The impact of stress on physical health has been fairly well documented, with emerging research detailing possible pathways or mechanisms of action. Such research has a tremendous impact on disease prevention strategies and best practices in healthca Continue Reading...
Heart Disease and the Elderly The objective of this work in writing is to examine how heart disease takes a toll elderly. Toward this end, this work will conduct a review of literature that examines the toll that heart disease takes on the elderly p Continue Reading...
For example, some prescription drugs have been shown to increase risk for heart disease (Fries, nd). In particular, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), which are commonly prescribed for relieving the pain associated with arthritis, have Continue Reading...
Heart Disease (CAD: Coronary Artery Disease) Online web site HeartPoint defines Coronary Artery Disease as Coronary artery disease generally refers to the buildup of cholesterol in the inside layers of the arteries. As shown here, this will slowly n Continue Reading...
Macabasco-O'Connell et.al say that the stress levels for women in this group is oftentimes higher than non-minority women in higher socioeconomic groups. The high amount of stress that these women experience is usually accompanied with depression an Continue Reading...
Obesity is becoming a particular problem in children, who are encouraged to indulge in fast foods by the lifestyles of their parents. Being occupied with work for long hours per day, parents seldom have time to prepare a healthy meal for themselves; Continue Reading...
According to the article, diet and exercise proved to be effect in study participants in Amsterdam (Hitti 2005). The study was conducted with 360 participants ages 13-36, researchers wanted to see which subjects contracted metabolic syndrome (Hitti Continue Reading...
Stress and CAD Before discussing the link between stress and heart disease, we must operationalize stress. The reason for this is that when one does a literature search in PubMed using the search terms "stress and heart disease" one will get nearly Continue Reading...
Diagnosis of Coronary Heart Disease Eric is a 47-year-old who has just been diagnosed with Coronary Artery Disease (CAD). He works in the construction industry and spends most of his time away from his family i.e. wife and three children. In additio Continue Reading...
Coronary Heart Disease: Symptoms, Diagnosis, And Treatment Options Coronary Heart Disease Among the common diseases that affect the heart, coronary heart disease is the most common in the U.S., and is the leading cause of heart attacks among men an Continue Reading...
The Archives of Internal Medicine study confirmed that 30 minutes of walking a day (10-12 miles a week) "can prevent weight gain in most people who are now inactive. Other studies have shown that working up to 10,000 steps or more could reduce the Continue Reading...
This is because obesity is caused from the lack of having balanced diet and not engaging in enough physical exercise. These two elements are important because they will cause the underlying amounts of plaque and atherosclerosis to increase. Once thi Continue Reading...
, 2002). A body mass index was also taken. Participants were then followed for eight years to track the incidence of myocardial infarction and death. Conclusions of the Study Results of this study demonstrated an incidence of 4.3% of myocardial inf Continue Reading...
Likewise, younger adults tend to consume alcohol in patterns more conducive to the development of heart disease than older adults. Unfortunately, all indications are that these differences between heart disease rates is only likely to increase in t Continue Reading...
patient most likely manifest hypervolemia? A patient would most likely develop hypervolemia through eating sodium-based foods, from blood transfusions, medications and diagnostic contrast dyes. (Silverstein, 2006) What blood pressure, central veno Continue Reading...
Health Tips for Diabetes and for Preventing Heart Disease Tips for Healthy Living with Diabetes Understand Diabetes: It is important for people with diabetes to be well informed about the disease. You should know what effects diabetes has on your b Continue Reading...
Chronic Illness: Coronary Heart Disease Outline of Coronary Heart Disease The Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) has been on the increase of late across the globe and this disease, alongside stroke have been the top causes of death in many countries like Continue Reading...
"Excessive caffeine intake can lead to a fast heart rate, diuresis (excessive urination), nausea and vomiting, restlessness, anxiety, depression, tremors, and difficulty sleeping." (MedlinePlus, Medical Encyclopedia, Website, 2003) The heart is cle Continue Reading...
Quality Development in Advanced Practice field knowledge in nursing: Proposal on Enhancing the dental health of children suffering Congenital Heart Disease One of the most prevalent development abnormalities found in children is heart disease, and i Continue Reading...
Diabetes According to Waryasz & McDermott (2009), the global prevalence of diabetes among people aged between 20 and 79 rose to 6.4% affecting 285 million people in 2010 and the rate will rise to 7.7% affecting 439 million people by 2030. Amid 2 Continue Reading...
Mobilize Obesity and high blood pressure pose major health problems for children and adults. Turner County, GA has a growing population of children that could face increased health risks due to unhealthy lifestyles. The Johnson family has a 9 years Continue Reading...
Stress Each of us has our own share of experiences where we find ourselves unable to cope with normal responses. Sometimes, due to circumstances that push both of our minds and bodies to precisely act on things or to meet expectations, we tend to fe Continue Reading...
Heart attack or myocardial infarction occurs when there is an interruption of regular flow of blood to the heart. The blockage, which leads to the interruption of blood flow, has to be long enough that part of heart muscle dies or becomes damaged. Th Continue Reading...
Stress Management The procedure and techniques of relaxation comprises of a range of practices including guided imagery, self-hypothesis, deep breathing, biofeedback and progressive relaxation. All of these practices have similar goals that are to g Continue Reading...
Stress Management The Stress Emotions: Anger and Fear Anger I found it interesting that the chapter states that anger is found in all animals (higher animals that are capable of such expressions as I imagine an earthworm does not express anger) an Continue Reading...
55). In other words, stress can create a life-long physiological change in and impairment of brain and body functioning. Such recent findings suggest that victims of stress may in fact suffer from a neurological disorder rather than just from a char Continue Reading...
Health Risks from Stress-Heart Disease, Hypertension, Cancer, and Diabetes Many health risks are associated with stress and health experts believe that extended stressful situations are the cause many health related issues. Michael Olpin and Margi Continue Reading...
A recent study by Duke University medical research center revealed that exercises not only relive depression and distress but also bring about positive changes in important physiological markers of cardiovascular disease. For this study 134 stable c Continue Reading...
Stress is an unavoidable fact of life, yet, what precisely is stress? It is essentially one of those things that we all have but that we all have difficulty defining and explaining. The one unarguable fact is that we all have it in our lives and, wit Continue Reading...
Disease Trends in the United States Aging About 4.5% of the world's population comprises of the people of United States (U.S.). The country has the world's third largest population and statistical analysis shows that approximately 155 million peopl Continue Reading...
This may be because the environment may be either polluted, or too noisy, or too crowded, or there may be too much crowding, or it may be too cold, or too warm. The weather too plays an important part in creating stress in an individual, especially Continue Reading...
Stress Definition of stress Researchers define stress as a physical, mental, or emotional response to events that causes bodily or mental tension. Simply put, stress is any outside force or event that has an effect on our body or mind. Acute stress Continue Reading...
Stress Factors As we have learned throughout the course of our present studies, stress and anxiety disorders can render a debilitating effect for the subject. The incapacity to control stress, to limit the physiological or emotional panic produced b Continue Reading...
Either way, many officers end up with cynical opinions about various things and this does not help them to do better toward helping others that might need their services (Chandler & Jones, 1979). It has also been hypothesized, however, that the Continue Reading...
Stress Management This report is written in conjunction to the summary presentation on my research regarding stress management in the airline industry, specifically for the position of flight attendants. Flight Attendants, most often referred to as Continue Reading...
Stress and Suicide in Law Enforcement Populations The paper is an understanding of what stress could have on law enforcement officials. The factors which cause stress for law enforcement officials are varied ranging from personal life issues, the pr Continue Reading...
The third type of response is the prolonged response also referred to as chronic stress which is a response to a trigger that is unrelenting or repetitive that can be caused by work related situation, the domestic stress, unsolved financial stress Continue Reading...
Stress disorders, the stress is so great that it is debilitating and dominates the person and interferes with living one's life. Stress can be good or bad. A skiing champion described how stress helped him perform his best, but a Viet Nam War veteran Continue Reading...
Embracing the limits of my control will enable me to deal with stress appropriately. Nonverbal and Cultural Barriers to Communication It is only when the intended receiver of a message understands the information contained within the message that Continue Reading...
