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Health Encyclopedia: Stress Complications
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Complications
In prehistoric times, the physical changes in response to stress were an essential adaptation for meeting natural threats. Even in the modern world, the stress response can be an asset for raising levels of performance during critical events such as a sports activity, an important meeting, or in situations of actual danger or crisis.
If stress becomes persistent and low-level, however, all parts of the body's stress apparatus (the brain, heart, lungs, vessels, and muscles) become chr...
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What are the risk factors and causes of GERD?"
...include alcohol use, obesity or overweight, pregnancy, and smoking. Certain foods that may irritate the digestive system can also contribute to GERD, though there's plenty of contradictory... Read more »Heart healthy Dietary Changes: low carb diet, low fat diet, weight loss
...low-calorie, but nutritionally balanced, diet can help prevent an aging-associated change in heart function. Patients in the small study took in 1,400 - 2,000 calories a day for an average of 6... Read more »Type 1 Diabetes
...stroke, and heart failure. Children with diabetes are also at risk for hypertension.Impaired nerve function (neuropathy) associated with diabetes also causes heart abnormalities. Some experts... Read more »Information on Keeping a Heart healthy Diet: unsaturated fats, low fat diets
...animal products in the diet. Cholesterol is manufactured in the liver and is needed for normal body functions, including the production of hormones, bile acid, and vitamin D. Excessive cholesterol... Read more »Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma: Staging and Treatment Guidelines
...is being reconsidered since it seems to offer no advantage. Click the icon to see an image of the digestive system.Early Stage Aggressive (Intermediate- to High-Grade) Lymphomas. Treatment... Read more »Images
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