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  • What is the difference between an ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke?
    ischemic is blockage of blood flow; hemorrhagic is blood vessel rupture
  • What is they syndrome where you have to have 3 or more of the following factors: high BP, high insulin, abdominal obesity, abnormal cholesterol level
    Metabolic Syndrome
  • What type of cancer begins in blood-forming tissues
    Leukemia
  • If someone's BP is 150/90 what stage of HTN would this be categorized in?
    Stage 1
  • What are the warning signs of melanoma cancer?
    diameter of the mole, border irregularity, color,
  • Which type of cholesterol is the bad cholesterol?
    LDL
  • Skin cancer that forms in the top layer of the skin
    Basal Cell Carcinoma
  • List some risk factors that one can NOT control
    family history, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, age, height
  • Which organ makes the insulin?
    pancreas