FMLY 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Coronary Artery Disease, Alendronic Acid, Bifocals

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Family Social Sciences
• Course: FMLY 1010
• Professor: Christine A.Schippers

Document Summary

Lens of eye thickens, light to retina decreases, hard for lens to focus, elasticity declines in lens blurry. Near objects vision deteriorates fast, trouble seeing far away bifocals. Wear and tear of auditory nerve and inner ear structures loss in high/low frequencies. Caused by life long exposure to excessive noise. Life time probability 45% men, 40% women. Most common, lung cancer then breast for women, colorectal for men. Not happen randomly eating well helps prevention. Safe sex helps, vaccinations, etc. (more random causes pg. Set of disease processes in the heart and circulatory system. Atherosclerosis: narrowing of arteries caused by deposits of plaque. Completely blocked, heart attack, stroke not part of normal aging. Rate of cvd decreased by 70% since 1956 to 2002 in canada. Helped increase life expectancy, but still major cause of death. Prevalence of most major cvd risk factors (high bp, diabetes, obesity) increased dramatically over last decade rise in risk factors in young.