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The American Medical Association today announced an education campaign to help doctors recognize and treat foodborne illness.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/diet.fitness/01/24/foodborne.illness/index.html
If you think you're getting short shrift at the doctor's office, it's a misperception, according to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine. The length of a typical visit with a doctor has actually increased during the past decade, whether your health insurance coverage is fee-for-service or managed care.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/01/17/doctor.patient/index.html
Jan Ciampi remembers with special horror the week before her son graduated from high school.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/alternative/01/11/dangerous.supplement/index.html
Frustrated with fat and sick of cellulite? A new weightlifting program aims to bust those bulges by targeting problem areas and allowing women to get rid of cellulite buildup.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/diet.fitness/01/03/cellulite.workout/index.html
Researchers at Yale University School of Medicine have developed a urine test that identifies a protein found in bladder cancer cells. The test could lead to an easier, less invasive way to detect the disease, which kills more than 12,000 people each year.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/cancer/01/16/bladder.cancer/index.html
A Norwegian man has taken his fight against cancer to the Internet in an effort to beat the disease.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/01/17/norway.cancer/index.html
(CNN) - Just a few years ago, potent drug cocktail combinations were hailed as a resounding breakthrough in the treatment of HIV and AIDS. But now -- at the same time that patients are living longer than ever before -- drug-resistant viruses threaten to take back hard won ground in the fight against the disease.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/01/31/aids.drugs/index.html
The deaths of three pregnant women prompted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Bristol-Myers Squibb Friday to warn doctors about using a combination of two anti-HIV drugs in pregnant women.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/AIDS/01/05/pregnancy.hivdrugs/index.html
Rhonda Silva used to take long walks with her husband. Now she's confined to her Oakland, California, apartment, immobile for ten months with defective hip replacements that cause her excruciating pain.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/01/17/hip.replacement/index.html
Women who take hormone replacement therapy may develop denser breast tissue, making it more difficult to detect breast cancer, new research suggests.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/women/01/09/mammography/index.html
Kids who watch TV at mealtime eat far fewer fruits and vegetables than children who sit down to a quiet dinner, according to new research in the January issue of Pediatrics.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/children/01/08/tv.eating/index.html
The American Academy of Pediatrics announced one new addition to the 2001 list of vaccinations recommended for children. The new vaccine, approved for marketing by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration last year, protects children against a bacterium called pneumococcus. The additional vaccine means children should now receive 23 doses of 8 different vaccines before age 6.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/children/01/08/immune.schedule/index.html
There have been 33 confirmed cases of bacterial meningitis in the Houston area since October, Texas health officials said Monday. Both children and adults developed the infection and two youngsters, a boy and a girl, died.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/01/22/menigitis.02/index.html
Physicians tell us the human body is a marvel of engineering. It can adapt to survive in many different environments, it can build muscle to grow stronger and can even heal itself. Its major flaw is it doesn't come with spare parts. But scientists are working on ways to address that -- at least for one body part. They're developing exciting new strategies to make new bone.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/01/15/growing.bone/index.html
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) - A rash of drug shortages has some pharmacists looking at sparse supplies of everything but irritated customers.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/01/15/drug.shortage/index.html
A physicians' group representing doctors who are the lifelines of U.S. health care is calling for a national dialog on universal health insurance.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/01/12/aafp.health.insurance/index.html
America's armed forces are supposed to be a fit crowd.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/diet.fitness/01/05/military.obesity/index.html
There's a popular drug on the streets with nicknames such as Vitamin R and R-Ball that's making its way into the college scene. But it's not for kicks -- students use this drug to improve concentration and study longer.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/children/01/08/college.ritalin/index.html
Health care experts are worried that a national nursing shortage could become widespread later in the decade -- just as the aging U.S. population requires more care.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/01/12/nursing.shortage/index.html
Eating two or more servings of fish a week -- already known to be good for your heart -- cuts the risk of having a a certain kind of stroke by half, according to a new study of almost 80,000 women.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/diet.fitness/01/16/omega.fish/index.html
Cutting back on salt not only lowers your blood pressure, but
it lowers it by much more than previously thought, according to a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/01/03/salt.blood.pressure/index.html
CNN.com - Health - Surgeon General: Prevention can battle youth violence problems - January 17, 2001
Youth violence is not new, said the top U.S. health care official, who also warned that pre-adulthood violence is frequently part of a lifestyle that includes drugs, guns and sex.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/children/01/17/youth.violence.02/index.html
More than 1,200 cattle are being quarantined while the Food and Drug Administration determines whether they ate feed that contained banned animal parts. Such feed has been banned since 1997 as a way to prevent bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease.
Cattle feed containing bone meal made from mammals was produced January 16 at a Ralston Purina-owned mill near San Antonio, Texas, acco...
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/01/26/madcow.texas/index.html
Melinda Jarvis works for a promising dot-com. But after discovering a lump in her breast she's not so sure about her future. She can't afford to get it checked out.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/01/22/uninsured.families/index.html
(CNN) - People who score high on the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology's Life Quality test are more likely to have asthma, researchers say.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/01/17/asthma.test/index.html
For this 11-year boy, being brave enough to declare -- then openly discuss -- his HIV-positive health status sends a powerful message: AIDS sufferers are very real, very loveable humans.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/AIDS/01/09/aids.boy/index.html
(CNN) - Diagnosed with metastatic liver cancer in 1995, John Hayden had four operations in four years to remove large portions of his digestive tract. The recovery time averaged as much as three months for each surgery.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/01/30/liver.blurb/index.html
(CNN) - The type of skin cancer that struck President Bill Clinton is one of the most common - and most curable - forms of skin cancer.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/cancer/01/16/basal.cancer/index.html
In today's fast-paced health care arena, Dr. Howard Clark is a throwback to an earlier age -- a true country doctor who still makes house calls.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/01/02/country.doctor/index.html
(CNN) - A government study shows that 17 percent of people over the age of 60 abuse alcohol and prescription or over-the-counter drugs. But an even more hidden problem is that of illicit drug use.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/aging/01/12/elderly.blurb/index.html
Experts from the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will meet Tuesday to discuss flu strains to be included in the vaccine for the 2001-2002 influenza season.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/01/30/flu.meeting/index.html
Federal officials have determined that a herd of quarantined cows in Texas was indeed fed an illegal type of feed, the FDA said Tuesday.
The FDA report concluded that the feed was made with animal parts, which is banned in the United States.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/01/30/texas.cows/index.html
A genetically modified monkey could be the key to one day curing a number of human diseases, researchers said Thursday.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/01/11/green.monkey.02/index.html
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday advised women who are pregnant or might become pregnant, nursing mothers, and young children not to eat fish that may contain high levels of a form of mercury called methylmercury.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/women/01/12/fish.advisory/index.html
For years, zesty Tom Yum Gung soup has been a mainstay of Thai cooking. And now researchers are thinking it just might have cancer-fighting ingredients as well as good taste.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/diet.fitness/01/03/thai.soup/index.html
ATLANTA (CNN) - A diligent user of the Internet can learn the results of the latest research for treating and curing a disease before his personal physician knows.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/01/01/internet.health/index.html
It's a nightmare that plagues millions of women -- a diagnosis of breast cancer.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/cancer/01/26/breast.cancer/index.html
A spate of recent medical studies points to Americans' fears and concerns regarding obesity and diet - both real and imagined.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/children/01/09/overweight.kids/index.html
The American Red Cross will ask an advisory committee to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to review expanding restrictions on who can donate blood and tighten limits already in place, the donor agency said Wednesday.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/01/17/blood.madcow/index.html
Although the trend of violence among young people is decreasing, it is a public health concern and efforts should be focused on prevention, according to a Surgeon General's report released Wednesday.
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/children/01/17/youth.violence/index.html
Greg Gerhardt doesn't mind being called a
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/01/01/sensor.center/index.html
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http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/01/11/cohen.debrief/index.html
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http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/01/23/teen.drinking/index.html
http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/01/10/africa.cholera/index.html
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http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/01/08/ethics.matters/index.html
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Wikipedia-Article "Health"
- 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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Notes and references
- 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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