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The treatment of cancer with anticancer drugs. These drugs kill cancer inside the body.
Chemotherapy
The disease of the heart and blood vessels.
Cardiovascular disease
A Chronic Health condition primarily in African-Americans.
Sickle-cell anemia
A device that is implanted in the heart to stimulate normal heart contractions.
pacemaker
A tumor is cancerous and may spread to other parts of the body.
malignant tumor
The most common treatment for cancer
surgery
Treatment of cancer with high-energy radiation to kill or damage cancer cells
Radiation therapy
3 of the 5 Causes of congestive heart failure
heart attack
atherosclerosis
birth defects
high blood pressure
rheumatic fever.
What is Cystic fibrosis
A condition in which large amounts of thick mucus are produced, affecting the lungs and pancreas.
The chest pain that results from narrowed coronary arteries.
Angina pectoris
What is Arthritis
Painful inflammation of the joints.
A genetic disorder in which a child is born with an extra chromosome in each cell.
Down syndrome
A blood vessel that carries blood to the heart muscles.
coronary artery
The spread of cancer.
Metastasis
What is Cerebral palsy
A disorder of the nervous system that interferes with muscle coordination.
A recurring and persistent condition that affects a person’s health.
chronic health condition
Glucose
A simple sugar that is the main source of energy for the body.
The drug widens the coronary arteries, allowing more oxygen to get to the cardiac muscle.
Nitroglycerin
Three types of diabetes
insulin-dependent
non-insulin-dependent
gestational diabetes
A heart condition in which the heart may beat very slowly or very fast for no obvious reason.
Arrhythmia
A tumor is not cancerous and does not spread to other parts of the body.
benign tumor
Explain High-density lipoproteins (HDLs)
These are substances in the blood that carry cholesterol to the liver for breakdown and excretion.
Hardened deposits of fat and other materials in the walls of arteries throughout the body.
Plaque
A fat-like substance made by the body and found in certain foods.
Cholesterol
Explain Low-density lipoproteins (LDLs)
Are substances in the blood that carries cholesterol to body cells.
The autoimmune action in the heart can cause fever, weakness, and damage to the valves in the heart.
Rheumatic fever
When the pancreas fails to produce enough insulin, a hormone that regulates the blood sugar level.
A person develops diabetes
A group of diseases in which cells divide in an uncontrolled manner.
Cancer
4 risk factors you can't control
Age
Gender
Race
Having blood relatives
What is an aneurysm
a weakened area of a blood vessel
A disease in which the coronary arteries are narrowed or blocked.
Coronary heart disease
A condition caused by a blocked or broken blood vessel in the brain.
A stroke or cerebrovascular accident
The death of cardiac muscle is caused by a lack of blood flow to the heart.
heart attack
A condition that occurs when the heart’s pumping ability is below normal capacity and fluid accumulates in the lungs and other areas of the body.
Congestive heart failure
An inherited blood disease in which the red blood cells carry less oxygen.
Sickle-cell anemia