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| > | cardiovascular disease any of the diseases, whether congenital or acquired, of the heart and blood vessels. Among the most important are atherosclerosis, rheumatic heart disease, and vascular inflammation. Cardiovascular diseases are a major cause of health problems and death in developed countries. |
| > | human cardiovascular system organ system that conveys blood through vessels to and from all parts of the body, carrying nutrients and oxygen to tissues and removing carbon dioxide and other wastes. It is a closed tubular system in which the blood is propelled by a muscular heart. Two circuits, the pulmonary and the systemic, consist of arterial, capillary, and venous components. |
| > | disease an impairment of the normal state of an organism that interrupts or modifies its vital functions. |
| > | nutritional disease any of the nutrient-related diseases and conditions that cause illness in humans. They may include deficiencies or excesses in the diet, obesity and eating disorders, and chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, hypertension, cancer, and diabetes mellitus. Nutritional diseases also include developmental abnormalities that can be prevented by diet, hereditary ... |
| > | lipid storage disease any of a group of relatively rare hereditary disorders of fat metabolism, characterized by the accumulation of distinctive types of lipids, notably cerebrosides, gangliosides, or sphingomyelins, in various body structures. Each type of lipid accumulates as a result of a defect in one of the several organic catalysts or enzymes that normally metabolize it inside the cell. |
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| Cardiovascular Disease from the heart article Cardiovascular disease—disease of the heart or blood vessels—can develop in any part of the circulatory system. Problems can occur with the valves, the sinoatrial node, the heart muscle, or the blood vessels. | |
| Cardiovascular Diseases from the disease, human article Disease of the heart and/or the blood vessels, called cardiovascular disease, is the leading cause of death in most developed countries, particularly those of North America and Europe. It claims millions of lives every year around the world—more than a million per year in the United States and more than 70,000 in Canada. | |
| How Disease Is Classified from the disease, human article Diseases can be classified in a number of ways, depending on the information needed by the doctor or scientist. One way to classify diseases is by the population groups they affect or the way they spread. This is called epidemiology, and it is a very important science. Public health officials use epidemiology to study and manage society's response to disease. | |
| Recent Public-Health Efforts from the public health article To provide public-health services for an entire population, cooperative partnerships often are formed. These partnerships may include private and government health agencies, public-health professionals, and community groups. | |
| Fats from the food and nutrition article Fats are a concentrated source of energy (having more than twice as many calories per gram as carbohydrates and proteins do). Fats in the diet are needed for healthy skin and normal growth. Fats also carry certain vitamins to wherever they are needed in the body and provide a reserve supply of energy. Because fats move through the digestive system slowly, they also delay ... | |
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