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National High Blood Pressure Education Program National High Blood Pressure Education Program
NATIONAL HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE EDUCATION PROGRAM The National High Blood Pressure Education Program (NHBPEP) was established in 1972 by the National Institute of Health to translate research results on the health hazards of high blood pressure into clinical and public health practice. Before 1900,... Read more
Lie detector tests Lie detector tests
Polygraphs █ JULI BERWALD A polygraph test is administered to determine whether or not statements made by the subject taking the test are deceptive. During the test, the subject is monitored by a polygraph machine and interrogated by an administrator trained in forensic psychophysiology. The... Read more
Drugs and Aging Drugs and Aging
DRUGS AND AGING Medication use by older people continues to receive attention in the lay media and in medical literature. People age sixty-five and over make up approximately 13 percent of the total population, yet they consume about 40 percent of all medications (Jones-Grizzle et al.). This rate... Read more
Guided imagery Guided imagery
Guided imagery Definition Guided imagery is the use of relaxation and mental visualization to improve mood and/or physical wellbeing. Benefits The connection between the mind and physical health has been well documented and extensively studied. Positive mental imagery can promote relaxation... Read more
Hypotension Hypotension
Hypotension Definition Hypotension is the medical term for low blood pressure. Description The pressure of the blood in the arteries rises and falls as the heart and muscles handle demands of daily living, such as exercise, sleep and stress. Some healthy people have blood pressure well below... Read more
Carotid sinus Carotid sinus
carotid sinus An enlarged region of the carotid artery at its major branching point in the neck. Its walls contain many receptors that are sensitive to changes in pressure and it regulates blood pressure by initiating reflex changes in heart rate and dilation of blood vessels.... Read more
Multivariate Analysis Multivariate Analysis
Multivariate AnalysisI. OVERVIEWRalaph A. BradleyBIBLIOGRAPHYII. CORRELATION (1)R.F.TateBIBLIOGRAPHYIII. CORRELATION (2)Harold HotellingBIBLIOGRAPHYIV. CLASSIFICATION AND DISCRIMINATIONT.W.AndersonBIBLIOGRAPHYI. OVERVIEWMultivariate analysis in statistics is devoted to the summarization,... Read more
Vital signs Vital signs
Vital signs Definition Vital signs, or signs of life, include the following objective measures for a person: temperature, respiratory rate, heart beat (pulse), and blood pressure. When these values are not zero, they indicate that a person is alive. All of these vital signs... Read more
Medical Assistant Medical Assistant
Medical Assistant A medical assistant is a health care professional who provides administrative or clinical assistance to a doctor. Duties of the administrative medical assistant include general office responsibilities, such as answering the phone and making appointments, ... Read more
Lactams Lactams
Antibiotics A variety of infectious diseases are caused by bacteria. Some bacterial infections can be treated using compounds that are collectively known as anti-biotics. Antibiotics act only on bacteria, and are not effective against viruses. The presence of antibiotics in blood or tissue... Read more

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