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Heart disease
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Heart disease Usually, heart disese occurs due to inadequate blood flow to the hear muscle. This occurs when the arteries that supply the heart muscle (the coronary arteries) become partially or completely blocked. Obese people are at increased risk of heart disease due to their higher rates of hypercholesterolemia, diabetes and hypertension.
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Heart
The hollow, muscular organ responsible for pumping blood through the circulatory system.
Blood
The life-maintaining fluid which is made up of plasma, red blood cells (erythrocytes), white blood cells (leukocytes), and platelets; blood circulates through the body's heart, arteries, veins, and capillaries; it carries away waste matter and carbon dioxide, and brings nourishment, electrolytes, hormones, vitamins, antibodies, heat, and oxygen to the tissues.
Muscle
Tissue made up of bundles of long, slender cells that contract when stimulated.
Arteries
Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart to the arms, legs, head, body and organs.
Risk
In clinical trials, the probability of harm or discomfort for subjects, arising from the test product. Acceptable risk differs depending on the condition for which a product is being tested. A product for sore throat, for example, will be expected to have a low incidence of side effects. However, unpleasant side effects may be an acceptable risk when testing a promising treatment for a life-threatening illness.
Disease
Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the rubella (German measles) virus.
Diabetes
A condition in which blood glucose is not well controlled. Type I diabetics make no insulin, whereas type 2 diabetics are characterized by the overproduction of insulin, but the inability of the target cells to respond to the insulin.
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Hearing impairment
Complete or partial loss of the ability to hear, caused by a variety of injuries or diseases, including congenital causes. Limitations, including difficulties in understanding language or other auditory messages and/or in production of understandable speech, are possible.
Heart
The hollow, muscular organ responsible for pumping blood through the circulatory system.
Heart attack
Heart attacks occur when a coronary artery is completely blocked and a portion of the heart muscle is left without a supply of oxygenated blood. If the portion is large enough, the heart attack may be deadly.
Heart Attack (myocardial infarction)
Permanent damage to the heart muscle caused by a lack of blood supply to the heart for an extended time period. The severity of damage varies from normal, mild, to severe.
Heart block
Interrupted electrical impulse to heart muscles.
Heart Block
An arrhythmia. The electrical current is slowed between the atria and ventricles. In more severe cases, conduction is blocked completely and the atria and ventricles beat independently.
Heart failure
Inability of the heart to adequately pump blood.
Heart Failure (congestive heart failure, CHF)
A chronic, progressive disease in which the myocardium (heart muscle) weakens and can not pump blood efficiently. Fluid accumulates in the lungs, hands, ankles, or other parts of the body.
Heart Hospital Of Bakersfield L.L.C.
The Heart Hospital Of Bakersfield L.L.C. is a hospital in Bakersfield, California, United States.
Heart Hospital of South Dakota
The Heart Hospital of South Dakota is a hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States.
Heart Lung Bypass Machine
A machine that oxygenates the blood and circulates it throughout the body during surgery.
Heart Monitor
An electrocardiography machine designed to monitor heart function continuously.
Heart of America Medical Center
Heart of America Medical Center is a hospital in Rugby, North Dakota (USA).
Heart of Tampa
Heart of Tampa is a hospital in Hudson, Florida (USA).
Heart Surgery
Heart surgery is any surgery, which involves the heart or heart valves.
Heart Valve
There are four valves in the heart: the tricuspid and the mitral valve, which lie between the atria and ventricles and the pulmonic and aortic valves which lie between the ventricles and the blood vessels leaving the heart. The heart valves help to maintain one-way blood flow through the heart.
Heart valve prolapse
A condition of the heart valve in which it is partially open when it should be closed.
Heart-lung machine
A machine that performs for the heart during open heart surgery.
Heartburn
Substernal pain or burning sensation, usually associated with regurgitation of gastric juice into the esophagus.
Heartland Behavioral Health Services
The Heartland Behavioral Health Services is a hospital in Nevada, Missouri, United States.
Heartland Health Care Center
The Heartland Health Care Center is a hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
Heartland Regional Medical Center
Heartland Regional Medical Center is a hospital in Saint Joseph, Missouri (USA).
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Hemophilia
A genetic blood disorder, almost always in males, in which blood does not clot properly as a result of an enzyme deficiency.
Hallucination
A false perception of something that is not really there. Hallucinations may be seen, heard, touched, tasted, or smelled by the ill individual. In schizophrenia, auditory hallucinations are most common.
Hydrocortisone
A hormone secreted by the adrenal cortex which affects metabolism.
Hyperglicemia
A condition in which the blood sugar is higher than normal.
Hypoglicemia
A condition in which the blood sugar is lower than normal.
Heart disease
Huntington's Disease
Huntington's disease or Huntington's chorea is an inherited disorder characterized by abnormal body movements called chorea, and loss of memory. The incidence is 5 to 8 per 100,000. It's a progressive and fatal disorder of the nervous system that develops between the ages of 30 and 50 years; caused by an expansion of a trinucleotide repeat and inherited as a dominant trait.
Hodgkin's Disease
A malignant disease of the lymphatic system that is characterized by painless enlargement of lymph nodes, the spleen, or other lymphatic tissue. Other symptoms may include fever, weight loss, fatigue, or night sweats. Also called Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Heart attack
Heart attacks occur when a coronary artery is completely blocked and a portion of the heart muscle is left without a supply of oxygenated blood. If the portion is large enough, the heart attack may be deadly.
Holistic Medicine
A personal and comprehensive approach to natural health and the manifestation of human potential through healing and evolving spirit, mind, emotion and body. The practitioner may use any variety of natural healing suggestions to work in partnership with an individual toward greater health, wholeness, balance and integration. This approach to health recognizes the patient as a whole person, not just a disease or a collection of symptoms. In the course of treatment, holistic medical practitioners address a client's emotional and spiritual dimensions as well as the nutritional, environmental and lifestyle factors that may contribute to an illness.
Herbal Medicine
Herbal Medicine, sometimes referred to as Herbalism or Botanical Medicine, is the use of herbs for their therapeutic or medicinal value. A herb is a plant or plant part valued for its medicinal, aromatic or savory qualities. Herb plants produce and contain a variety of chemical substances that act upon the body. Herbs or herbal remedies are used to maintain health and to prevent, alleviate, or cure disease. Herbal medicine is the oldest form of healthcare known to mankind. Herbs have been used by all cultures throughout history.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Heart
The hollow, muscular organ responsible for pumping blood through the circulatory system.
Blood
The life-maintaining fluid which is made up of plasma, red blood cells (erythrocytes), white blood cells (leukocytes), and platelets; blood circulates through the body's heart, arteries, veins, and capillaries; it carries away waste matter and carbon dioxide, and brings nourishment, electrolytes, hormones, vitamins, antibodies, heat, and oxygen to the tissues.
Muscle
Tissue made up of bundles of long, slender cells that contract when stimulated.
Arteries
Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart to the arms, legs, head, body and organs.
Risk
In clinical trials, the probability of harm or discomfort for subjects, arising from the test product. Acceptable risk differs depending on the condition for which a product is being tested. A product for sore throat, for example, will be expected to have a low incidence of side effects. However, unpleasant side effects may be an acceptable risk when testing a promising treatment for a life-threatening illness.
Disease
Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the rubella (German measles) virus.
Diabetes
A condition in which blood glucose is not well controlled. Type I diabetics make no insulin, whereas type 2 diabetics are characterized by the overproduction of insulin, but the inability of the target cells to respond to the insulin.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Hearing impairment
Complete or partial loss of the ability to hear, caused by a variety of injuries or diseases, including congenital causes. Limitations, including difficulties in understanding language or other auditory messages and/or in production of understandable speech, are possible.
Heart
The hollow, muscular organ responsible for pumping blood through the circulatory system.
Heart attack
Heart attacks occur when a coronary artery is completely blocked and a portion of the heart muscle is left without a supply of oxygenated blood. If the portion is large enough, the heart attack may be deadly.
Heart Attack (myocardial infarction)
Permanent damage to the heart muscle caused by a lack of blood supply to the heart for an extended time period. The severity of damage varies from normal, mild, to severe.
Heart block
Interrupted electrical impulse to heart muscles.
Heart Block
An arrhythmia. The electrical current is slowed between the atria and ventricles. In more severe cases, conduction is blocked completely and the atria and ventricles beat independently.
Heart failure
Inability of the heart to adequately pump blood.
Heart Failure (congestive heart failure, CHF)
A chronic, progressive disease in which the myocardium (heart muscle) weakens and can not pump blood efficiently. Fluid accumulates in the lungs, hands, ankles, or other parts of the body.
Heart Hospital Of Bakersfield L.L.C.
The Heart Hospital Of Bakersfield L.L.C. is a hospital in Bakersfield, California, United States.
Heart Hospital of South Dakota
The Heart Hospital of South Dakota is a hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States.
Heart Lung Bypass Machine
A machine that oxygenates the blood and circulates it throughout the body during surgery.
Heart Monitor
An electrocardiography machine designed to monitor heart function continuously.
Heart of America Medical Center
Heart of America Medical Center is a hospital in Rugby, North Dakota (USA).
Heart of Tampa
Heart of Tampa is a hospital in Hudson, Florida (USA).
Heart Surgery
Heart surgery is any surgery, which involves the heart or heart valves.
Heart Valve
There are four valves in the heart: the tricuspid and the mitral valve, which lie between the atria and ventricles and the pulmonic and aortic valves which lie between the ventricles and the blood vessels leaving the heart. The heart valves help to maintain one-way blood flow through the heart.
Heart valve prolapse
A condition of the heart valve in which it is partially open when it should be closed.
Heart-lung machine
A machine that performs for the heart during open heart surgery.
Heartburn
Substernal pain or burning sensation, usually associated with regurgitation of gastric juice into the esophagus.
Heartland Behavioral Health Services
The Heartland Behavioral Health Services is a hospital in Nevada, Missouri, United States.
Heartland Health Care Center
The Heartland Health Care Center is a hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
Heartland Regional Medical Center
Heartland Regional Medical Center is a hospital in Saint Joseph, Missouri (USA).
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Hemophilia
A genetic blood disorder, almost always in males, in which blood does not clot properly as a result of an enzyme deficiency.
Hallucination
A false perception of something that is not really there. Hallucinations may be seen, heard, touched, tasted, or smelled by the ill individual. In schizophrenia, auditory hallucinations are most common.
Hydrocortisone
A hormone secreted by the adrenal cortex which affects metabolism.
Hyperglicemia
A condition in which the blood sugar is higher than normal.
Hypoglicemia
A condition in which the blood sugar is lower than normal.
Heart disease
Huntington's Disease
Huntington's disease or Huntington's chorea is an inherited disorder characterized by abnormal body movements called chorea, and loss of memory. The incidence is 5 to 8 per 100,000. It's a progressive and fatal disorder of the nervous system that develops between the ages of 30 and 50 years; caused by an expansion of a trinucleotide repeat and inherited as a dominant trait.
Hodgkin's Disease
A malignant disease of the lymphatic system that is characterized by painless enlargement of lymph nodes, the spleen, or other lymphatic tissue. Other symptoms may include fever, weight loss, fatigue, or night sweats. Also called Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Heart attack
Heart attacks occur when a coronary artery is completely blocked and a portion of the heart muscle is left without a supply of oxygenated blood. If the portion is large enough, the heart attack may be deadly.
Holistic Medicine
A personal and comprehensive approach to natural health and the manifestation of human potential through healing and evolving spirit, mind, emotion and body. The practitioner may use any variety of natural healing suggestions to work in partnership with an individual toward greater health, wholeness, balance and integration. This approach to health recognizes the patient as a whole person, not just a disease or a collection of symptoms. In the course of treatment, holistic medical practitioners address a client's emotional and spiritual dimensions as well as the nutritional, environmental and lifestyle factors that may contribute to an illness.
Herbal Medicine
Herbal Medicine, sometimes referred to as Herbalism or Botanical Medicine, is the use of herbs for their therapeutic or medicinal value. A herb is a plant or plant part valued for its medicinal, aromatic or savory qualities. Herb plants produce and contain a variety of chemical substances that act upon the body. Herbs or herbal remedies are used to maintain health and to prevent, alleviate, or cure disease. Herbal medicine is the oldest form of healthcare known to mankind. Herbs have been used by all cultures throughout history.
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