KINE 3350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Cardiovascular Disease, Angina Pectoris, Ontario Health Insurance Plan
9 Mar 2016
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Prevention: less money spent on prevention programs, we don"t deal with prevention, we wait for people to get sick. The person themselves: the family doctor educates them, and aim to work in teams (kinesiologist, unfortunately, not everyone has the necessarily skills to manage themselves nurses, other doctors) Challenge of health care today: new disease = complex chronic disease the healthcare challenge of the 21st century. Bridgepoint hospital became first hospital in canada to handle chronic diseases. Rate of aging is highly individualistic depends on intrinsic (genetics) or extrinsic factors (lifestyle choices) Skin loses pinkness, become more pale in arms, face. Ears become bigger due to loss of subcutaneous fat. Nail bed of healthy individuals is pink. Nails become very thick and hard to cut. Arthritic, decreased flexibility, hard nails to cut, therefore may not take care of feet. Must have had chicken pox to get shingles. Virus lies dormant, when you hit 70, for a weird reason you develop shingles.
