Cardiovascular Disease Reports Samples For Students

Introduction

This analysis will focus on the excess intake of saturated fats and cardiovascular disease. The analysis is based on the report detailing my nutrient intake recorded for two days starting from September 4, 2014 to September 6, 2014. According to the analysis, my diet during the two-day period predisposes me to cardiovascular disease since it is high in saturated fats. According to the food guidelines given by USDA, saturated fats should contribute less than 10 percent of the total daily calories. However, my nutrient report indicates that saturated fats contribute 12 percent of my total daily calorie intake. Consequently, ...

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 ...

Ischemic Heart Disease in Older Adults

Ischemic Heart Disease in Older Adults
Older patients frequently suffer from ischemic heart disease either in isolation or in combination with other processes (Butler, 20120). As a common clinical syndrome, heart failure is the result of impaired cardiac functioning of the action of pumping the blood through the body. Signs and symptoms of ischemic heart disease include fatigue and an inability to tolerate exercise and edema of the abdomen, legs, ankles, and feet. Although heart disease has a poor rate of survival, early diagnosis and treatment may improve life expectancy. The goal of nursing intervention is to extend life ...

Type 2 diabetes is increasingly becoming prevalent form of a disorder among children. This is largely driven by lifestyle factors that could lead to increased body weight, just like in the case of adults. Genetic and family factors, environmental factors like maternal gestational diabetes and intrauterine retardation in growth and lack of physical activities during adolescents and childhood have resulted in an increase, in the levels of insulin resistance that are considered crucial in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes among the young. Type 2 diabetes is linked to microvascular diseases with an indication of greater nephropathy risks as opposed ...

This report has been written to analyze adolescents’ health issues in Australia. It analyses the contributing factors to adolescents’ obesity issue and its impact on the family and recommendations for the nursing practice. This report targets the parents of these adolescents and the entire families to help them in dealing with such occurrences and avoiding them. It also aims at giving additional information to the nursing fraternity so that they are ready to deal with such cases and be able to provide the best health care and advice to those affected. Obesity however, not directly being a threat to life ...

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Introduction 3
Needs Analysis Based on a Health Risk Assessment 7
Lead and Lag Indicators 11
Abbreviations and Meanings 12
Conclusion 12
Recommendations 12

References 14

Abstract
Managing occupational health is an essential part of managing a workforce, and on a larger scale, an entire organization. A healthy workforce may well lead to a productive one and hence a more profitable venture. An unhealthy workforce on the other hand would most likely lead to an unproductive and thus an unprofitable one. Occupational Health Surveillance is one of the direct interventions in keeping a healthy and productive workforce. The objective of this ...