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Health Science: Encyclopedia - Health science

Health science is the discipline of applied science which deals with human and animal health. There are two parts to health science: the study, research, and knowledge of health and the application of that knowledge to improve health, cure diseases, and understanding how humans and animals function. Research builds on the pure sciences of biology, chemistry, and physics as well as social sciences (for example medical sociology). Health science - Historical overview. The foundations for the health science fi ...

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Health science - Health delivery

Health Science: Encyclopedia II - Health science - Health practices Health science - Conventional Western practices. Allopathic medicine Athletic training Dentistry Epidemiology Genetic counseling Medical physics Medicine Nursing Nutrition Occupational therapy Optometry Osteopathy Pharmacology Physical therapy (physiotherapy) Psychoanalysis Psychotherapy, including Cognitive therapy Public health Physical education Surgery, including ...

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Health Science: : Ayurveda � an introduction - I

Ayurveda is a Sanskrit word derived from two roots: ayur, which means life; and veda, which means knowledge. It has its roots in ancient vedic literature. Ayurveda, a system of diet, healing and health maintenance, is probably the oldest science of life, just like the science of Yoga.

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Health Science: Encyclopedia - Treatment

Treatment may refer to: Treatment - Health. Therapy - the act of remediation of a health problem. Treatment - Arts. Film treatment - a prose telling of a story intended to be turned into a screenplay. Treatment - Science. Ecology - a subset of an experimental design where variables are manipulated by the experimenter water treatment sewage treatment surface ...

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Health Science: Encyclopedia - Dianetics

Dianetics is a therapeutic method and a set of ideas about the nature and structure of the human mind created by L. Ron Hubbard. The term "Dianetics" was coined by Hubbard, based on the Greek roots "dia-," meaning "through," and "-noos," meaning "mind" or "soul." Centered around a two-person question-and-answer councilling technique he called "auditing," Dianetics became a focus of widespread attention and controversy with the publication, in 1950, of Hubbard's book, Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. In that book, ...

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Health Science: Encyclopedia - Medicine

Medicine is the branch of health science concerned with maintaining human health or restoring it through the treatment of disease and injury. It is both an area of knowledge – a science of body systems, their diseases and treatment – and the applied practice of that knowledge. The practice of medical care is shared between the medical profession (physicians or doctors) and other groups of professionals such as nurses and pharmacists (sometimes known as allied health professionals). Historically, only th ...

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Health Science: Encyclopedia - University of Bradford

The University of Bradford is a university in Bradford, West Yorkshire in the United Kingdom. University of Bradford - History. The university has its origins in the Bradford Schools of Weaving, Design and Building which in 1882 became the Bradford Technical College. This was succeeded by the Bradford Institute of Technology in 1957, and in 1966 a Charter of Incorporation was granted to create the University of Bradford. In 1996 the university joined with the former Bradford and Airedale College of Health, ...

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Health Science: Encyclopedia - Ethics

Ethics (from Greek ethikos) is the branch of axiology – one of the four major branches of philosophy, alongside metaphysics, epistemology, and logic – which attempts to understand the nature of morality; to define that which is right from that which is wrong. The Western tradition of ethics is sometimes called moral philosophy. Ethics - The first social science. Assumptions about ethical underpinnings of human behaviour are reflected in every social science, including: anthropology because ...

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Health Science: Encyclopedia - List of academic disciplines

This is a list of academic disciplines (and academic fields). An academic discipline is a branch of knowledge which is formally taught, either at the university, or via some other such method. Functionally, disciplines are usually defined and recognised by the academic journals in which research is published, and the learned societies to which their practitioners belong. Each discipline usually has several sub-disciplines or branch ...

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List of academic disciplines - Natural sciences

List of academic disciplines - Mathematics and computer science

List of academic disciplines - Social sciences

List of academic disciplines - Humanities and arts

List of academic disciplines - Professions / Applied sciences

Health Science: Encyclopedia - Hatha yoga

Hatha yoga, pronounced /ˈhʌtə/ or /ˈhæθə/, is also known as Hatha vidya. It is a particular system of Yoga propagated by Swami Swatmarama, a yogic sage of the 15th century in India. It is part of the Hindu traditions of Yoga and Tantra, and is a path of spiritual realization leading to the ultimate goal of Raja Yoga, or contemplation of the One Reality. It is what most people associate with the word "Yoga" and is mainly practiced for mental, physical health and vitality outside of India. Hatha yoga - Origins. < ...

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Health Science: Encyclopedia - Psychology

Psychology (ancient Greek: psyche = "soul" or "mind", logos/-ology = "study of") is an academic and applied field involving the study of mind and behavior. "Psychology" also refers to the application of such knowledge to various spheres of human activity, including problems of individuals' daily lives and the treatment of mental illness. Psychology differs from sociology, anthropology, economics, and political science in part because it involves studying the mental processes and behavior of individuals (alone or i ...

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Psychology - Scope of psychology

Psychology - Research methods

Psychology - Criticisms of psychology

Health Science: Encyclopedia - People's Republic of China

The People's Republic of China (PRC; Simplified Chinese: 中华人民共和国, Traditional Chinese: 中華人民共和國; Pinyin: Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó listen ▶ (help·info)), commonly referred to as China, is an East Asian country. The exact meanings of PRC and China vary. In an ongoing dispute, the PRC claims sovereignty over Taiwan and some neighboring islands, whose control was never relinquished by the Republic of ...

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Health Science: Encyclopedia II - Peking University Health Science Center - History

It was founded on October 26, 1912 as the first medical school to teach Western medicine. In 1923 it adopted the name Beijing Medical University. In 1927 it was combined with Jingshi Daxuetang (Peking University) and was renamed Peking University Medical School. In 1952 it split from the university and was named Beijing Medical College. In 1985 it was renamed Beijing Medical University. In 1996 it was part of ...

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