Which one of the following symptoms indicates that a person is in alarm stage of stress?
a. blurred vision
b. high level of concentration
c. hyperventilating
d. racing heartbeat

According to research, which of the following statements reflecting the relationship between emotion and the prefrontal cortex is false? a.the prefrontal cortex to regulate one's emotional response. b. the prefrontal cortex is activated when processing information associated with stress. c. sensory input indicating emotion first enters the prefrontal cortex before traveling to the amygdala. d. the prefrontal cortex processes information associated with emotional pleasure.

Which is a personal reason for using tobacco

An 80-year-old woman comes to the urgent care clinic with dyspnoea on exertion. on physical examination, her blood pressure is 100/70, and her pulse is 75. she has no pulsus paradoxus. her jugular veins are distended, and she has distant heart sounds. in addition, she has extra third and fourth heart sounds. her liver is enlarged, and she has pedal oedema. she has occasional premature ventricular contractions on her electrocardiogram. a chest x-ray reveals clear lung fields with a dilated cardiac silhouette. her echocardiogram reveals ventricular walls with a "speckled pattern". which of the following is the most likely diagnosis? - alcoholic cardiomyopathy- amyloidosis- haemochromatosis- tuberculosis- viral myocarditis