Heart disease is a term for any type of disorder that affects the heart. Every year in the US heart disease claims 800,000 people. That’s 34% of all deaths and 2,400 people every day. 80 million (one in three) Americans live with this disease. Heart disease is the number one killer in the United States. … Read more
Kawasaki Syndrome was first discovered by a Japanese physician Tomisaku Kaswasaki in the 1960s. He noticed a cluster of symptoms in Japanese schoolchildren. Kawasaki Syndrome affects children younger than the age of 5 years old, but peaks at ages 18-24 months. In 2000, there was an average of 77% of children in the United States … Read more
The second largest organ in the human body is the liver, weighing roughly three pounds. 1 The liver is located on the upper right side of the abdomen beneath the rib cage. 1, 2 It performs numerous functions in the body including energy metabolism, processing of foods into nutrients used for body processes, and removal … Read more
Looking back at my Computer Analysis Project about my food intake, I found two major problems in my diet. The first problem is that I have high cholesterol. My intake of cholesterol is high. The DRI is < 300 mg and my intake is 357 mg. The percentage for my cholesterol is 118. 9%. I … Read more
