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Atrial Septal Defect
Atrial Septal Defect also known as ASD is a birth defect that causes a hole in the wall between the heart's upper chambers (atria). ASD that are not diagnosed until adulthood can damage the heart and lungs and will shortening individuals life. Most ASDs are diagnosed and treated successfully.
In a 2019 study using data from birth defects tracking systems across the United States, researchers estimated that each year about 2,118 babies in the United States are born with Atrial Septal Defect. In other words, about 1 in every 1,859 babies born in the United States each year are born with Atrial Septal Defect.
Defective
Vessels
Leaky
Valves
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Breast Cancer
Breast cancer is a cancer that forms in the cells of the breasts. After skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in women in the United.
Fact: One in every eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in the there life time.
Breast cancer can occur in women and rarely in men.
Symptoms of breast cancer include a lump in the breast, bloody discharge from the nipple, and changes in the shape or texture of the nipple or breast.
There are over 3.5 million breast cancer survivors in the United States. On average, every 2 minutes a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer in the United States. Female breast cancer represents 15.2% of all new cancer cases in the U.S.
Lung Cancer
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​A cancer that begins in the lungs and most often occurs in individuals who smoke. Causes of lung cancer include smoking, secondhand smoke, exposure to certain toxins, and family history.Symptoms include cough (often with blood), chest pain, wheezing, and
some individuals might have some weight loss.
Cancerous Pulmonary nodules are known to grow relatively quickly usually double in size every four months. But they can grow sometimes as fast as every 25 days. A cancerous nodule is a lesion or "sore". These nodules are common and are found in 1 in 500 chest X-rays and 1 in 100 CT scans. Approximately 150,000 lung nodules are detected in individuals each year. Small cell cancers can easily be missed on X-rays.