Kristy Haugen
Kristy Haugen is a mother and an experienced nurse. She also has a bachelor degree in Biology and Chemistry. She writes to inform consumers about nutrition and health topics.
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Articles by Kristy Haugen
April 09, 2006
Heart failure is a type of heart disease that is estimated to affect 5 million Americans with 550,000 Americans newly diagnosed annually. Heart failure is characterized by the heart’s inability to effectively pump enough blood to the body’s organs and tissues. When the body’s vital organs do not r...
March 25, 2006
Cardiomyopathy is a type of heart disease. Cardiomyopathy is a disease affecting the muscle of the heart; thus cardio meaning heart, myo meaning muscle, and pathy meaning disease.
Cardiomyopathy can be classified as primary or secondary cardiomyopathy. Primary cardiomyopathy is attributed to a...
March 13, 2006
Cardiovascular disease is a very broad term. Cardiovascular disease refers to diseases of the heart (cardio) and diseases of the blood vessels (vascular), hence cardio-vascular disease. However, diseases affecting the heart are referred to as heart disease.
The term heart disease is a very broad...
March 13, 2006
Coronary artery disease is a silent killer that may go undetected for years. Why? Coronary artery disease develops slowly over time allowing the disease to be virtually undetected until a serious complication occurs. Taking steps now to improve the health of your heart and the coronary arteries c...
February 13, 2006
Rheumatoid arthritis is the second most common form of arthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis affects about 1% or 2.1 million Americans. However, rheumatoid arthritis is 2-3 times more common in women than in men.
Rheumatoid arthritis is another common type of arthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis is an a...
February 08, 2006
Many think of arthritis as merely ‘wear and tear’ on the joints. However, arthritis is a complex disease comprising a host of different (over 100) conditions affecting people at any stage of life. These conditions are grouped together as arthritis because all cause joint and musculoskeletal pain. ...
January 23, 2006
Diabetes is becoming an epidemic in the younger generation. Type 2 diabetes is the most frequently diagnosed because of our lifestyles. With the growing popularity of this health condition, we need to understand how diabetes affects our health and how we can prevent diabetes.
Energy metabolism ...
January 03, 2006
The immune system functions to protect the body from attack by infectious agents such as bacteria and viruses. The immune system has many complicated intricacies that can occur. Understanding how the immune system functions can help us understand how we protect ourselves from illness.
Acquired i...