Directions: The objective of this activity is for you to utilize the websites below in a lab on campus (to be announced) to answer the following questions:
HINT: It is often useful to seek indexes, search options or encyclopedias of information to answer specific questions quickly.
1. What are 5 risk factors that contribute to heart disease?
2. What is high blood pressure and what causes it? What level of blood pressure would be considered high?
3. What is atrial fibralation? Why is it so dangerous, in other words, what other medical condition can it cause?
4. How is this condition treated?
5. What is COPD and how is it treated?
American Heart Association
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200000
National Jewish Medical and Research Center
http://www.njc.org/main.html