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    Heart Failure is a progressive heart disease when the muscle of the heart is weakened so that it cannot pump blood as it should; the blood backs up into the blood vessels around the lungs and the other parts of the body (NHS Choice, 2015). In heart failure, the heart is not able to maintain a normal range cardiac output to meet the metabolic needs of the body (Kemp and Conte, 2012). Heart failure is a major worldwide public health problem, it is the end stage of heart disease and it could lead to

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    Congenital heart disease(CHD) is defined as a problem with the hearts structure and function that is present at birth.According to the center of disease control and prevention CHDs affect nearly 1% of―or about 40,000―births per year in the United States.1,2. Congenital heart disease is often considered to be a childhood condition. With the advances made it surgical treatment most children who would have died from this condition in the past are now able to survive well into adulthood and live relatively

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    Article #1 A study by Cutler and Pozen (2009) compared people with heart disease in both Canada and the United States. The main purpose of the study was to compare how citizens fare with heart disease in United States Compared to Canada. The purpose behind this study is that the United States on Average spends a large amount more then Canada on Healthcare witch brings to question if it is that much more beneficial to the patients well being. The study relates to the body of literature cited in that

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    Heart Disease in Jersey City Ayva Rodriguez Felician College Heart Disease in Jersey City Individuals from Jersey City aged 65 years and older are more likely to die from heart diseases such as heart attacks, stroke and hypertension in comparison to all New Jersey residents ("Stats," 2013). These are the leading cause of death in the United States that can be prevented by controlling or preventing modifiable risk factors such as high blood pressure, cigarette smoking, diabetes, high cholesterol

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    Prevalence of Heart Disease Throughout the history of the United States, two things have always afflicted this great nation: inequality and disease. They have always had an effect on each other, as diseases have affected those from lower classes differently from those from upper classes. In our modern U.S. society, we face a specific disease, heart disease, which is now the leading cause of death in the United States and is part of a complex system of social problems (Center for Disease Control). The

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    Heart Disease is a generic term for heart conditions and there are many of these if you were to look at the British Heart Foundation website; at least 19 are listed. Heart conditions affect the performance of the heart and the main cause of death amongst heart conditions is Coronary Heart Disease, according to the NHS website. This is when the heart muscle receives inadequate blood flow due to an interruption of its blood supply, (Tortora and Dickenson 2011). Coronary Artery Disease is the most common

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    Cardiovascular Disease which is also called Heart Disease is a term used to cover the many conditions which enables the heart to perform normally. According to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, heart disease is the highest cause of hospitalization in Canada (2011). I will be reviewing the most preventable heart disease called Coronary Artery Disease. Before we begin, it is important to understand what the heart does for the body, according to Sheen the heart’s main function is to circulate

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    contribute to heart disease, there is no doubt about that. However, there are too many factors that contribute to heart disease. In, other words, medicine has not pinpointed factors that are more likely to contribute to heart disease—we don’t even know exactly what causes heart disease. Even then, there are still several factors that are being overlooked, or aren’t deemed as important. Analysis: Research has shown that mortality rate for coronary heart disease and cardiovascular disease have decreased

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    Heart disease is the number one condition responsible for the deaths of both men and women in the United States. If you are trying to improve your health to decrease the likelihood of developing a heart disease, you should look closely at your gums. According to the dentists at Legacy Dental Arts in Eagle River, AK, there has been a long time link between gum disease and heart disease. Although the link is still not entirely clear, dentists and cardiologists have known of the connection between gum

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    Heart disease is a major epidemic that is destructive and incurable. Every 1 in 4 deaths in America alone are caused by a diseased heart. People who are at risk are smokers, type 2 diabetics, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, obesity or overweight, unhealthy diet, lack of physical activity, and genetics. Some examples of heart diseases are marfan syndrome (which affects the body’s connective tissues.), cardiomegaly (which is an enlarged heart due to some other type of heart condition.) and lastly

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