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Dr. Robert Atkins, creator of the high-protein, low-carbohydrate Atkins Diet, died Thursday after an accidental fall on April 8 left him comatose.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/04/17/obit.atkins/index.html
The U.S. State Department has authorized the departure of non-essential diplomats and families based in China and Hong Kong amid concerns over the spread of the deadly SARS virus.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/04/03/sars.diplomats/index.html
The death toll in a deadly Ebola outbreak has risen to 120 in the northwestern Republic of Congo, the central African country's health ministry said on Wednesday.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/04/09/ebola.congo/index.html
A 62-year-old South African man is being treated at a Pretoria hospital as a probable SARS case, according to officials.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/04/09/sars.africa/index.html
A WHO official says the man first diagnosed with a mystery virus did not spread the disease to his immediate family, a finding that has baffled medical experts.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/04/04/sars.victim/index.html
A Floridian who contracted SARS abroad has infected a coworker, the state department of health said Wednesday, marking the first time the disease may have been spread to someone other than a household member or health care worker.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/04/09/sars.florida/index.html
Researchers, led by a team of scientists at the National Human Genome Research Institute, have discovered the gene responsible for progeria, the rare and fatal genetic condition that causes accelerated aging in children.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/conditions/04/17/aging.gene/index.html
U.S. health officials said Sunday that it is possible to keep SARS from spreading throughout the world but that it is unlikely the disease will be eradicated.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/04/27/sars.pandemic/index.html
Dr. Henry Heimlich, inventor of the famous anti-choking maneuver, is working with doctors in several African countries to begin human tests of a controversial AIDS therapy in which patients are deliberately infected with malaria.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/conditions/04/14/health.aids.malaria.reut/index.html
Hong Kong hospitals are bracing for a worst case-scenario of up to 3,000 cases of the SARS virus by the end of April, as one more person succumbed to the illness in Canada.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/04/06/sars.wrap/index.html
Twelve more people have died from the SARS virus in Hong Kong, the highest number of fatalities in a single day from the disease, health officials say.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/04/19/hk.sars/index.html
The first commercial test for the respiratory virus that has killed 144 people worldwide is being distributed by a German biotechnology company.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/04/15/artus/index.html
Scientists have completed the finished sequence of the human genome, or genetic blueprint of life, which holds the keys to transforming medicine and understanding disease.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/04/14/genome.reut/index.html
More than 1 million Americans had laser eye surgery last year. Most are happy with the results, but for some it did more damage than good.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/04/09/fyh.eye.surgery/index.html
Meditation is being embraced within medical circles as a powerful healing tool.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/04/04/fyh.meditation/index.html
According to a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services report on fatherhood, the ages of fathers and mothers appear to be rising. But experts suggest men, too, have a biological clock that is ticking.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/04/17/fyh.bio.clock/index.html
Federal health officials said Friday the mystery respiratory illness that originated late last year in China has affected 115 people in the United States, up from 100 Thursday.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/04/04/sars.who/index.html
As the global death toll from the mystery SARS virus pushed past 100, there are fears of a new outbreak at a housing estate in Hong Kong.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/04/09/sars1110/index.html
Hong Kong says the mystery SARS virus has killed nine more people in the territory, the largest one-day jump since the crisis began unfolding last month.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/04/15/sars/index.html
Doctors from the World Health Organization say they are not optimistic about a quick eradication of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/04/09/sars/index.html
China has added 125 new cases to the country's soaring tally of people suffering from SARS, and a major hospital in Beijing has been placed under quarantine in a bid to curb the spread of the deadly virus in the capital.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/04/24/sars/index.html
Top North American infectious disease specialists said Monday that they face an uphill battle to stem the spread of SARS in their countries, and said they were considering tightening travel restrictions to countries where it has become entrenched.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/04/21/sars.us/index.html
Health officials studying how Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) is spread said Thursday they believe the virus that causes it is not transmitted in water or in the air, but could be spread by contact with fecal matter from an infected individual.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/04/17/sars.hong.kong/index.html
Surgery to separate conjoined 22-month-old Egyptian twins will happen, says a spokesperson for the Children's Medical Center of Dallas, but it is on hold as the facility makes arrangements to pay for the operation.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/04/03/egyptian.twins/index.html
Pressure is mounting on Chinese health authorities to increase cooperation with international efforts to control the spread of the deadly SARS virus.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/04/02/china.sars/index.html
- What are the symptoms?
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/03/27/illness.qa/index.html
As China takes drastic steps to contain the SARS virus, Hong Kong officials say the disease is proving more deadly than first thought.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/04/24/sars.death/index.html
Health officials confirmed Sunday that five additional people in Hong Kong have died from SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome, and 42 others have contracted the disease.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/04/13/sars/index.html
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/04/13/sars.hong.kong/index.html
Canada said Sunday that it will play host to an international conference on SARS this week in Toronto, where health officials reported the 21st death from the illness.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/04/27/toronto.who/index.html
Canada said Sunday that it will play host to an international conference on SARS this week in Toronto, where health officials reported the 21st death from the illness.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/04/27/sars.conference/index.html
An American teacher suffering from SARS has died in Hong Kong just hours after being transported by ambulance from Shenzhen on the Chinese mainland.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/04/10/sars/index.html
Health officials here confirmed Sunday that five more people in Hong Kong have died from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), and 42 others have contracted the disease.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/04/13/sars.china/index.html
The question of whether the mystery SARS virus is here to stay or not will be determined in the next few weeks after studies in China are completed, say World Health Organization (WHO) experts.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/04/16/sars/index.html
The deadly SARS virus has spread further through Asia and the first case on the African continent has been recorded.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/04/12/sars.asia/index.html
The incidence of severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, continued to climb in Hong Kong, as the killer form of pnuemonia claimed another life in the city.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/04/01/hk.sars/index.html
The death toll from the mystery SARS virus continues to mount with health authorities now reporting 103 fatalities from 2,749 cases.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/04/08/sars.toll.wrap/index.html
The headmaster at a private school in this affluent suburb said he is probably overreacting after forcing 40 students and staffers who recently returned from a China trip to stay home for nearly two weeks because he's concerned about Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, or SARS.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/04/01/sars.schools/index.html
Researchers in Canada and the United States, working independently, announced they sequenced the genome for the suspected cause of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/04/14/sars.sequence/index.html
Sen. Charles Schumer urged the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to get directly involved in containing the spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome -- SARS -- in the United States.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/04/04/sars.schumer/index.html
One of the Guatemalan conjoined twins, separated by U.S. doctors last August, is critically ill, battling cerebral meningitis.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/04/26/guatemala.twin/index.html
Singapore's Ministry of Health has closed a leading wholesale vegetable market and quarantined all 2,500 employees because of concerns they may have been exposed to the virus that causes SARS.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/04/21/sars/index.html
Sleep gives the body time to rebuild damaged tissue and the brain time to replenish neurotransmitters like dopamine, which affects alertness.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/04/24/fyh.sleep.deprivation/index.html
Low doses of X-rays such as those patients receive in the dentist's chair may do more long-lasting damage than higher doses, German scientists reported on Monday in a study that turns common wisdom on its head.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/04/01/health.xrays.reut/index.html
Parents eager to see their toddlers out of diapers will find early toilet training often does not lead to early success and may delay acceptance of the potty, researchers said Monday.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/04/08/health.toilet.reut/index.html
Older people who eat just two slices of whole wheat bread or a helping of high-fiber cereal daily can lower their risk of cardiovascular disease, researchers said on Tuesday.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/04/02/health.fiber.reut/index.html
Painkillers such as aspirin and ibuprofen may help prevent colon cancer by preventing tumor cells from becoming immortal, and eating fiber may work in a similar way, U.S. scientists reported on Wednesday.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/04/09/health.cancer.aspirin.reut/index.html
Three people evaluated for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) after arriving on a flight from Tokyo Tuesday do not have the disease, and have been released, according to hospital officials.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/04/01/sars.plane/index.html
When doctors told Alan Hoskin of California that he might have SARS, he didn't believe it.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/04/22/sars.victim/index.html
Thailand, a top Asian holiday destination, has announced whole plane loads of visitors from high-risk countries would be quarantined for 14 days if anyone on board was found with symptoms of the deadly flu-like SARS virus.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/04/03/sars.thailand.reut/index.html
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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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- 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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