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People with food allergies and nursing mothers with a history of asthma or eczema may need to be more cautious about the foods they consume.
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Chemotherapy in a pill appears to be more tolerable for patients with advanced colorectal cancer than similar drugs administered intravenously, according to new research published Thursday.
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Nearly every day, in every city and state in the United States, prescription drugs are being diverted from their legal use.
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Initial tests of an experimental cancer pill show that the treatment is durable, or lasting, researchers said.
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Got a scratchy throat? Eyes won't stop running? Grab your mouse.
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In what is being called a medical first, doctors at the University of California, San Diego, announced Tuesday they performed gene therapy treatment surgery on an Alzheimer's patient.
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Genes rather than willpower may predetermine if a person can successfully quit smoking.
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When she was being treated for lymphoma, Grace Anne Koslak was frightened by the prospect of relying on morphine to relieve her pain. She wanted to treat the discomfort, but worried about becoming addicted.
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A plan developed by more than 100 researchers at Harvard University seeks to boost the flow of AIDS drugs to Africa by enlisting drug companies and wealthy countries.
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Headaches, especially migraines, are a real and prevalent problem in children, according to new research released Monday.
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About 13 million disposable lighters were recalled Tuesday due to child-resistant mechanisms that fail or are ineffective.
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The first federal rules to protect the privacy of a patients' medical information will go into effect on Saturday, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said Thursday.
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The first federal rules to protect the privacy of patients' medical information will go into effect on Saturday, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary
Tommy Thompson said Thursday.
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Lisa Cheater used to have so much trouble getting to sleep that she was afraid to go into her bedroom.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration does not have enough information to adequately protect people who use dietary supplements, a new draft report from the Office of the Inspector General contends.
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There is very little chance that bovine spongiform encephalopathy -- BSE, or mad cow disease -- will enter the United States, a panel of scientists and industry experts told senators Wednesday. But consumer advocates said even more needs to be done to ensure it is kept out.
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The United States has not seen one case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), better known as mad cow disease. But is the government doing enough to keep it that way? That is a question senators will be posing at a hearing Wednesday on mad cow disease and meat safety.
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The risk of overheating infants, or thermal stress, has been given relatively little attention in the United States, although it widely stressed in other countries, researchers said Monday. The number of infants dying of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) could be further reduced by educating the public about the dangers of overheating, according to a study in the journal Pediatrics.
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While some 17 million Americans have asthma -- including 5 million children -- experts say many don't even know it.
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A stunning research result was reported recently in the New England Journal of Medicine. In the first controlled trial of an approach to treat Parkinson's disease, patients were recruited to participate in research to assess the effectiveness of human fetal nerve cells transplanted into the area of the brain affected by the disease. Unfortunately, the results were not what researchers or subject...
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Bar-S Foods Co. began a voluntary recall Thursday of 14.5 million pounds of meat products produced at its Clinton, Oklahoma plant, because of possible listeria contamination the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced.
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The costs of treating Alzheimer's disease could overwhelm government resources in the next decade, advocates told a U.S. Senate subcommittee Tuesday.
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Federal authorities should spend more on research into Alzheimer's disease to avoid an increase in its impact that could bankrupt state and federal health programs, a report issued by the Alzheimer's Association said Tuesday.
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United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged countries Friday to devote more money and attention to mental health issues.
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When Eileen Sweeney took her children Shannon and Michael to a Pennsylvania petting zoo last fall, it seemed like the perfect outing.
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Chemotherapy remains the best option for treating certain cancers despite its potentially damaging side effects, integrative medicine expert Dr. Andrew Weil said Thursday.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Wednesday issued a warning to avoid certain tamarind candy lollipops from Mexico, labeled Dulmex brand Bolirindo, after at least three 2-year-olds who ate the candy showed elevated lead levels.
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Two major health organizations have released the first global guidelines for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
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Vicodin, Oxycontin, Xanax and Valium are useful medications for people who are in physical pain or are suffering from anxiety. But they're prescriptions for disaster for people like Mike Scrimo.
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A new Gift of Life donor initiative will promote organ and tissue donation, blood donation and registration for bone marrow donation, Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson will announce Tuesday.
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Indian ruler Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal for the love of his life, Mumtaz, who died while giving birth.
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A predicted shortage of nurses may turn out to be even worse than expected, a survey released Thursday warns.
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A new report finds no link between the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine and autistic spectrum disorders (ASD), frequently referred to as autism.
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Research released Thursday suggests a possible association between a child's chance of getting a type of leukemia and a parent's exposure to Agent Orange, a defoliant used during the Vietnam War that already has been linked to several health problems among veterans and their offspring.
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A report issued Thursday says millions of pregnant women and their fetuses are at risk of serious health problems from exposure to mercury in fish.
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The average length of a hospital stay dropped over the past decade, but the rate of hospitalizations stabilized, a federal report said Tuesday.
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Placing ear tubes in young children who develop fluid in the ears does not improve speech, hearing or psychological development, according to new research.
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Nearly four million Americans suffer from Alzheimer's disease, a mind-robbing condition that can exact a terrible psychological and financial toll on victims and their families. But few people, including many physicians, consider the disease to be deadly.
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St. John's wort, an herb that has shown promise in treating mild to moderate depression, does not seem to work against a more severe form of the disease, according to a study being published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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A dozen lambs, expected to be born within the next week, could some day play a key role in finding a cure for Parkinson's disease.
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Parents of every schoolchild in a British city at the centre of a tuberculosis outbreak are to be sent information about the disease.
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A week after the Bush administration proposed ending testing for salmonella in beef sold to the federal school lunch program, it reversed course Thursday and said the testing would continue.
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Seth Dowell started hiccuping after supper on August 23. Eight months later, he's still at it.
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- For the science of human and animal health, see Health science.
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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