Exam 15: Preventing and Controlling Chronic Health Conditions

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is used to diagnose Alzheimer's disease.

Women with epilepsy have an increased risk of delivering an infant with birth defects.

Ischemia means a lack of oxygen to the body part.

African-American women have a greater risk of heart disease than white women.

The incidence of cigarette smoking is decreasing in young teenage women.

Age is the predominant risk factor in osteoporosis.

The majority of American women are obese.

The disease most recognized by a red, butterfly-shaped rash on the nose is:

A type of arthritis that occurs when joints are overused:

A disease of the central nervous system that causes a loss of myelin is called:

Fibromyalgia is characterized by all except:

These blood vessels carry blood away from the heart:

This condition occurs when the heart is too weak to pump blood to the body:

Primary hypertension primarily is caused by stress.

Mitral valve prolapse is often a life-threatening condition.

The "bad" cholesterol is called:

All the following are risk factors for Type 2 diabetes except:

An autoimmune disease that causes inflammation and affects the vital organs :

Give five warning signs of insulin-dependent diabetes.

A condition in which one or both cardiac flaps are enlarged or don't close properly is: