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• Noncommunicable Diseases - are diseases that are not passed from one person to another
• Cardiovascular Diseases - is a condition that affects the

  heart and blood vessels
• What are coronary heart diseases

  Heart Attack

  Angina Pectoris

  Stroke occurs
• Heart Attack - is the death of the Heart muscle due to the lack of blood flow to the heart.
• Angina Pectoris - is the chest pain resulting from narrowed coronary arteries due to inadequacy of oxygen that gets to the heart.
• Stroke - occurs when blood vessels

  in the brain burst or are blocked.
• Diabetes - is a disease in which the body produces little or no insulin or cannot properly use the insulin it produces.
• Type I Diabetes - occurs when body

  does not produce or

  make insulin.
• Type II Diabetes - occurs when the body cannot properly use the insulin it produces
• Renal Failure - also known as kidney failure, it is a condition where the kidney stops to function properly causing renal insufficiency.
• Cancer - is a group of diseases in which cells

  divide in an uncontrolled pace
• Major Categories of Cancer

  1. Carcinoma
  2. Sarcomas
  3. Lymphomas
  4. Leukemia
• Leukemia - is a type of blood or

  bone marrow cancer
• Chemotherapy - uses anti-cancer drugs that kill

  cancer inside the body