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It's that time of year when many people start trying to get into shape, but it may be more difficult for women than men.
http://cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/01/23/hln.fit.gender.exercise/index.html
We've all seen the warning at the beginning of every exercise video, Before starting this or any other exercise program, be sure to check with your doctor.
http://cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/01/02/hln.fit.doctor.approval/index.html
Whether trekking on a treadmill or slicing through a pool, for many people, exercising in the morning is like drinking a cup of coffee. The early physical activity stimulates them and gives the day a strong start.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/diet.fitness/05/27/exercise.time/index.html
The Food and Drug Administration is planning to move beyond its recent actions on ephedra and step up its scrutiny of the health effects of various other herbal supplements, a top federal health official said Tuesday.
http://cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/diet.fitness/01/20/fda.supplements/index.html
The Food and Drug Administration has rejected a manufacturer's application asking to restore silicone breast implants to the market, the firm said in a statement Thursday.
http://cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/01/08/silicone.implants/index.html
Could that burger you're eating have a deadly secret? Or could Fido's dog food bring mad cow disease into your home?
http://cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/01/08/mad.cow.health/index.html
Instead of making a New Year's resolution for a diet overhaul, how about making some simple eating choices that improve health in the long run?
http://cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/diet.fitness/01/01/foods.2004/index.html
How many of us have heard that lifting weights helps to burn more calories in hours after we've left the gym?
http://cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/01/09/hln.fit.exercise/index.html
If you plan to purchase exercise equipment to fulfill on one of your New Year's resolutions, there are a few things you need to know, experts say.
http://cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/01/16/hln.fit.fitness.equipment/index.html
If a weekend workout has you hobbling around the office Monday, you might want to reach for the bottle -- one of vitamin E that is.
http://cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/01/30/hln.fit.vitamin.e/index.html
Not many 24-year-olds aspire to look like a woman in her 60s.
http://cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/01/02/sprj.nyr.everett/index.html
The Food and Drug Administration has approved a drug to help people with sleep disorders stay awake, the manufacturer said Monday.
http://cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/01/27/wakeup.drug.ap/index.html
Even after five years, Matthew Scott remembers the exact moment he woke to find he had fingers on his left hand again.
http://cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/01/26/hand.transplant.ap/index.html
Air Force veterans exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War have a higher-than-average risk of prostate and skin cancer, military researchers reported on Thursday.
http://cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/conditions/01/22/cancer.orange.reut/index.html
Prescriptions for hormone supplements have plunged by one-third since a study was abruptly halted because of evidence that the pills raise the risk of breast cancer, heart disease and other illnesses in postmenopausal women, an analysis found.
http://cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/01/06/hormones.prescriptions.ap/index.html
Doctors might be able to gauge heart patients' risk of death or heart attack by measuring levels of a growth factor protein in their blood, a German study suggests.
http://cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/01/27/heart.risks.ap/index.html
The widow of Dr. Robert Atkins went on national television Friday to demand that Mayor Michael Bloomberg apologize for calling the late diet guru fat.
http://cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/01/23/atkins.bloomberg.ap/index.html
When a glut of flu patients swamped medical workers in Nashville, Tennessee, one day last month, Vanderbilt University Medical Center pulled out its SARS disaster plan.
http://cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/01/17/sprj.flu03.sars.flu.ap/index.html
Four-year-old Dalton Eisenhardt and his 2-year-old brother, Wyatt, don't protest or complain about the machines that hold onto them with tubes and cords during every moment of their lives. Despite the tracheotomies, the feeding tubes and ever-present nurses, the boys smile.
http://cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/01/02/sick.brothers.ap/index.html
Saying the United States must be prepared for potential biological weapons attacks, President Bush announced Friday that he is ordering some military personnel to be vaccinated against smallpox -- and that he himself will be inoculated.
http://cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/12/13/bush.smallpox/index.html
The farmed salmon industry faces legal action in California for failing to warn consumers that the fish contain what environmental groups say are potentially dangerous levels of cancer-causing chemicals.
http://cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/01/23/farmed.salmon.ap/index.html
Drinking more coffee may reduce the risk of developing the most common form of diabetes, a study found.
http://cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/conditions/01/06/coffee.diabetes.ap/index.html
Influenza activity appears to be on the downturn in the United States, even as federal officials report more than 90 children have died of the flu this season.
http://cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/01/08/sprj.flu03.flu/index.html
The flu season has yet to reach its peak, despite a drop-off in cases in some states, health officials warned on Tuesday.
http://cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/01/06/sprj.flu03.flu.season.cdc.ap/index.html
Injuries caused by falling down, car wrecks and other accidents cost the U.S. economy $117 billion every year, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday.
http://cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/01/16/injuries.reut/index.html
Taxpayers foot the doctor's bill for more than half of obesity-related medical costs, which reached a total of $75 billion in 2003, according to a new study.
http://cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/conditions/01/21/obesity.spending.ap/index.html
China has approved human trials for a SARS vaccine after tests were carried out safely on monkeys.
http://cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/01/19/sars.chinatest/index.html
Researchers at an Australian university believe they have developed a breakthrough showing skin cancer can be stopped by the common cold virus.
http://cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/01/07/australia.skincancer/index.html
Researchers have found a compound that blocks the production of excessive mucus, which could point the way to better treatments for asthma, chronic bronchitis, cystic fibrosis and other diseases.
http://cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/01/11/reducing.music.ap/index.html
A pair of seven-month-old conjoined twins were taken off of respirators and died after their parents and doctors decided medical technology would be unable to separate the girls.
http://cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/01/30/conjoined.twins.ap/index.html
Severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, is believed to have originated in southern China as an outbreak of pneumonia-like disease in November 2002.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/05/28/sars.breakdown/index.html
Fear of mad cow disease hasn't kept Cecelia Coan from eating her beloved deep-fried cow-brain sandwiches.
http://cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/01/16/brain.sandwich.ap/index.html
The man in his 40s was thrilled when he hit a big jackpot at one of a cruise ship's slot machines. Ten minutes later, his jubilation was abruptly ended by chest pains.
http://cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/01/26/cruise.doctors.ap/index.html
Eyeing a national smallpox vaccination program they say is stalled, House Democrats are urging the U.S. government to reinvigorate the plan for health-care workers if officials still believe terrorists may use smallpox as a weapon.
http://cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/01/29/smallpox.plan/index.html
There's grim news on the diabetes front: Nearly two-thirds of diabetics aren't properly controlling their blood sugar. And one in three older diabetics likely also has a serious leg disease that could cost their limb -- or their life.
http://cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/conditions/01/20/diabetes.care.ap/index.html
In their relentless pursuit of a healthy diet, many consumers are turning to a new breed of egg.
http://cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/diet.fitness/01/09/designer.eggs.ap/index.html
People who think ephedra helped them lose weight are looking to new ingredients with names like guarana, bitter orange and green tea extract to replace the soon-to-be-banned dietary supplement.
http://cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/diet.fitness/01/13/ephedra.alternatives.ap/index.html
A hormone called vasopressin is clearly better at saving the lives of patients whose hearts have stopped than the drug doctors have been using for the past 100 years, according to a study that could transform the treatment of sudden cardiac arrest.
http://cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/01/07/cardiac.arrest.drugs.ap/index.html
At 24, Charlene should be finishing up her master's degree or taking other steps to plan her future. Instead, she's become a statistic.
http://cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/01/06/mad.cow.victim/index.html
Medicines such as codeine and Valium and potent hormones with instructions written only in Chinese are among the latest illegally imported drugs intercepted by the government.
http://cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/01/28/imported.drugs.ap/index.html
Chicken waste, restaurant scraps and blood products are to be banned from cattle feed as part of new measures to protect Americans from mad cow disease, the Food and Drug Administration announced Monday.
http://cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/01/26/mad.cow/index.html
Parents of children with depression must sort through an emotionally charged controversy in deciding on treatment: Do popular adult antidepressants sometimes increase the risk of suicide when they're given to kids?
http://cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/parenting/01/30/antidepressants.kids.ap/index.html
Over-the-counter painkillers work well for most people, but ignoring the directions and misusing them can result in severe, even lethal, side effects, says a new government campaign aimed at educating patients.
http://cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/01/23/painkiller.risks.ap/index.html
Americans who buy drugs in Canada in hopes of saving money could pay significantly more for certain medicines than if they had purchased generic versions at home, according to new research by the Food and Drug Administration.
http://cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/01/19/generic.drugs.ap/index.html
Researchers have found a compound that blocks the production of excessive mucus, which could point the way to better treatments for asthma, chronic bronchitis, cystic fibrosis and other diseases.
http://cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/01/11/reducing.mucus.ap/index.html
Dismissing old age as a myth, Jack LaLanne, TV's first fitness guru, says old folks should get out of their easy chairs and work at living.
http://cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/diet.fitness/01/19/jack.lalanne.ap/index.html
Two Chinese flight attendants in isolation in a Sydney hotel have been given the tentative all clear from having the potentially deadly SARS virus.
http://cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/01/14/sars.australia/index.html
People taking certain drugs for schizophrenia, manic-depression, autism, dementia or several other psychiatric disorders should be carefully watched for signs they are developing diabetes, obesity or high cholesterol, four medical societies say.
http://cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/01/27/antipsychotic.drugs.ap/index.html
Nothing against juice and granola bars, but health clubs across the country are hiring chefs, giving cooking classes and teaching nutrition to help their clients drop the weight and keep it off.
http://cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/diet.fitness/01/16/gym.food.ap/index.html
In the midst of the low-carb craze, a new study suggests that by eating lots of carbohydrates and little fat, it is possible to lose weight without actually cutting calories -- and without exercising, either.
http://cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/diet.fitness/01/26/carb.diet.ap/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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