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Treatment of Medicare patients varies widely by state when it comes to heart failure, stroke, breast cancer and other life-threatening illnesses, according to a new federal study.
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Shift work may not only make people grumpy, but it could put them at a higher risk of heart disease, Italian researchers said on Monday.
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Injuries to top rugby union players have nearly doubled since the sport turned professional five years ago and researchers think the use of protective equipment could be part of the reason.
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Birth defects in which the fetal brain and spine are malformed have dropped by half in South Carolina since a statewide campaign to increase women's folic acid intake began eight years ago, researchers reported Monday.
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Veterans who had serious head injuries decades ago now have a higher risk of Alzheimer's disease, a finding that suggests serious blows to the head may somehow cause delayed brain damage, researchers said Monday.
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Lower doses of AZT given to HIV-infected mothers and infants impede the transmission of the AIDS virus from parent to child, but still do not work as well as higher levels of the drug, researchers reported in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine.
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Patients with a rare metabolic disorder called phenylketonuria, or PKU, should stay on a special diet throughout life and not stop the diet after childhood, a panel of experts concluded Wednesday.
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An AIDS vaccine that helped keep monkeys from getting sick could show scientists how to start fighting the HIV epidemic in people, researchers said Thursday.
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Even people with normal or low blood pressure have a higher risk of heart disease if they are sensitive to salt, researchers said Wednesday.
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The abortion pill can safely be given a week further along in pregnancy and with fewer doctors' visits than the U.S. government requires, suggests a study funded in part by an abortion rights advocacy group.
http://www.cnn.com/2000/HEALTH/women/10/18/abortion.pill.rules.ap/index.html
A study involving people with amnesia, a popular computer game and sleep experts may help explain why dreams are so weird and so important, experts said on Thursday.
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Wives of smokers aren't more apt to die of breast cancer than are the wives of nonsmokers, according to a new study of more than 146,000 women.
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A new study suggests smoking may be a cause of depression in teen-agers, contradicting the current thinking that says depressed people may smoke to feel better.
http://www.cnn.com/2000/HEALTH/children/10/03/teen.smoking.ap/index.html
A study on the importance of finding a well-matched kidney supports the contentious idea that distributing transplant organs nationwide improves the chances they will get to those who will benefit most.
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A substantial number of doctors approve of allowing physicians to participate in executions, even though it violates medical ethics guidelines, a new study found.
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A sizable number of parents have misconceptions about vaccines, with many believing that too many immunizations can weaken their children's ability to fight diseases, a survey found.
http://www.cnn.com/2000/HEALTH/children/10/31/childhood.immunization.ap/index.html
Indicators of inflammation may give doctors a way to predict if a person is destined for a heart attack and should receive aggressive treatment, two studies in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine found.
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A Colorado couple used genetic tests to create a test-tube baby that would have the exact type of cells desperately needed to save their 6-year-old daughter, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday.
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He's a veteran physician who works as a trauma surgeon. Just don't ask Dr. Sheldon Brotman to write a legible prescription.
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Britain's fertility treatment regulator said Wednesday it would not bend its rules for a couple who want to choose the sex of their next child.
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Vicki Freeman lay perfectly still inside a tube-like machine as ultrasound waves beamed deep into her cancerous breast. Little bursts of heat signaled the beams were cooking her tumor to death -- without a mark or cut to her skin.
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Hispanics, while just 11 percent of the U.S. population, account for 35 percent of those without health insurance. One doctors' group plans to meet with the presidential candidates this week and pressure them to do something about it.
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After 23 hours in surgery, seven-month-old twins Charity and Kathleen Lincoln, who were born conjoined from the bottom of the breastbone to the hip, became separate beings on Sunday.
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Responding to a lawsuit by animal rights activists, the Agriculture Department has agreed to expand its regulation of research animals to include rats, mice and birds.
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The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved and sent to President Bill Clinton a bill to help low-income uninsured women get treatment for breast cancer.
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A study of children born prematurely found that key areas of their brain were still dramatically smaller eight years later, an indication the brain does not always develop properly once a child leaves the womb, doctors reported Tuesday.
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A drug that calms the tremors of Parkinson's disease by acting on the body's use of a key brain chemical produced favorable results in a two-year trial, though it caused side effects that included hallucinations, a study said on Tuesday.
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The genetic mutation that causes cystic fibrosis may be responsible for chronic sinus infections in some people who carry the gene but do not suffer from the disease, scientists reported on Tuesday.
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A small tobacco company is test-marketing in Virginia and Kentucky a new type of cigarette that it says has lower levels of one type of cancer-causing substance than regular brands.
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A decade-long effort to give workers new protections against repetitive motion injuries is coming to a head with the Clinton administration, over the objections of Congress, intent on implementing workplace rules this year.
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Women who have tiny coils called heart stents inserted to prop open clogged arteries face higher initial risks than men do but fare just as well a year after the operation, researchers say.
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The AIDS epidemic in Africa is reducing life expectancy, raising mortality, lowering fertility, leaving more men alive than women and producing millions of orphans, according to an analysis by an environmental research group.
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Women with a family history of breast cancer may want to be especially vigilant about getting regular mammograms if they took birth control pills before 1975.
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Dieticians from across the United States met in Denver, Colorado, this week to discuss the latest nutrition trends and controversies. Presentations at the American Dietetic Association convention covered everything from weight-loss support groups to the benefits of chocolate in a balanced diet.
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Defined negatively, health is the absence of illness, functionally, as the ability to cope with everyday activities, or positively, as fitness and well-being. In any organism, health is a form of homeostasis. This is a state of balance, with inputs and outputs of energy and matter in equilibrium (allowing for growth). Health also implies good prospects for continued survival. In sentient creatures such as humans, health is a broader concept.
Many definitions of health have been offered from time to time. Webster's Dictionary defines health as "the condition of being sound in body, mind or spirit, especially freedom from physical disease or pain". The Oxford English Dictionary defines health as "soundness of body or mind; that condition in which its functions are duly and efficiently discharged". Dubos (1968) defined health as " a modus vivendi enabling imperfect men to achieve a rewarding and not-too-painful existance while they cope with an imperfect world".
However, the most widely accepted definition is that of the World Health Organization Constitution. It states that "health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity" (World Health Organization, 1946). In more recent years, this statement has been amplified to include the ability to lead a "socially and economically productive life". The WHO definition is not without criticism, mainly that it is too broad. Some argue that health cannot be defined as a state at all, but must be seen as a process of continuous adjustment to the changing demands of living and of the changing meanings we give to life. It is a dynamic concept. the WHO definition is therefore considered by many as an idealistic goal rather than a realistic proposition. Using the WHO definition classifies 70-95% of people as unhealthy. In spite of the above limitations, the concept of health as defined by WHO is broad and positive in its implications. It sets out a high standard for positive health. It represents the overall goal that nations should strive to reach.
The most solid aspects of wellness that fit firmly in the realm of medicine are the environmental health, nutrition, disease prevention, and public health matters that can be investigated and assist in measuring well-being.
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See also
- Disease
- Health care
- Health disparities
- Health profession
- Healthcare delivery
- Healthy eating
- Longevity
- Medicine
- Mental health
- Natural Hygiene
- Nursing
- Physical fitness
- Population health
- Public health
- Sexuality
- Wellness (alternative medicine)
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- World Health Organization, Constitution, World Health Organization, Geneva, 1946. Available online at [http://w3.whosea.org/aboutsearo/pdf/const.pdf http://w3.whosea.org/Accessed October 24, 2005.
- WHO (1979)Health for All, Sr. Nos. 1, 2
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