Archive for February, 2008
Monday, February 25th, 2008
Boone Swann asked: Heart disease causes half of all deaths within the United States each year and is the leading cause of death worldwide. While there are some factors that are uncontrollable, many factors contributing to heart disease are easily preventable by creating lifestyle changes.
High blood pressure is a ...
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
OU812 asked: It seems like everyone including myself become sick with Cancer, Heart disease/Stroke, Diabetes, or some kind or rare disorder. Is it the food, is it the air, is it the water, what is causing all the illness?Rachel
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Friday, February 15th, 2008
Peter sams asked: Inroduction
The heart has long been associated with the very nature of humanity. As long ago as the fourth century BC, Aristotle considered it to be the seat of the soul, the centre of nutrition and the vital source of heat. The very word ‘heart’ is still deeply ...
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Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
David Cowley asked: 100 years ago Rheumatic fever was the leading cause of death in people aged 5-20 years in the United States. Entire hospitals were dedicated to the treatment of rheumatic fever in children. Today Rheumatic heart disease is rarely seen industrialized countries do to the proper ...
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Friday, February 8th, 2008
Cindy Heller asked: If a woman should go into labor before thirty-seven weeks of gestation, the baby born at that time is considered to be premature. In many cases premature infants tend to have some form of heart impairment arising from heart disease or defect. The incidence of heart malfunction ...
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