Family Diseases
By: Ashlyn Keltner
Impact on Health
Major Diseases
- Heart attacks
- Cancer - liver, breast cancer
- Alcoholism
- Diabetes
Reducing the Risk and Controllable Factors
- Follow a healthy diet
- No Alcohol
- Regular exercise
Breast Cancer:
- Regular exercise
- Maintain a healthy weight
- Avoid alcohol intake
Heart attacks:
- Regular exercise
- Sleep
- Stay away from stress or anxiety
- No smoking
- Eat healthy
Alcoholism:
- Don't drink or avoid alcohol
Diabetes:
- Control your weight
- Exercise
- Eat whole grains
- Drink water, coffee, or tea instead of sugary drinks
- Limit red meat and avoid processed meat
- Don't smoke
(Controllable Risk Factors, 2014)
(Liver Cancer: Risk, Prevention & Screening, 2014)
(Simple Steps to Preventing Diabetes, 2014)
Severity
Distractions of Making Positive Health Choices
Alternative Methods
- Avoid hepatitis B and C viruses
- Get a genetic test
- Taking tamoxifen and raloxifene
- Surgery (doesn't completely prevent it)
Heart attacks:
- Undergo preventive screenings
(Can Breast Cancer Be Prevented, 2014)
Do I Follow Controllable Risk Factors?
- I exercise slightly
- I don't smoke
- I don't drink
- I try to eat healthy by eating fruits
- I stay away from stressful or anxiety-filled situtations
Plan and Maintenance/Improvement of Your Health
- Eat healthy - by eating fruits, vegetables, whole grains; plus staying away from unhealthy fats
- Exercise - Exercise 4 times a week, 60 min. a day regularly
- Never smoke or drink
- Cut stress and anxiety filled situations completely out
- Visit my doctor for check ups
What to Avoid
- Drugs
- Smoking
- Alcohol
- Obesity
- Stress
Citations
Alcoholism. (n.d.). Risk factors. Retrieved May 19, 2014, from http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/alcoholism/basics/risk-factors/con-20020866
Breast Cancer Risk Factors. (n.d.). Breastcancer.org. Retrieved May 19, 2014, from http://www.breastcancer.org/symptoms/understand_bc/risk/factors
Can Breast Cancer Be Prevented?. (n.d.). Can breast cancer be prevented?. Retrieved May 21, 2014, from http://www.cancer.org/cancer/breastcancer/overviewguide/breast-cancer-overview-prevention
Controllable Risk Factors. (n.d.). Stroke Risk Reduction. Retrieved May 19, 2014, from http://www.stroke.org/site/PageServer?pagename=cont
Heart Disease. (n.d.). prevention: Strategies keep your heart healthy. Retrieved May 19, 2014, from http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/heart-disease/in-depth/heart-disease-prevention/art-20046502
HowStuffWorks "Top 10 Ways to Avoid a Heart Attack". (n.d.). HowStuffWorks. Retrieved May 21, 2014, from http://health.howstuffworks.com/diseases-conditions/cardiovascular/heart/10-ways-to-avoid-heart-attack.htm#page=10
Liver Cancer: Risk, Prevention & Screening. (n.d.). Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Retrieved May 21, 2014, from http://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/adult/liver/risk-factors-prevention
Risk Factors. (n.d.). Diabetes. Retrieved May 19, 2014, from http://www.nmh.org/nm/diabetes-risk-factors
Simple Steps to Preventing Diabetes. (n.d.). The Nutrition Source. Retrieved May 21, 2014, from http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/preventing-diabetes-full-story/
Type 2 diabetes. (n.d.). Diabetes prevention: 5 tips for taking control. Retrieved May 19, 2014, from http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/type-2-diabetes/in-depth/diabetes-prevention/art-20047639?pg=2