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    Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is a common and devastating event, often occurring in the prime of life and having profound consequences for surviving members of the individual’s family. Out-of-hospital SCD is the cause of more than 60% of all deaths from cardiovascular disease, which is the leading cause of death worldwide.1–4 In the past few decades, substantial progress has been made in our understanding of SCD and in its prevention and management. Multiple clinical, structural, autonomic, and genetic

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    However, the Sudden Infant Death aha a lot of effects that affects some families. Imagine how you will feel when when wake up the next morning and find out that your baby is dead without know the cause of the death of the child. It will be really sad for a newly married to face a situation like this. This type of death is not a death that I would know before it happens. “Studies have shown that the loss of a child, especially a sudden loss, is among the most traumatic, devastating losses for any

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    What is sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)? SIDS is when an infant passes away unexpectedly before the age of 1. According to the article, The Factors Contributing to the Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, SIDS is non explanatory after a thorough investigation, which may include an autopsy, evaluation of where the infant passed away, and medical history. According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 1,500 infants passed away from SIDS in 2013. SIDS is the number one cause of

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    plague that has been affecting oak trees in the area since 1997: sudden oak death. This disease is primarily limited to the west coast, with heavy concentrations of outbreak in California and Oregon. It can cause seemingly healthy oaks to suddenly die and fall over. Understanding what causes this disease, its early warning signs, and treatments can help keep you from falling victim to this problem. Cause Of Sudden Oak Death Sudden oak death is caused by a fungus called phytophthora ramorum. This fungus

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    Ghanshyam Patel, EMPL ID: 23591518 CHSS Research Paper Instructor: Dr. Christian Grov SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH Author: Ghanshyam Patel MBBS, MPH EMPL Id: 23591518, Ghanshyam.patel18@sphmail.cuny.edu FROM, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, 55 West 125th Street, New York, NY 10027, USA Abstract: Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is major public health problem. SCD continues to be one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide, with an annual incidence estimated at 250000 to

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    Ghanshyam Patel, EMPL ID: 23591518 CHSS Research Paper SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH Author: Ghanshyam Patel MBBS, MPH EMPL Id: 23591518, Ghanshyam.patel18@sphmail.cuny.edu FROM, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, 55 West 125th Street, New York, NY 10027, USA Abstract: Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is major public health problem. SCD continues to be one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide, with an annual incidence estimated at 250000 to 300000 in the United States and

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    Stress is nothing to mess with. Acute stress is the leading cause of sudden death, especially in young healthy people with no evidence of coronary disease. I myself deal with stress, it effects over mood, thoughts, and feelings. There is a large amount of stressors that lead to people having stress. There are ways also to prevent stress. What causes stress? Simple things like your neighbors, too much noise, and uncertainty can lead to stress. We all deal with stress differently in stressful situations

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    thousand infant deaths in the year 2010 were ruled inexplicable, thus were said to be caused by “Sudden Infant Death Syndrome”, or SIDS (Nichd.nih.gov). SIDS is the “unexplained death, usually during sleep, of a seemingly healthy baby of less than a year old” (Mayoclinic.org). The death of a child in a family is horrible, but then adding the fact that there is no known cause creates a purely nightmarish situation. Throughout the years doctors researched what causes the infant death, putting forth

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    Overview Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is the sudden and unexplained death of a baby while sleeping. It is sometimes called crib death, since SIDS babies usually die in their cribs. No one understands what causes the condition, although research suggests it could be associated with brain abnormalities in the areas that control awakening from sleep and breathing. It appears that boys are more prone to SIDS than girls, as are those from the black, Alaska Native, and American Indian races. The

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    Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is defined as sudden death of an infant less than 1 year of age that is unexplained by history, and unexplained by postmortem explanation including an autopsy (Hunt, &Hauck, 2006). SIDS is the leading cause of death within the first year of life in the developed world (Vennenman et al., 2009). In the west, the yearly incidence of sudden death is 1.3-7.5 per 100,000 in the pediatric population beyond infancy (Mei-Hwan, 2010). In order to find a correlation between

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