statistics show that one in every seven deaths is as a result of heart-related diseases (American Heart Association, 2016). Conversely, most deaths reported are of elderly individuals aged above the 65 years. However, there are also other underlying conditions that elevate the risk of developing heart diseases. According to the American Heart Association (2016) 62% of men and 67.8% of women have

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    Blood Heart Disease

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    The heart is a muscular organ that pumps blood to continuously throughout your body. The heart is the center of the circulatory system. This system has blood vessels, such as arteries, veins, and capillaries. The blood vessels carry blood to and from all areas of the body. An electrical system regulates your heart and uses electrical signals to contact the walls of the heart. When the heart walls contract, blood pumps into the circulatory system. The heart chambers work to ensure that blood flows

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    Congenital Heart Disease

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    the cause of a disease or an otherwise abnormal condition. This term is generally used by doctors and various other medical staff who study disease. S&S is an acronym for the term sudden and serious. This basically describes conditions that require immediate medical attention and can end up being fatal without immediate action. Congenital heart disease in newborns is a very common birth defect and effects roughly 1 in 100 or 1% of the babies born in the United States. Some of the heart defects that

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    A Study On Heart Disease

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    IIA. Policy Proposal Overall problem A: Heart Disease Heart disease is the number one killer for both men and women in the United States. Every year, about 610,000 people are killed due to heart disease. It is equal 1 in every 4 death. Coronary heart disease is one of heart disease that kills over 370,000 people annually, and every year about 735, 000 Americans have a heart attack (USA Life Expectancy, 2013). The cost of the disease (cardiovascular disease and stoke) in the United States for 2010

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    Essay on Heart Disease

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    Heart Disease      You need your heart for all your body needs. It pumps about 2000 gallons of blood a day. It takes about 20 seconds for blood to reach every cell in the body. An artery carries blood out from the heart. A vein carries blood back to the heart. An average adult heart weighs about 10-13 ounces (300 to 350 grams). The rate which the heart pumps varies depending on what your doing. When at rest the heart pumps more slowly. When you

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    The heart disease takes countless of lives around the world every year ("Heart Disease"). Therefore, the heart disease is something that needs to be controlled. In the past, the number of people diagnosed with heart diseases is increasing. For this reason, the doctors need a solution that can detect these heart diseases. During the time, it was challenging for doctors then to determine whether one has a heart disease ("Heart Disease"). Moreover, finding a solution is important because these heart

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