Posted: March 10th, 2017

Category 1: Cardiovascular disease High blood pressure Myocardial infarction (heart attack) Heart failure Stroke and Transient ischemic attach (mini stroke) Category 2: Cancer Bladder cancer Breast cancer Colon and rectal cancer Kidney (renal cell) cancer Lung cancer Pancreatic cancer

Resources: The text and MyHealthLab®
Select one topic from each of the following categories for your team’s presentation. Obtain faculty approval to avoid duplication with other teams. If you would like to address another topic or category of disease, obtain approval from your instructor.

Category 1: Cardiovascular disease
High blood pressure
Myocardial infarction (heart attack)
Heart failure
Stroke and Transient ischemic attach (mini stroke)
Category 2: Cancer
Bladder cancer
Breast cancer
Colon and rectal cancer
Kidney (renal cell) cancer
Lung cancer
Pancreatic cancer

o Category 3: Infectious diseases
Staphylococcal
Pneumonia
Tuberculosis
Antibiotic resistance
Influenza

Address the following in your presentation:

o Describe the disease, including how the disease affects the body.

o State the signs and symptoms that help people detect the disease.

o Explain the relationships between the disease and nutrition, obesity, and fitness.

o Describe specific actions a person can take to prevent infectious disease and to strengthen the immune system.

Present your team findings to the class in a 10- to 12-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation.

o For Local Campus students, these are 15-minute oral presentations accompanied by Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentations.

o For Online an