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After more than 13 hours of grueling surgery, a mother and son who now share an uncommon bond are recovering well in Georgetown University Hospital.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/08/29/liver.transplant/index.html
Scientists from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, pieced together a year's worth of images from the Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) orbiting aboard the Earth Probe spacecraft for a moving glimpse at global ultraviolet (UV) radiation.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/08/15/uv.radiation/index.html
The National Institutes of Health has revealed all the organizations that own the stem cell lines available for federal funding.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/08/27/stem.cell.registry/index.html
The maker of the powerful prescription pain medication OxyContin said Wednesday it is working on patent application for a new formula of the opiate-based drug, hoping to make it less susceptible to abuse and addiction.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/08/08/oxycontin.reformulation/index.html
A Kansas City pharmacist is scheduled to appear in federal court Wednesday afternoon to face charges that he dispensed highly diluted chemotherapy drugs to unsuspecting patients, as federal authorities urgently search records and establish a hotline to determine the scope of the problem.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/08/15/diluted.drugs/index.html
The Food and Drug Administration has granted approval for the sale of fluoxetine, a generic version of the popular antidepressant Prozac, which had been under patent by Eli Lilly and Co. CNN's Rea Blakey gives some perspective.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/08/02/blakey.debrief.otsc/index.html
A new study on diabetes joins others that consistently show daily exercise and a low-fat diet can be very beneficial, yet Americans on average seem to be less fit and more obese. CNN Health Correspondent Rea Blakey looks at the situation.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/08/08/blakey.debrief.otsc/index.html
The consumer advocacy group Public Citizen wants the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to issue a warning about cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins, marketed under various brand names. The group says muscle deterioration can result from use of the drugs. CNN Health Correspondent Rea Blakey answers questions that might be asked by people prescribed the drugs.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/conditions/08/20/blakey.debrief.otsc/index.html
While one researcher called it a good first step, others in the medical community expressed concern over President Bush's restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/08/09/stem.cell.react/index.html
Minorities in America face severe economic, cultural, linguistic and physical barriers for treatment of mental illness, difficulties that prevent thousands from being properly treated, according to a report released Sunday from the U.S. Public Health Service.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/08/26/mental.health/index.html
In a development that holds the prospect of longer, healthier lives, researchers have identified a region of a chromosome that they believe contains the genes responsible for longevity, according to a study published in a scientific journal.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/08/27/longevity.genes/index.html
CNN Medical Correspondent Rhonda Rowland is in Louisville, Kentucky, where 59-year-old Robert Tools broke his silence more than two months after he received the first ever fully contained artificial heart. He said he had no regrets: I had a choice to sit at home and die, or come here and take a chance.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/08/21/rowland.debrief.otsc/index.html
A study claiming three major tobacco companies continue to pour
cigarette advertising into magazines read by teenagers is meeting with criticism from
both tobacco companies and the magazines.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/08/15/tobacco.advertising/index.html
Thirty-five people who say they suffered from
severe withdrawal reactions after taking the anti-depressant Paxil filed a class-action complaint against the drug's maker Friday in California Superior Court.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/08/25/paxil.suit/index.html
A team of reproductive specialists is expected to announce plans Tuesday to clone up to 200 human beings.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/08/06/cloned.embryos/index.html
Every year, natural disasters wreak havoc in the United States, producing dramatic scenes and billions of dollars in damages. But while major storms and earthquakes may garner more headlines and incur heavier financial losses, a less obvious weather phenomenon -- heat waves -- produce among the highest human costs of all such disasters.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/08/01/heat.wave.cost/index.html
The Florida Keys are under a medical alert after
state officials confirmed Friday that a 73-year-old woman contracted West Nile virus
after visiting the area.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/conditions/08/24/florida.west.nile/index.html
When it broke onto the American scene three years ago, the West Nile virus was a phenomenon confined largely to New Jersey and New York. The recent death of a 71-year-old Atlanta woman from the virus and two confirmed cases in Florida demonstrated the virus' widening impact. Dr. Scott Wetterhall, a leading member of the Metro Atlanta West Nile Task Force, talked with CNN's Martin Savidge on Saturd...
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/08/18/wetterhall.cnna/index.html
A Queens man is the second person in New York City this year to become infected with the West Nile virus, the city's health department said Wednesday.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/conditions/08/22/west.nile.victim/index.html
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Wikipedia-Article "Health [2]"
- 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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