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HSCI 231 FINAL1.

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Which of the following cardiovascular disease risk factors is the most significant for women.
Unique to women:
i. Menopause
ii. Birth control
iii. Preeclampsia
Normal blood pressure should be.
117/73
What transports cholesterol throughout the body?
Lipoproteins
Elevated blood levels of what protect against heart disease.
HDL
What chronic conditions are major risk factors for cardiovascular disease?
Modifiable ones: tobacco use, high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, diabetes, obesity, and sedentary lifestyle
If you combine oral contraceptives with what behavior increases a woman's risk of CVD
smoking
If you use cocaine and die the death is often the result of?
heart attack
r risk factor for stroke
high blood pressure
9. What is Metastasis?
cancer that has spread throughout the body
leading cause of cancer deaths in American women?
lung cancer
most significant risk factor for breast cancer?
being a women
What increases a woman's risk of cervical cancer?
HPV
What is a pap smear?
a. A test used to detect cervical cancer
b. Commonly used detection device
c. Procedure in which a sample of cervical cells is examined for presence of precancerous or cancerous cells
Of all of the female reproductive system cancers, which is the deadliest?
ovarian cancer
What is the major risk factor for melanoma?
ultra violet rays
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