Exam 15: Preventing Major Disease

Match the items below with the most appropriate description. -type of blood cell

Daily low-dose aspirin has been recommended as a preventive step for:

The leading cause of cancer death in men and women is:

Explain the difference between the two types of strokes and identify five risk factors for stroke.

Open sores in the lining of the stomach are known as ____________________.

In a longitudinal study of individuals who reached age 55 with an optimal cardiometabolic risk profile, men had a risk of heart disease or heart attack of 3.6%, compared to ____ percent for the general population.

Which statement accurately describes the problem of "carrying" excess weight?

A(n) ____________________ is a blood clot in an artery in the brain.

What is the most common type of cancer in women?

Among the Pima Indians of Arizona, _____ of adults have type 2 diabetes.

The term ____ refers to the heart and to the biochemical processes involved in the body's functioning.

Metabolic syndrome:

The deadliest form of skin cancer is malignant ____________________.

A disease in which the body does not produce or respond properly to insulin is ____________________.

The heart muscle is called the:

High-density lipoproteins:

African Americans are ____ as likely as whites to develop hypertension.

Systolic blood pressure is the pressure when the:

Individuals with prediabetes:

A ____ is a "little stroke."