Category: introduction of disease

What is blood pressure? The “blood pressure” means the amount of pressure applied to blood vessel, this pressure comes from the beat of heart, the tension of blood vessel, and the amount of blood in it. When the heart pumps out the blood, we measure the highest pressure and call it “systolic blood pressure”. When…
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What is Diabetes? Diabetes is one of the most common chronic disease in America, according to the 2011 National Diabetes Fact Sheet (released Jan. 26, 2011). There are 25.8 million children and adults in the United States—8.3% of the population—that have diabetes. That means almost 1 out of 10 people in America are either under…
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