Essays on Stroke

Introduction

Stroke is defined as the onset of sudden death of brain cells as a result of lack or deficiency of oxygen in the brain. There are two types of stroke that can affect an individual namely Ischemic and Hemorrhagic stroke. Ischemic stroke is caused by the blockage of an artery leading to lack of oxygen in the brain. On the other hand, Hemorrhagic stroke results from a tear in the wall of an artery that causes bleeding in the brain. The part of the rain affected determines the severity of stroke suffered by an individual. The extent of damage on the ...

Patients with Post-Stroke Hemiparetic Upper Limb

Abstract The US and Europe are both experiencing the coming of age of an elderly population which is prone to strokes and will need health care focused on post-stroke therapies. The most promising therapies are robot-assisted motion exercises coupled with Non-invasive Brain Simulations (NBS) such as Transcranial Magnetic Simulation (TMS). At this time the most attractive combination for both effective and affordable therapy is the use of simply designed, easily manipulated robot systems coupled with TMS. Since 2003 the area of neurorehabilitation has been growing with many effective and exciting designs in robotics. It hasn’t been very ...

Malaysia Health Promotion for Stroke

- Introduction Stroke is caused by a blood clot forming on one of the arteries to the brain (Anon, 2014). The resulting blockage interferes with brain function and the body loses optimum function. There are degrees of severity, ranging from impaired speech to major disability or death. Early detection improves recovery. Malaysia is experiencing increases in incidences of stroke related to lifestyle. Approximately 11.6% of all deaths each year are attributed to stroke (WorldLifeExpectancy, 2004). It is the second leading cause of death and in the top five causes of disability in the country. Malaysia is a low-to-middle income ...

Disability is generally defined as a restriction or loss of functionality ability as a result of body or mind (Wiebers, Feigin & Brown, 2006, p7). In light of this definition, disability is therefore perceived as a problem. Disabled people accounts for 10-20% of the total world population, therefore, they are part of our community and are entitled to access the same public utilities as the general populace, including Healthcare facilities and services. However, specialized care is required when dealing with disabled people especially in the healthcare setting. The healthcare professionals ought to understand effectively how to work with people with disability so as ...

Usually, when people suffer from stroke, they are taken through a comprehensive process of recovery. The process is a complicated and detailed one and is intended to help patient’s recovery sensory mishaps that resulted from the strokes. Additionally, the process helps them to recovery aspects such as memory and general genitive performance. According to research, the process needs to be followed religiously through continuous practice. When this process is interrupted in any way, then the victims of stroke might be hindered from full recovery. What many families and friends of the victims often fail to recognize is that life after ...

According to WHO definition, “stroke is caused by interruption of the blood supply to the

brain, usually because a blood vessel bursts or is blocked by a clot” (World Health Organization). This leads to stopping of blood supply and flow of nutrients to the brain, hence leading to damage to the brain cells. According to the report of the World Heart Federation, 2010, the incidences of stroke have increased by 100% in the developing nations while the same has decreased by 42% in developed countries, considering the same time frame. The report also says that in the last 40 years, the ratio of persons affected with stroke has changed from 52 per 100,000 persons in ...

Studies show that stroke survivors with poor oral hygiene have a poor quality of life (Armstrong and Mosher 2011). (Lam et al. 2014) have explored the effect of clinical oral health and socio-demographic factors on oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in patients following stroke. Oral health-related quality of life results were received before and after provision or oral health promotion interventions. Eighty-one patients faced a stroke rehabilitation ward. OHRQoL have also determined the outcomes after in-hospital oral health intervention programme. They observed a significant association between the absence of regular daily brushing and majority of measurement scale items (6 out of ...

Assignment 1 – Developing your ideas

Research Problem Obesity has been a health issue to most middle aged men and older men for the last three decades. This issue has increased in many countries and researchers have been looking for a solution to the problem. One of the main health problem caused by obesity is stroke and cardiovascular problems. Researchers have found a reprieve in vitamin d supplements and other constituents to be useful in reducing stroke among middle aged males.Vitamin D is a highly required nutrient in nutrition. Vitamin D deficiency is prevalent condition that has claimed the lives of so many people. Such deficiencies cause diseases ...

Hemorrhagic Stroke

Introduction The National Stroke Association (2009) defines stroke as an ‘attack’ to the brain cells and tissues that often cuts off perfusion. Hemorrhagic strokes results when a blood vessel that supplies a certain area of the brain breaks or ruptures causing blood leakage into the brain tissue (Magistris, Bazak, and Martin, 2013). Prevalence of stroke in the United States (US) is estimated at 800,000 per year and mortality rate is about 160,000 people per year (National Stroke Association, 2009). In Canada, stroke accounts for more than 14,000 deaths per year (Magistris, Bazak, and Martin, 2013). However, ...

who have had an ischemic stroke

BACKGROUND

Prolonged lowering of a patient’s blood pressure after a stroke occurs has been observed to reduce the risk of recurrent stroke. Additionally, the inhibition of the renin-angiotensin system in with regard to high-risk patients has also managed to reduce the rate of subsequent cardio vascular events, which includes stroke related complications. However, the effect of lowering a patient’s blood pressure using a renin-angiotestin system inhibitor such as Telmisartan, soon after an ischemic stroke has occurred has not yet been clearly established. According to previous research studies and statistics retrieved from WHO, stroke has been ...

Stroke is also referred to as a brain attack, occurs when there is a blockage of blood circulation in the brain. Decreased blood flow which results to the lack of oxygen in the brain causes the brain cells to die. There are two types of strokes. Stroke is caused by the restriction of blood vessels in the brain and stroke caused by known as ischemic stroke that is the most common(Moser, 2006, p. 6). This type of stroke is, as a result, of a clot in the vessel that leads to a blockage in blood flow or the narrowing of the artery leading ...

Introduction

Cerebrovascular accident refers to stroke in which the blood flow to the brain is interrupted due to a rupture of an artery to the brain or blockage, resulting in oxygen deprivation and consequent death of brain cells. Our brain needs a steady oxygen supply to have blood pumped throughout the body effectively. The blood flowing through the arteries to the brain carries the oxygen. In the case of a cerebrovascular accident, one or few of these arteries get ruptured or blocked, thereby interrupting the flow of the oxygen-rich blood to the oxygen. Within 60-90 seconds of oxygen deprivation, the brain cells in ...

Epidemiology, as the name suggests is the study of diseases by analysing their trigger factors and their causes and rate of spreading. Since it is a composite study of diseases and health problems and focuses on solving these problems by research and understanding the various factors. Analysts therefore utilize various methods dependent on the disease or the health issue in question and the desired outcome of the study. The term “disease’ here covers a wide range of health related issues including their causes, controls and outcomes at various stages of the disease such as disability and eventual death. There are many ...

- Introduction A four stroke or four cycle engine is an engine operating on the principle of internal combustion, in which pistons (one per cylinder in multi-cylinder engines) completes four separate strokes for each thermodynamic cycle, which is accomplished over two consecutive revolutions of the engine’s crankshaft.

These four strokes are: the Intake stroke, the Compression stroke, the Power stroke and the Exhaust stroke. The sectional diagrams below illustrate these four strokes in a single-cylinder engine; the curved red arrows represent the direction of rotation of the camshafts (small arrows) and the engine’s crankshaft (larger arrows). The ...

[Author’s Name] [Insititutional Affiliation] A stroke is a cerebrovascular event resulting in rapid functional cell death in local tissue. Strokes, also known as cerebrovascular accidents (CVA) are a major cause of disability globally (Doyle, Simon, & Stenzel-Poore, 2008) and occur due to a disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. This disturbance in cerebral blood flow commonly results in a period of ischemia, an interruption to the delivery of oxygen to the brain tissue. Focal ischemia due to occlusion of brain artery is the cause of more than 80 % of all strokes (Flynn, MacWalter, & Doney, 2008). The other major cause ...

Part 1.

The pathophysiological template of an ischemic stroke involving the dominant left hemisphere of the brain is usually caused by the arterial occlusion resulting from a thrombus that embolized from a more proximal anatomical structure in the body that is closer to the brain, such as the heart and lungs and arterial plaques. The thrombus may cause a significant occlusion to the major intracranial arteries like the middle cerebral artery which carries the blood flow to the frontal, parietal and temporal lobes. A left middle cerebral artery stroke will manifest a right hemiplegia and hemiparesis with the upper extremities more significantly affected than the ...

Learning Plan for Adult Patients with Stroke

Adults suffering from stroke or those surviving after a stroke are left with serious brain damages that leave them with weaknesses on certain body parts, which impair movement, talking, or thinking. As such, there is a reduced blood flow to the brain normally caused by blocked blood vessels or the blood vessels become too narrow to allow blood vessels to flow or at times the blood vessels burst making blood to cause damage to the brain through leakage. In turn, the brain cells in the affected areas die because of limited oxygen supply. Strokes are common in older people especially those ...

Abbreviated as CVD

Is a phrase that is broadly used to refer to a number of diseases that affects the heart: And other human blood vessels such as the arteries and veins. TYPES OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES There are basically four major types of cardiovascular diseases. They are: Aortic disease Coronary heart disease Stroke Peripheral arterial disease These diseases are major health problems killing many people worldwide annually. STROKE It is a severe health condition that happens wherever there is cut off in supply of blood to some parts of the brain.

It is a medical problem that can occur to anybody any time

Human brain just like ...

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I define a stroke champion as one who advocates for stroke awareness and prevention with continuous dedication of employing a holistic approach in stroke management in order to improve the quality of life among stroke patients. There are important elements of a stroke champion that are included in the definition, namely stroke awareness and prevention, holistic approach of stroke management and improving the quality of life among stroke patients. A stroke champion does not only focus on the treatment and management of stroke. The process of care provided among stroke patients should also include preventive measures in order to ...

PART 1: Pathophysiology template

Disease: Ischaemic Stroke Definition: An ischaemic stroke of the left dominant cerebral hemisphere is a stroke that occurs when the blood supply to the left side of the brain is obstructed. The blood supply contains nutrients and oxygen for the brain cells. For majority of the people, the left hemisphere of the brain is responsible for the control of the right side of and hence its failure affects the right side (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2010). It is also responsible for the control of speech and language (Hickey, 2009).

Aetiology:

Ischaemic Stroke of the left hemisphere is ...

Stroke and Depression

Ranked as the fourth cause of death in United States, stroke remains as one of the diseases that leave a lot of people to live in trepidation as significant numbers of people are orphans due to this deadly disease. Stroke also known as brain attack, occurs when there is a blockage of blood vessels that are responsible for channeling blood to the brain. When this happens, brain cells start to die due to lack of oxygen hence abilities that are controlled by that area is lost. This disease is often associated with depression following trauma that is experienced from its effects. ...

Article Review: The Causes of Cerebral Desaturation in

Article Review: The Causes of Cerebral Desaturation in The study by Brinkman, Amadeo, Funk, and Grocott (2013) investigated cerebral desaturation, which frequently occurs in one-lung ventilation procedures for thoracic surgery and is possibly caused by lower cardiac output. The aim of the study was to explore the correlation between decreases in cerebral oxygen saturation that occurs in patients undergoing one-lung ventilation and decreased cardiac output. Although cerebral oxygen saturation was lowered in all of the participants, the researchers did not have statistically significant data that could be used to establish a correlation between cerebral desaturation and cardiac output, so ...

Stroke is described as brain function loss arising from a disturbance of brain blood supply. Being a broad term, specific types of strokes are named according to the cause. For example, there are two main types of stroke. One is the hemorrhagic stroke and second one is the most common ischemic stroke. Sarah suffered from hemorrhagic stroke as her symptoms indicated. Hemorrhagic stroke can be understood well when the mechanism of activities leading to an attack are described. This kind of stroke arises when blood accumulates in the brain tissue surrounding a ruptured vessel. The blood causes pressure which can lead to ...

Ischemic stroke takes place when a brain artery is blocked. The brain is dependent on arteries for fresh blood from the heart as well as lungs. The blood carries oxygen as well as nutrients to the brain as well as takes cellular waste and carbon dioxide. Failure of one artery dictates that the brain cannot access adequate energy and will with time stop its operations. Although, there are a lot of patients suffering from the condition, the rate of treatment has been decimally low. t-PA (tissue plasminogen activator)administration has massively failed to meet the required education levels in the treatment ...

Health promotion is the science or art that enables people to discover the synergies between optimal health and their core passions, thus enhancing their motivation to achieve good health and assisting them in changing their lives so as to move towards an optimal health status. Therefore, in other words, health promotion can be further explained to be the process that enables individuals to increase control over their health status and its determinants, and ultimately improving on their health. Generally, optimal health is perceived to be the dynamic balance of physical, spiritual, social and intellectual health. Consequently, various life changes ...

Abstract:

Strokes are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the developed world. Key to prevention and control of strokes is a thorough understanding of their etiology and the pathophysiologic processes that occur. A review of the literature regarding cerebrovascular disease was undertaken to more fully understand the changes that lead to strokes. The causes are manifold and there are many risk factors that may lead to pathology causing a stroke. The third leading cause of death in the United States is stroke, it is also the cause of significant neurologic disorders and morbidity. A pathological process involving the blood vessels ...

Position: Negative

Introduction Even if the chiropractor improperly manipulates the body during treatment, it is highly unlikely that the patient would suffer stroke as a result. Instead, after considerable research that involves case-control studies and biomechanical studies, it has been concluded that patients who suffer from stroke after a visit to a chiropractor already had the arterial damage that led to the stroke. The connection between the chiropractor and the incidence of stroke had to do with the fact that the patients were seeking a remedy for their pain (Murphy, 2010). The chiropractor applied a treatment, but even with the manipulation that went along with ...

Position: CHIROPRACTIC ADJUSTMENTS DO NOT RESULT IN STROKE WHEN IMPROPERLY APPLIED

Introduction: 1st argument In the past years, case reports have been identified of patients with an experience of both chiropractic adjustments and stroke. This has led to a wide skepticism on the use of chiropractic adjustments in treating spinal problems such as neck and back pain [1]. While there is no doubt of the occurrence of each, stroke and chiropractic adjustments may just have a mere temporal relationship, wherein one does not necessarily and, most importantly, not always follow each other. The study by Smith and his colleagues in 2003 showed that “Spinal Manipulative Therapy (SMT) is independently associated ...

Functional recovery after a stroke is not easy to comprehend. Individuals show variations in their response to treatment and natural recovery process. The process of rehabilitation requires the optimization of recovery changes. Responsiveness is, therefore, important because it allows for the detection of change as it occurs. Detecting change is important for the selection of the best instrument for research and sample for clinical studies. Responsiveness is influenced by treatment, specific sample and the type of change captured. Researchers have identified three types of change in the taxonomy of their responsiveness, i.e. observed change, important change and detectable change. ...

Cardiovascular Diseases (CDV) Prevention Plan for the AAW Rural Southwest Florida Aims

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading causes of death in globally. According to the Florida department of health, the disease is preventable yet it causes the highest number of deaths in the the state of Florida (Brown, 2008). Prevention studies have been tackled to help improve the care for the people contacting t diseases. Effectiveness of the clinic has been improved while the risk factors of the disease are being put in check. The rate at which the disease is growing is alarming owing to an implementation plan to help curb the advances of the disease. Before preventing the disease, ...

Overview

Ischemic CVA, cerebrovascular accident, is the neurological disorder with compromised blood supply having risk factors that includes thrombus formation, emboli, history of hypertension and DM symptoms, hyperlipidemia, high BP, tachycardia, loss of consciousness, and paralysis. Ischemic strokes represent 87% of all strokes (Summers, Leonard, and Wentworth). Male, 65, Latino, sedentary, Spanish, middle class, no existing disability, Christianity, current medication include Metformin 1000mg BID before meals, Glipizide 5 mg BID before meals, Lotrel 5/10 1 cap daily, Lipitor 40 mg daily, ASA 81 mg daily. Current Medical History: Patient admitted to Emergency Department with the symptoms of CVA. ...

Nutrition Paper

Part 1. Scott, Paul. “5 Fishy Food Claims”. Men’s Health. August 2011. Web. Retrieved

Part 2.

In the August 2011 issue of Men’s Health Magazine it was stated that there is really no strong evidence based from prospective epidemiologic studies that will confirm that dietary saturated fat is closely related to adding the risk of stroke, Coronary Heart Disease (COD) or Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD) based on the author’s interview with scientist Dr. Ronald Krauss (Krauss, Men’s Health). According to the article that was published in Men’s Health, the claim that saturated fat is sinful must be ...

Introduction

Stroke is among the five leading causes of death and severe long-term disabilities across the world. Approximately, more than one million individuals experience a new or a recurrent stroke every year and one out of ten deaths in the world are as a result of stroke in the world. Noteworthy interventions to lessen mortality and morbidity linked with ischemic stroke have been adopted centering on the early identification of stroke signs and management with clot dissolving substances, particularly, recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA) (Graves et al, 2013). Research indicates that when rt-PA is dispensed within 4 and half hours after the first ...

The power of thoughts: Evidence for Motor Imagery in upper-extremity rehabilitation, post-stroke and factors that contribute to its effectiveness in occupational therapy interventions.

Introduction

According to statistics recorded by the Ministry of Health Singapore (2009), Sstroke is among the leading causes of death and disability with an incidence of 15 million new cases being reported worldwide annually (Ministry of Health Singapore 2009). It was further estimated established that 63% of stroke survivors continued to experience moderate to severe disability (Ministry of Health Singapore 2009: 7) . This disability mainly stemsstemmed from motor impairment (Sharma, Pomeroy and Baron 2006: 1941), and affecteding ...

Introduction

The proposition that chiropractic adjustments result in stroke when applied improperly has received widespread audience due to the existence of mixed results from researches. This association of chiropractic adjustments with stroke is therefore misguided. A stroke results when the vertebral artery is blocked, or breaks and thus disrupting the normal blood follow to the brain (1). Some of the cases that led to this conclusion may have involved patients who come to chiropractors with symptoms of stroke or an impending stroke. Upon receiving chiropractic care, a stroke that is inappropriately attributed to an improperly applied chiropractic adjustment follows that would ...

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Fish oil and aspirin A clinical study was carried on 10 healthy patients to investigate the effect of omega 3 fatty acid prescription in combination with aspirin on the platelet aggregation effect and bleeding time. Aspirin alone inhibited platelet aggregation in presence of low concentration of collagen.Omega3 fatty acid treatment did not inhibit platelet aggregation under the experimental condition; however combination of aspirin and omega 3 fatty acid inhibited blood platelet aggregation. This study demonstrated the efficacy of prescribing omega-3 fatty acid (fish ...

The patient, 89 years old, was admitted because of a stroke. No family brought her to the care facility. Age seems to contribute to the stroke. Patient has also diabetes. The blood sugar after conducting tests was at 5.1, which is stable. Based on the patient’s medical history, the patient has experienced hypertension, TIA, CHF and Atrial fibrillation. Monitoring for the patients ECG was done every 48 hours. The weight of the patient was done weekly, and in case, it increased, the doctor was to be notified. Body assessment was done. She indicated signs of depression. There was weakness ...

Introduction

Stroke which is also known as “brain attack” or “cerebral vascular accident” is a situation whereby the brain cells are being deprived of oxygen. It could either be hemorrhagic or ischemic. Hemorrhagic type occur when there are bleeding from damage brain blood vessels while ischemic occur from shortage of blood flow to the brain. Since it is the blood that carries the oxygen, any shortage of the required amount of blood leads to shortage of oxygen (Cruz-Flores). The effects of these problems with the blood supply are dependent on the affected side. The part of the brain that is deprived ...

Article #1. Martins, S.R.M., & De Oliveira, D.S.F. (2014). This article discusses the results of a two-stage speech therapy tests performed on the elderly, 45 in all and between the ages of 60 and 85 years old. The speech therapies resulted in improvements in 73% of subjects with dysphagia, and voice improvements on 62% after 11.6 sessions (Martins & Oliveira, 2014, p. 1120). Although the article makes no mention on the morbidity and mortality rates of dysphagia and dysphonia, it nevertheless affirms that “neurological diseases are common in the elderly” (Martins & Oliveira, 2014, p. 1120). In this respect, it can be ...

Heart diseases among Alaska natives and the American Indians in America

American Indians and the Alaska natives are faced by a threat of heart of heart diseases which is the leading cause of mortality in the whole of the United States of America. In the year 2003 the number of death cases as a result of heart diseases were over two thousands. American Indians and Alaska natives originated from North and South America with minority coming from the Central America. Other tend to maintain their tribal affiliation or their community attachments. Alaska native and American Indian include all those who marked the American Indian check box or reported to entries like Inupiat, ...

Health Care

Health Care Expenditures Attributable to Smoking In the United States alone, there are about 440,000 individuals who die annually of smoking related diseases (Pubmed). According to the U.S Department of Health and Human Services, recent studies linked cigarette smoking to a numerous other diseases to include abdominal aortic aneurysm, acute myeloid leukemia, cataract, cervical cancer, kidney cancer, pancreatic cancer, pneumonia, periodontitis, and stomach cancer. “These are in addition to diseases previously known to be caused by smoking, including bladder, esophageal, laryngeal, lung, oral, and throat cancers, chronic lung diseases, coronary heat and cardiovascular diseases, as well as reproductive ...

Piston: Pistons of 4-stroke engine moves between Bottom Dead Centre (BDC) and Top Dead Centre (TDC) to complete a single thermodynamic cycle. Latest 4-stroke automobiles are designed to run on unleaded petrol. A 4-stroke engine is called an internal combustion engine, where the piston completes 4-separate strokes they are intake, compression, power and exhaust. The intake stroke of the piston moves down (or BDC) and the engine takes a cylinder full of air and petrol. Then the piston moves back (TDC) and thus compress the petrol and air mixture. When a piston reaches at the top the spark plug of the engine ...

Paul has been feeling very tired and has been having sudden weakness and numbness on one side of his body. He calls the hospital asking if this is anything to be concerned about. How do you respond? 1. What is the neurological problem Paul is most likely encountering? There are two common neurological problems that are usually associated with the symptoms of sudden weakness and numbness on one side of the body. These two conditions are somewhat related in terms of the mechanism. Stroke is a form of medical emergency simply because it is usually caused by problems ...

Abstract

The aim of this study is to estimate the prevalence rates of arterial hypertension among adults in urban and rural environments of Malta. Logistic regression is used to obtain (OR) the odds ratio as a useful measure of association between outcome and variables. The prevalence of arterial hypertension among the Maltese population was 21.9% (or 1.14), (Nicita, 2008, p. 14). The World Health Organization (WHO) website was used to gather information in this study regarding arterial hypertension prevalence among the Maltese population. The likelihood of reporting arterial hypertension increased with women and age, migrants and individuals with morbidities, former smokers, ...

Abbey St. Claire Quality Care Services and Certifications is a home health care company that provides medical services that include, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and nursing from medical professionals who qualified and competent to handle other services such as bathing and eating.

For the sake of records, the company has compiled an extensive records and information that provides details of funding and state dealings. For many consumers, the cost of home healthcare warrants a proactive planning that weighs on the budget and income level. Abbey St. Claire Quality Care Services and Certifications charge a high of their visits a week to an approximate ...

The guidelines provided in Chapter 4: (Acute medical & surgical management) of the National Stroke Foundation's Clinical Guidelines (2010) are useful to clinicians. However, it is crucial to note that there are few points in the guidelines that make it not entirely useful to clinicians using it. One of the issues with the guidelines is that it focuses on the patients who have visited a health facility or are frequent visitors to a health facility (Chapter 4). Screening helps identify early signs of stroke that is critical in its prevention and management. However, the guidelines will not be useful if a patient ...

Scientists have found metallopolymers. Metallopolymers are used to make strains vulnerable to antibiotics. Previously, bacteria were resistant to these antibiotics. Tang and his colleagues noted that a significant fraction of infection is caused by bacteria such as MRSA. MRSA is spread through contaminated hands. The presence of MRSA in the body causes pneumonia and deters treatment by traditional antibiotic such as penicillin when they produce enzymes. Although much effort has been made to inactivate this enzyme, a successful resolution has not been reached. In the process of coming up with a better alternative, Tang’s team tested a recently discovered class against a number ...

Introduction

Music therapy is an evidence-based clinical use of musical interventions to achieve individual goals within a therapeutic relationship by a certified practitioner. Music therapy may sound not like a very much practiced medical procedure but that is not true. In fact, music therapy dates back as early as ancient civilizations like Egyptian, Indus valley and old Chinese civilization. Music combined with various dance forms was used at that time to treat various illnesses. Even today music therapy is used to address physical, cognitive, emotional and social needs of an individual. After assessing the problems of a patient, a certified music therapist provides treatment which ...

The blood vessels that are involved in carrying oxygenated blood are referred to as arteries. The arteries are involved in carrying the oxygenated blood all through the body starting from the heart. In healthy conditions, the arteries have smooth inner walls and their blood flow through them with ease. There are incidents where the occlusion of the arteries occur, narrowing the artery. The main cause of the artery clogging is a thrombus and atherosclerosis. This is due to the formation of plaques from the various substances that circulate in the blood such as the fat, calcium, fibrin, and cellular waste. ...

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A combustion engine can be defined as any engine that operates through fuel burning. The difference between a combustion engine and steam engine is that the latter uses steam for operation while the former uses gasoline. Combustion engines also use fueled gases such as hydrogen, propane, methane etc which are components of diesel. Combustion engines run on one type of fuel, and may require a series of adaptation to adjust to fuel/air ratio to use other forms of energy (Agrawal, 2006). The combustion process starts in the gasoline cylinder where a mixture of air and gasoline is sprayed. The mixture is ...

Introduction

Shift work is basically any work outside the normal daylight hours and may differ from one work place to another. Given that up to 25% of the American population encounters shift work at some point in their career the subject of shift work has attracted a plethora of research especially with regard to the health implication of shit work[ CITATION Occ10 \l 1033 ]. There is a growing body of knowledge implicating shift work for on-job injuries and catastrophes, disruption of families and societal fabric, pathological conditions of both physiological and psychological nature. Of particular interest to this review are the health ...

Article #1: Becker, R., et al. (2011). “Functional dysphagia therapy and PEG treatment in a clinical geriatric setting.” Dysphagia, 26, 108-116. 1). Summary: The article by Becker et al. delves on the outcomes of two Functional Dysphagia Therapy (FDT) with one group using percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG), and another group of non-PEG users. 2) Element: The victims of stroke and those with cerebrovascular diseases have neurogenic dysphagia, 50% and 30% respectively. The result of this study revealed a mortality rate of 19.7%, and lower for the second group of non-PEG users which is at 8.6%. 3) Outcome: Those ...

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Michael is a hypertensive adult with obesity as an additional risk factor that could contribute to the occurrence of a cardiovascular event. While his choice of personal diet may not be limited, it may be more constrained when eating out with others, since their tastes and preferences will indeed vary. The ideal diet for an individual in Michael’s position would be high in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, high-fiber foods and low-fat dairy products. It should also contain low levels of sodium, saturated fats and trans fats. Fortunately, the American National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute recommends ...

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Introduction

There had been numerous studies and data gathering done to correlate depression and cardiovascular disease. While the exact pathophysiology that produces depression particularly for cardiovascular disease patients is yet to be established, researchers are almost certain that 1 in every 5 patients with a heart condition is experiencing a depressive state . In the website of Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance it was mentioned that 20 to 30% of patients who suffered from stroke have suffered from a major depressive disorder . Similarly, the website also indicated that at least 1 in every 3 patients who suffered a heart attack is depressed . Another ...

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Introduction The rising trends in childhood obesity have become a worldwide dilemma that has gained a lot of attention recently from health experts, policy makers, parents and children caretakers. There is much concern that children who are obese in their toddler age will lead to obese and overweight adults with varying health problems, leading to overall health costs. United States has suffered the most from this epidemic. According to a study performed by American Stroke Association, around 24 million children are overweight in age bracket of 2 to 9 years out ...

Facts and Conclusion

Facts and Conclusion Before we describe what three-parent in vitro fertilization is, let us first define what in vitro fertilization (I.V.F) is in the first place. In vitro fertilization is a process wherein the man’s sperm and a woman’s egg are fertilized outside the woman’s body (Storck, 2014). Once fertilization occurs and the fertilized egg divides to become an embryo, the embryo is placed in the uterus (womb) of the woman. Pregnancy in this sense happens once the embryo attaches to the lining of the uterus (Storck, 2014). The process of in vitro fertilization is often ...

For more than ten decades now, aspirin has been a preferable and effective pain killer. However, its effectiveness in prevention and management of heart disease was established in 1970s. Based on research findings, the American Heart Association accentuate that; baby aspirin can effectively manage heart disease, particularly, those who have survived the same and in effect prevent heart disease to those vulnerable to heart attack (Halvorsen et al. 325). In concurrence with the above notion, the Food and Drug Administration establishes that; only those with a history of heart disease and those vulnerable to the same are permitted to use the ...

Report Epidemiology Cardiovascular diseases and dietary fats

- Introduction - Cardiovascular Diseases - What is Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD)? CVDs include diseases of the heart, vascular diseases of the brain and diseases of blood vessels such as coronary heart disease, atherosclerosis, hypertension, stroke, peripheral vascular disease and heart failure. Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the most deadly CVD that due to lacking blood flow to the network of blood vessels surrounding the heart, also named coronary artery disease (CAD) or ischemic heart disease (IHD) (Nabel and Braunwald, 2012). - The pathology of heart attack and stroke Atherosclerosis is the major cause ...

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the number one cause of mortality in the US. According to American heart association statistics, nearly one million men and women succumb to various complications from CVD. In the US, CVD claims more lives than cancer and AIDS combined (CDC, 2012). It is also one of the leading causes of deaths worldwide (WHO). The economic cost of CVD in 2008 was estimated to be $448.9 billion, which was double the cost estimated for the year 2007, $219 billion. There are a number of factors to the incidence of CVD. These include non modifiable factors such ...

Moderate physical activity can definitely improve the quality of people’s lives, regardless of age and gender. Exercising can be a powerful ally in reducing the risks of developing health conditions like Type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease, among others. Apart from one’s physical well-being, regular exercise can also promote one’s mental health. Habitual exercising is a highly sought-after goal for many people trying to adopt a healthy lifestyle, and it is believed that 30 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise every day for five days per week is an acceptable and effective way to ensure a healthy body (American College ...