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New research suggests the risk of potentially deadly blood clots from long airline flights is small but rises sharply in people who are older, overweight or taking birth control pills.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/08/blood.clots.ap/index.html
Up to one in 100 long-haul fliers could develop blood clots, and wearing compression stockings, taking aspirin and travelling business class may not help, a study showed on Friday.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/conditions/12/19/travel.clots.reut/index.html
A three-drug cocktail used by many HIV-infected people proved clearly superior to other combinations at treating new patients in the biggest head-to-head comparison of AIDS medications to date.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/conditions/12/11/aids.drugs.ap/index.html
A common genetic variation appears to reduce the risk of a serious complication after a bone marrow transplant, new research shows.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/04/marrow.transplants.ap/index.html
Echinacea failed to relieve children's cold symptoms and appeared to cause skin rashes in some cases, a study of 407 youngsters found.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/parenting/12/02/echinacea.children.ap/index.html
Low to moderate drinking may cause a loss of brain tissue in middle-age people, a study found.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/05/shrinking.brain.ap/index.html
Scientists testing the effects of microbeams have discovered that targeting just a few cells with the futuristic beams can cause massive destruction to other diseased cells.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/conditions/12/02/cancer.microbeams.reut/index.html
The more television children watch the less fruit and vegetables they eat, probably because the advertising they see leaves them craving junk food instead, a study said Monday.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/parenting/12/08/television.vegetables.reut/index.html
Eating an orange a day can keep certain cancers away, according to a new Australian study.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/03/citrus.cancer.reut/index.html
A combination of two body-imaging techniques can more accurately tell doctors how far a patient's cancer has spread than full-body MRI scans, German researchers say
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/conditions/12/23/cancer.imaging.ap/index.html
Almost a third of men over 75 undergo laboratory blood tests each year to check their prostate health, but a new study questions the value of using the PSA test to screen men that old for prostate cancer.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/conditions/12/03/prostate.test.ap/index.html
Women are advised to get mammograms every year, but a new study says a better screening tool is available for those at high risk of breast cancer.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/conditions/06/02/mri.mammograms/index.html
A diet rich in vitamin D appears to protect people from developing potentially cancerous growths in the colon, a study of more than 3,100 veterans found.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/conditions/12/09/cancer.vitamind.ap/index.html
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center certified thousands of Pap tests when they were never reviewed by physicians, putting an unknown number of women at risk of diseases that may have gone undetected, two lawsuits allege.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/19/pap.tests.ap/index.html
Twenty-eight years ago, Jake Perez was born three months early. Despite his premature arrival, he left the hospital healthy and with no signs of brain damage.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/26/jake.perez.surgery/index.html
Reconstructive surgery for Egyptian twins who once were joined at the head has been postponed to give Mohamed and Ahmed Ibrahim more time to heal, an official said Monday.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/16/egyptian.twins.ap/index.html
A man with symptoms of the SARS virus has been hospitalized and isolated in Guangzhou in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong, health officials say.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/27/china.sars.ap/index.html
Taiwan's first SARS patient in five months left hospital on Tuesday, nearly two weeks after he tested positive for the virus.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/30/taiwan.sars.ap/index.html
Three teenagers from southwestern New Hampshire were hospitalized Friday with bacterial meningitis, and a fourth from the Concord area was suspected of having the potentially fatal illness, state health officials said.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/conditions/12/26/meningitis.cases.ap/index.html
A procedure that lets doctors find abnormal growths in the colon through computer-generated images is slightly more accurate and less invasive than conventional colonoscopy, new research suggests.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/01/virtual.colonoscopy.ap/index.html
If you ask why little Brandon Connor's tumor suddenly disappeared on the eve of his surgery, his doctors will try their best to explain.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/25/medical.miracles.ap/index.html
The following are key dates in the spread of mad cow disease, believed to be transmitted by contaminated meat-and-bone meal fed to cattle:
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/23/madcow.chronology.reut/index.html
There was nothing for the older folk of Appalachia to smile about after the government released its latest study of toothlessness among the elderly, which found the region leading the nation in tooth-loss.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/19/elderly.teeth.reut/index.html
A torn plastic trash bag that leaked liquid contaminated with the SARS virus was the likely cause of Taiwan's first infection in five months, investigators said.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/19/taiwan.sars.ap/index.html
Two more Colorado children have died from the flu, raising the statewide total to at least five in an early outbreak that could be a sign of a severe flu season for the country, health officials said.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/conditions/12/03/flu.outbreak.ap/index.html
The UK government is set to ban the prescription of antidepressant drugs for children because of evidence they can cause them to become suicidal, The Guardian newspaper reported on Wednesday.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/10/drugs.children.reut/index.html
Outbreaks and deaths from one of the worst strains of salmonella to hit the United States in recent decades are on the decline, according to a new federal health study.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/28/us.salmonella.ap/index.html
The first high-resolution images of the West Nile virus reveal a tiny microorganism that looks something like a bumpy gum ball.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/02/west.nile.ap/index.html
China is sending samples from a suspected SARS patient to an international laboratory for more testing after experts were unable to confirm a case of the potentially deadly virus.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/30/china.sars/index.html
American talk show host Oprah Winfrey promised this week to help spread the word about the devastating effects of AIDS in Africa as she visited HIV initiatives in this impoverished southern African country.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/conditions/12/05/winfrey.africa.ap/index.html
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Wikipedia-Article "Health [3]"
- 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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