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Pneumonia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Pneumonia Classification and external resources A chest X-ray showing a very prominent wedge shaped pneumonia in the right lung. ICD-10 J12., J13., J14., J15., J16., J17., J18., P23. ICD-9 480-486, 770.0 DiseasesDB 10166 eMedicine topic list MeSH D011014 Pneumonia Infectious pneumonias Bacterial pneumonia Viral pneumonia Fungal pneumonia Parasitic ..

High Blood Pressure (Hypertension) High Blood Pressure (Hypertension) High blood pressure is one of several 'risk factors' that can increase your chance of developing heart disease, a stroke, and other serious conditions. As a rule, the higher the blood pressure, the greater the risk. Treatment includes a change in lifestyle risk factors where these can be improved - losing weight if you are ov..

What Should My Blood Pressure Be? High blood pressure is often called the silent killer because in the initial stages it presents with no symptoms. It is only after an organ in the body is irritated or damaged, that the consequences of high blood pressure are realized. The blood pressure recording, measures pressures within the arteries at two different times. The first reading, the systolic pre..

What Is High Blood Pressure? High blood pressure (HBP) is a serious condition that can lead to coronary heart disease, heart failure, stroke, kidney failure, and other health problems. "Blood pressure" is the force of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries as the heart pumps out blood. If this pressure rises and stays high over time, it can damage the body in many ways. Overview About 1..

High blood pressure dangers: Hypertension's effects on your body High blood pressure is a risk factor for more than heart disease. Discover what complications high blood pressure can cause and how to control it. By Mayo Clinic staff High blood pressure can quietly damage your body for years before symptoms develop. Left uncontrolled, you may wind up with a disability, a poor quality of life or e..

Cancer and the Immune System: Adaptive Defense System The Adaptive Defense System In her infinite wisdom, Mother Nature evolved far more sophisticated and specific responses to pathogenic invasions eons before humans developed complex military systems. The specific immune response involves a repertoire of specialized cells, chemicals, and hormones that work in a highly coordinated fashion to rid..

Cancer and the Immune System: Concept of an Innate Defense Network 2.1 The Concept of an Innate Defense Network The innate immune system evolved to protect host organisms about 900 million years ago. It consists of mechanical, chemical, microbiological, and cellular defense networks. The function of the innate immune defense system is akin to “turning back the barbarians at the gates.” We ca..

Cancer and the Immune System: The Human Immune Defense System THE HUMAN IMMUNE DEFENSE SYSTEM The environment in which we live contains a wide range of organisms called pathogens that view the human body as a rather juicy target to invade and live off till death do us apart. The job of the mammalian immune system is to defend the body against these pathogens, which include bacteria, viruses, fun..

Cancer and the Immune System: The Oncogene: A Key Factor in the Development of Cancer 1.2 The progress of cancer within the body Every cancer starts with a single cell that has been unleashed from the growth restraints placed on all normal cells. Because the changes that took place within the cancer cell were directed by the cell’s DNA (the molecular basis of heredity), they are passed on to e..

Cancer and the Immune System: Enigma Called Cancer AN ENIGMA CALLED CANCER The word “cancer” is an umbrella term that refers to about 200 diseases that share two common characteristics: first, an uncontrolled growth of cells and second, the ability to invade and damage normal tissues either locally or at distant sites in the body. Since a cell is our body’s basic unit of life, this disease..