• What is cardiovascular/heart disease? What are the major causes? What are some of the treatment options for Cardiovascular disease?

3. Ornish suggested that many of the problems linked to cardiovascular disease could be related to the diet that we consume. Your task is the following: Find an article/website that gives you a diet which claims to help reduce the risks for cardiovascular/heart disease.

• Post the link and then give us a summary of the article/website that you found.

4. Do you believe that there is currently enough public education on the topic of cardiovascular disease? In your lifetime, do you feel like you have been exposed to enough educational material to know what the risks are in your own life?

a.In your own words, why do you think physical activity is a new and emerging area of specialization in public health?

b.Discuss five general health and fitness benefits of regular physical activity and exercise.

Give the medical term that matches the following literal definitions:

9. Pertaining to the nerves

10. Irregularity present at birth (birth defect)

11. Condition or state of changing form

12. Not breathing

13. One who carries/leads away from (a muscle)

14. Process of branching or forking into two

15. To fall or sag back (again)

16. Pertaining to new birth

17. Pertaining to below or under the skin

18. Softening of cartilage

19. Condition of no oxygen

20. Complete separation

21. Treatment with drugs/chemicals

22. Tissue/structure within the heart

23. Process of bending forward

24. Abnormal separation (disruption of connection between nerves and muscles)

25. Pertaining to a large head

26. Instrument to view within

27. Pertaining to within a vein

28. Excessive development

29. Inflammation of many nerves

30. Condition of fingers or toes together

31. To run forward/before (signs and symptoms that occur before actual illness

32. Pertaining to through the skin

33. Painful or difficult breathing

34. Pertaining to two sides

35. One who carries/leads towards (muscle

discuss how people used high sugar or high salt to preserve food?

explain how epinephrine and norepinephrine affect plasma glucagon and why is this important during exercise?

Give an example of a specific intracellular receptor be sure to indicate its exact location and function. Please give as much details as you can for me to understand it.

Thank you.

What are examples of lab tests that can be done to determine the function of the kidneys and why is it important in a hospital setting.