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Medicine is the art and science of healing. It encompasses a range of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore human health by the prevention and treatment of illness. Contemporary medicine applies health science, biomedical research, and medical technology to diagnose and treat injury and disease, typically through medication, surgery, or some other form of therapy. The word medicine is derived from the Latin ars medicina, meaning the art of healing. [1][2] Though medical technology and clinical expertise are pivotal to contemporary medicine, successful face-to-face relief of actual suffering continues to require the application of ordinary human feeling and compassion, known in English as " bedside manner." [3]Early records on medicine have been discovered from early Ayurvedic medicine in the Indian subcontinent, ancient Egyptian medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, the Americas, and ancient Greek medicine. Early Grecian doctors Hippocrates and Galen laid a foundation for later developments in a rational approach to medicine. After the fall of Rome and the onset of the Dark Ages, Islamic physicians made major medical breakthroughs, supported by the translation of Hippocrates' and Galen's works into Arabic. Notable Islamic medical pioneers include polymath Avicenna, who is also called the Father of Modern Medicine,[4][5] Abulcasis, the father of surgery, Avenzoar, the father of experimental surgery, Ibn al-Nafis, the father of circulatory physiology, and Averroes.[6] Rhazes, who is called the father of pediatrics, first disproved the Grecian theory of humorism, which nevertheless remained influential in Western medieval medicine. While major developments in medicine were occurring in the Islamic world during the medieval period, the Western world remained dependent upon the Greco-Roman theory of humorism, which led to questionable treatments such as bloodletting. Islamic medicine and medieval medicine collided during the crusades, with Islamic doctors receiving mixed impressions.[7] As the medieval ages ended, important early figures in medicine emerged in Europe, including Gabriele Falloppio and William Harvey. The focal points of development of clinical medicine shifted to the United Kingdom and the USA by the early 1900s. The major shift in medical thinking was the gradual rejection, especially during the Black Death in the 14th and 15th centuries, of what may be called the 'traditional authority' approach to science and medicine. This was the notion that because some prominent person in the past said something must be so, then that was the way it was, and anything one observed to the contrary was an anomaly (which was paralleled by a similar shift in European society in general - see Copernicus's rejection of Ptolemy's theories on astronomy). Physicians like Ibn al-Nafis and Vesalius led the way in improving upon or indeed rejecting the theories of great authorities from the past (such as Hippocrates, Galen and Avicenna), many of whose theories were in time discredited. The modern scientific biomedical research (where results are testable and reproducible) began to replace early Western traditions of medicine, based on herbalism, the Greek "four humours" and other premodern theories. The modern era began with Robert Koch's discoveries around 1880 of the transmission of disease by bacteria, and then the discovery of antibiotics shortly thereafter around 1900. The post-18th century modernity period brought more groundbreaking researchers from Europe. From Germany and Austrian doctors such as Rudolf Virchow, Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, Karl Landsteiner, and Otto Loewi) made contributions. In the United Kingdom Alexander Fleming, Joseph Lister, Francis Crick, and Florence Nightingale are considered important. From New Zealand and Australia came Maurice Wilkins, Howard Floery, and Frank Macfarlane Burnet). In the United States William Williams Keen, Harvey Cushing, William Coley, James D. Watson, Italy (Salvador Luria), Switzerland (Alexandre Yersin), Japan (Kitasato Shibasaburo), and France (Jean-Martin Charcot, Claude Bernard, Paul Broca and others did significant work. Russian (Nikolai Korotkov also did significant work, as did Sir William Osler and Harvey Cushing.
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1. Benefits And Uses Of Alternative Medicines
September 04, 2008
Over the years there has been many books and articles on the subject of Alternative Medicines and Therapies, some people have strong views on the subject, some beleive in the benefits whilst others are not so sure. I believe that there is a place for both conventional medicines and Alternative medicines. The Chinese have been using herbs for thousands of years in their medicines to treat many health problems. Listed below is a few examples of the use of natural herbs,fungus and minerals,which have proved to be very effective in the treatment of certain ailments. GANODERMA a rare mushroom... (read more)
Author: Reg Laws
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2. The Chakra System - Raw Power Within Your Reach
September 04, 2008
The human chakra system was discovered thousands of years ago, and has been confirmed by numerous proven studies like acupuncture, yoga, and reiki. This amazing aspect of human health represents the raw energy of the human being.
I like to think of the chakra system as the fifth level of human being. Allow me to put this into perspective:
We are all aware of the physical body, psychological awareness, and emotional mind where the mental and physical actually meet in the form of peptides. Many people also choose to acknowledge the spiritual realm of life; by this reckoning we now ha... (read more)
Author: Tim Whiston
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3. Drink more green tea and less beer! - benefits of green tea.
September 04, 2008
Everybody has heard about the great benefits of green tea, but still we drink beer! Green tea has a lot of great benefits and contains a lot of medicinal and nutritional properties. These really deserve to be known because it can save your life one day!
For thousands of years, the Chinese have been drinking green tea and enjoying excellent health benefits. They even used to drink green tea for its medicinal properties, as the Chinese were able to avoid and even treat different kinds of illnesses. It is also linked to the long life that the Chinese have enjoyed and became renown for. They ... (read more)
Author: yousef julaidan
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4. Early Cancer Detection through Handwriting Analysis
September 04, 2008
Early Cancer Detection through one's Handwriting.
"Handwriting is brain-writing." Graphologists explain that the brain is the director of our physical as well as our mental activity. Just as our writing reflects our personality, so does it reflect certain aberrations in our physiology.
It is widely accepted in medicine that with the development of cancer, certain neuromuscular disturbances of coordination take place. Since handwriting constitutes the tracing of neuromuscular coordination, the microscopic characteristics of handwriting strokes become an important method for examin... (read more)
Author: Joel Engel
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5. Things to Know Before Studying Medicine
September 04, 2008
If you are interested in becoming a doctor you need to think about the third year of medical school, when classroom instruction is over and the student is thrown into hands-on contact with a bewildering assortment of patients. The glamour of medicine quickly wears off as you will finds yourself up to his elbows in blood, diseased tissue, and body wastes. Are you still interested? OK. Read on.. Whether you just started thinking about a career in medicine or have dreamed of becoming a doctor since childhood, find out as much information about medical school as possible. Go though this proc... (read more)
Author: Joaquin Costa
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6. Expert's advice:five key points for Weight Control
September 04, 2008
The right way to lose weight:be sure to lose fat,not to lose water;be sure to maintain the slimming body depending on no harmful chemical medicine;be sure that it is a safe product without side effects and it is able to fully adjust the natural attribute of the body.If you want to control your weight and avoid the rebounding,the experts suggest that the dieters obey the five points of balancing elemental principles below.
1.water-balancing element:Although it is able to consume certain fat by these weight loss means: water-in-taking limitation, dehydration by medicine,water-decreasing by... (read more)
Author: liu kun
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7. Laughter inside the Workplace
September 04, 2008
The daily deadline you need to meet, targets you got to reach, and clients you have to please: all of these can cause overwhelming stress that lower your productivity inside the office. Turn your frown upside down and have a sunny disposition despite the presence of work-related stress! It might be a cliché, but laughter is the best medicine -- even inside the workplace. A scientific study concluded that neuroendocrine and other stress-related hormones decrease during episodes of laughter. This supports the conception that humor relieves stress at no time. It is therefore ideal to h... (read more)
Author: j Raagas
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8. Will My Health Insurance Cover Chiropractic Care?
September 03, 2008
"I'm thinking about seeing a chiropractor. Oh, but chiropractic isn't covered by health insurance, right?" Wrong! I get this question all the time. When someone is making the decision to choose chiropractic to take care of their health issue, they have to go through several decision processes.
First, will chiropractic help my problem? Typically, they are dealing with pain and aren't getting much help from other methods they've tried to resolve it. They may have tried over-the-counter pain medications, maybe even some stronger versions prescribed by their doctor. They may have bought a bra... (read more)
Author: Natalie A. Cordova, D.C.
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9. sinus infection,Sinus Infection Cure ,Sinus Infection Treatment medicine at allergy relief store
September 03, 2008
Sinol's pepper nasal spray relieves allergies, and even headaches fast. Pharmacists and Doctors are recommending this new all natural nasal spray. A leading retail pharmacist explains why it works
Sinol Allergy Nasal Spray is the Best, Fastest working allergy remedy for your allergy symptoms. It is made with the most clinically proven all natural ingredients and relieves all of your allergy symptoms in minutes.
The delivery of Sinol Allergy Nasal Spray is more effective for allergies and sinus congestion than other oral medications in pill or liquid format. Pills and liquid have... (read more)
Author: sinol28 morgan
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10. Is Pharmaceutical Advertising Effective?
September 03, 2008
At a time when pharmaceutical companies spend billions of dollars on advertising drugs to consumers directly, a study published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), finds that such advertising doesn't garner enough returns.
The magnitude direct-to-consumer advertising is huge, for instance in 2005 itself the pharmaceutical industry spent over US$ 4 billion on direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising. However, the results of the study by Harvard Medical School raises serious questions about its efficacy.
“There wasn't an ounce of effect for a drug for arthritis, and a drug fo... (read more)
Author: Fred clay
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11. Urological Disorders Are Treated By Atlanta Urology Specialists
September 03, 2008
If you need a urologist, one great place to find one is on an Atlanta Urology Specialists website. These sites list doctors in many of the different medical fields, so you have an easy way to find a doctor that will work with you to help solve your urological needs.
A urologist is a trained medical doctor specializing in medicine of the urinary tract of both men and women, along with the male reproductive system. Urology can be broken down into further specialization, including neurourology, pediatric urology, and urologic oncology. Some urologists also offer treatment for male infer... (read more)
Author: Anne Harvester
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12. Things You Can Do For Diabetes Treatment
September 02, 2008
Today, diagnosed with diabetes does not mean what it was. For many people, before learned more about diabetes and how best to treat the disease, there were not many options. Today, there are many types of treatment as diabetes May be suitable for you, some May include medication, while others do not May.
The best thing to do for you is to talk with your doctor. May it be possible to ask the treatment of diabetes without having to deal with injection and medicine. It depends on the particular type of diabetes you have, causes, and your current status.
A diabetes treatment and preven... (read more)
Author: Jack Stanley
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13. Ayurvedic Healthy Eating
September 02, 2008
Ayurveda has a theory that anything can be a food, a medicine or a poison depending on ‘who’ is eating, ‘what’ is eaten, and ‘how much’ is eaten. For example, fresh ginger root is delicious in cooking as a food to flavour and help digestion. It is a stimulating medicine that can help clear a cold and induce a sweat when taken as a strong hot tea. If too much is taken it can make you sick causing acidity and vomiting, hence acting as a poison in the wrong circumstances. So there is no strict ‘Ayurvedic diet’ per se, only sage recommendations to help you have the tastiest and healthiest diet hel... (read more)
Author: tug search
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14. Herbal medicine all-clear
September 02, 2008
AYURVEDIC centres in Bahrain claim their customers have nothing to fear after US researchers found harmful levels of lead, mercury and arsenic in Ayurvedic medicines purchased over the Internet.
Researchers at the Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) discovered one-fifth of US and Indian-manufactured Ayurvedic medicines they purchased online contained enough of the dangerous substances to exceed acceptable standards.
Their findings have been published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and have raised question marks over the safety of Ayurvedic remedies ... (read more)
Author: Dima Brosca
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15. Home Remedies for High Blood Pressure
September 02, 2008
Home remedies and homeopathic medicine have begun popular over the years as an alternative to prescription drugs. Many people are not aware that there are also home remedies available to lower your blood pressure. What is nice about a home remedy is the lower cost and eliminating the unfavorable side effects of prescribed medicines. Another advantage of home remedies is that while it may be used to alleviate one symptom, it often has other health benefits. Many home remedies can be found in your local supermarket and health food store.
There are many natural remedies for hypertension as i... (read more)
Author: home remedies
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16. Defensive Medicine Used to Prevent Medical Malpractice in NY
September 02, 2008
Dr. Michael Rosenberg has been known to speak about practicing defensive medicine in fear of committing medical malpractice in NY. Defensive medicine is a safe approach that doctors take when being subjected to a slightly risky treatment plan. Doctors will tend to recommend and implement treatments, procedures, and surgeries that are less invasive and by the book so that they will not be subjected to medical malpractice. But is this type of practice medical malpractice in itself? It would be considered medical malpractice if the safe approach leads to further complications and ends up severely... (read more)
Author: Paul Justice
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17. World's Biggest Researcher Speaks on Online Pharmacy Drugs and Medications, Suggests Pill-Central.C
September 02, 2008
Subtitle: Varying Brands and Solutions with Offers by World's Leading Online Pharmacy Drug Seller across the world.
Obesity and Weight Loss: With every pound a woman approaches closer to the development of a new disease. There exist a number of diseases associated mostly with women. Obesity is known to be a serious risk factor for obstetric and gynecologic complications expressed in a high rate of menstrual disturbance and infertility; hypertension, urinary infection and toxemia during the pregnancy; increased blood loss, endometrial infection and inflammation during child delivery. Obese... (read more)
Author: Kalpesh Sharma
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18. Over the Counter Vaginal Yeast Infection Treatments - Are they Effective in Treating Vaginal Yeast
September 02, 2008
Yeast infection of the vagina is caused by excessive growth of Candida Ablicans. The usual approach has been to look for drugs over the counter to get this treated. However, it offers only temporary relief and you might find your yeast infection recur as it does nothing to address the root cause of yeast infection.
If you have yeast infection in the vagina, you are likely to rashes and itching which are sometimes coupled with sores, inflammation and burning pain. The conventional medicine’s approach to treating yeast infection is to try and address the inflammation or the rashes etc. They... (read more)
Author: Laxman M
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19. Reductil slimming pills for obesity treatment
September 02, 2008
Reductil slimming pills for obesity treatment
Reductil is a prescription medicine for weight loss or obesity treatment. Reductil works by affecting the centres in the brain that are responsible for generating the feeling of fullness. This slimming pill is a breakthrough treatment to lose weight. Learn more about this pill below.
About Reductil slimming pills for rapid weight loss
Reductil is a slimming pill which is manufactured by a well known pharmaceutical company called Abbott Laboratories. Prior to Abbott Laboratories, this drug was manufactured by a company known as Knoll... (read more)
Author: Atul Sharma
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20. Importance of Mental Health among Youth
September 02, 2008
Mental health is not merely the absence of mental illness, but it also the ability to cope with the challenges in life. Mental health is as important as physical health to everybody. Youths usually experiment with attitudes, appearances, and behaviors. Most of their experiments are harmless, but some experiments may have terrible results. Children and youths experience mental health problem such as stress, anxiety, harassment, family problems, depression, learning disability, etc. Serious mental health problems, such as self-injurious behaviors and suicide, are increasing among youth. A goo... (read more)
Author: Kevin Moshayedi
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21. An Art of Avian Medicine
September 02, 2008
In this article we discuss the tests that should be considered in a variety of different cases, or what we refer to as a sick bird decision tree.
First of all, is there any chance this could be a contagious infectious disease? In order for this to be the case, the bird must have been around other birds in the relatively recent past. If, for instance, the bird was just purchased from a pet store, it is very likely it came into contact with other birds before or during its stay at the store making infectious disease more likely.
Has the bird been exposed to an environmental toxin suc... (read more)
Author: Meena Kumari
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22. Ask our Nutritionist, HerbsPro Introduces Ask our Nutritionist for Fitness, Health & Nutrition Tips
September 02, 2008
Herbspro.com is very pleased to introduce a Special New Feature "Ask our Nutritionist”. Herbspro customers and the general public are invited to ask all of their Nutritional Health Questions to registered Nutritionist /Chinese Herbologist Suma G Nathan. Suma has over 28 years experience in the Nutritional Holistic Field.
All people of all ages can benefit from living a healthy life style and the right nutritional supplementation, including our beloved pets. Suma will help choose the right nutritional products for your Healthy Living Lifestyle. Often times we need help choosing the right p... (read more)
Author: Suma G Nathan
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23. Lung Cancer Alternative Treatments
September 02, 2008
If your doctor has told you that your lung cancer can't be cured, you may be tempted to turn to complementary and alternative medicine for answers. But this doesn't mean you have to choose between conventional treatments and alternative treatments. Rather than forgoing mainstream cancer treatments, using complementary and alternative treatments along with care from your doctor may be a reasonable option.
Your doctor can help you weigh the benefits and risks of complementary and alternative treatments. The American College of Chest Physicians reviewed available complementary and ... (read more)
Author: Steff X
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24. People Who Help
September 02, 2008
I am an athlete and this is what I do. I have to train myself rigorously on a daily basis to keep myself in shape. By profession I am a wrestler and to be in shape is a demand of my profession.
I was involved in an accident in which I suffered facial injuries and a broken leg. It was the time when my life got turned over. Just like the flip of a coin. But being an athlete it is in our bones not to give up and I kept my spirits high to fight whatever comes my way and will never give up.
It was this spirit that helped me recover from my serious leg injury and facial injuries. But... (read more)
Author: Angela Rogers
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25. My Mom On Polypharmacy
September 02, 2008
My mom is suffering from diabetes, hypertension, diabetic neuropathy, visual and a host of other problems. Her day begins and ends taking medications. These medicines are given to improve her quality of life and to keep problems at bay.
Since she is suffering from so many problems, we have to be very careful about the interaction of different medicines. We just have to be very diligent in case if any of the medicines react because it is at that time we just have to rush her to the hospital. This situation just narrows down the scope of the medicines she can take.
Just to add to... (read more)
Author: Angela Rogers
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