HEALTH

  *Overview* Blood pressure is the force exerted by circulating blood against the walls of the body’s arteries, the major blood vessels in the body. Hypertension is when blood pressure is too high. Blood pressure is written as two numbers. The first *(systolic)* number represents the pressure in blood vessels …

  Overview Diabetes is a chronic disease that occurs either when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin or when the body cannot effectively use the insulin it produces. *Insulin is a hormone that regulates blood glucose * *Most Common types * *Type 1 *: Type 1 diabetes is an …

*Sickle Cell Disease * *Overview Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of inherited red blood cell disorders. Red blood cells contain hemoglobin, a protein that carries oxygen. Healthy red blood cells are round, and they move through small blood vessels to carry oxygen to all parts of the body. …