H5P5

Approximately ____% pf American Indian/Native American women ages 18 years and older have an estimated prevalence of diagnosed diabetes.

15

Countries in which region of the world showed the greatest increase in diabetes between 1980 and 2014?

Eastern Europe

Which of the following symptoms is more likely to characterize normal aging rather than Alzheimer's disease?

Missing a bill payment

People on the Mediterranean diet use which cooking product in preparing their meals?

Olive Oil

Which of the following is assessed in the Activities of Daily Living measure?

ability to dress oneself

Which sex and racial/ethnicity group has the highest rates of new cancer cases and deaths per year?

black males

Which protein within the neuron disintegrates in the formation of a neurofibrillary tangle

tau

The primary reason that researchers currently are unable to establish the efficacy of medications to treat Alzheimer's disease is that:

there is lack of evidence for a single disease mechanism.

In normal brains, amyloid precursor protein is snipped by which enzyme?

alpha secretase

The trade name of which medication intended to treat some of the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease has, as its active ingredient, an anticholinesterase?

aricept

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) includes chronic bronchitis plus which other respiratory disease?

emphysema

Which component of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) involves damage to the alveoli, or air sacs?

emphysema

The handling of an individual's personal finances is an ability included in which measure?

instrumental activities of daily living

The most common form of cancer around the world is cancer of the:

lung

Increases in which condition among older adults are thought to be related to greater prevalence of diabetes?

metabolic syndrome

Multi-infarct neurocognitive disorder is the result of which set of pathological changes in the brain?

minor strokes

The disease in which individuals experience thinning or wearing away of the cartilage at the end of the bones is known as:

osteoarthritis

Which of the following symptoms is more likely to characterize Alzheimer's disease than normal aging?

problems taking care of monthly bills

A device known as a(n) ____________ appears to hold promise in strengthening the respiratory muscles of people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

spirotiger

Epidemiologists believe that which factor plays an important role in creating risk within the "stroke belt" in the southeastern U.S.?

unhealthy diets