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Psychosomatic Illness: Encyclopedia - Psychosomatic Illness
A Psychosomatic illness is an illness which exists because of a particular reason. "Psycho-" means of the mind and "-somatic" means of th...
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Psychosomatic Illness: Encyclopedia Ii - Psychosomatic Illness - Solutions
Although psychosomatic disease might improve or disappear following suggestion by a recognized authority, both the psycho and somatic asp...
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Charles Darwin's Illness: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles Darwin's Illness - Possible Causes
Medical science has tried repeatedly to pinpoint the etiology, and many hypotheses were made, such as:
Psychosomatic disease [1]
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Stress Medicine: Encyclopedia Ii - Stress Medicine - Stress And Its Effects
Selye was able to separate the physical effects of stress from other physical symptoms suffered by patients through his research. He obse...
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Stress Medicine: Encyclopedia Ii - Stress Medicine - Folklore Of Stress
About the time of Selye's work, the gradual realization dawned that such concepts as anxiety, conflict, tiredness, frustration, distress,...
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Stress Medicine: Encyclopedia Ii - Stress Medicine - Folklore Of Stress
About the time of Selye's work, the gradual realization dawned that such concepts as anxiety, antagonism, tiredness, frustration, distres...
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Stress Medicine: Encyclopedia Ii - Stress Medicine - Stress And Its Effects
Selye was able to separate the physical effects of stress from other physical symptoms suffered by patients through his research. He obse...
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Stress Medicine: Encyclopedia Ii - Stress Medicine - Stressors
Any factor that causes stress is called a stressor. There are two kinds of stressors: processive stressors and systemic stressors.
Proces...
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Stress Medicine: Encyclopedia Ii - Stress Medicine - Coping With Stress
Individuals can respond very differently to the same stressor; any given situation can cause eustress in one person and distress in anoth...
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Goodman Ace: Encyclopedia Ii - Goodman Ace - A Saturday Reviewer
In his later years, Ace became a regular columnist for Saturday Review, formerly The Saturday Review of Literature, and his "Top of My He...
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Stress Medicine: Encyclopedia Ii - Stress Medicine - Neurochemistry And Physiology
The general neurochemistry of the general adaptation syndrome is now believed to be well understood, although much remains to be discover...
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Conjunctivitis: Encyclopedia - Conjunctivitis
Conjunctivitis (commonly called "pinkeye") is an inflammation of the conjunctiva (the outermost layer of the eye and the inner surface of...
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Alfred Stieglitz: Encyclopedia - Alfred Stieglitz
Alfred Stieglitz (January 1, 1864 – July 13, 1946) was an American-born photographer who was instrumental over his fifty-year career in...
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Blaise Pascal: Encyclopedia - Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal (June 19, 1623–August 19, 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher. Pascal was a child prod...
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Conjunctivitis: Encyclopedia - Conjunctivitis
Conjunctivitis (commonly called "pinkeye") is an inflammation of the conjunctiva (the outermost layer of the eye and the inner surface of...
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Adolf Hitler's Medical Health: Encyclopedia - Adolf Hitler's Medical Health
Adolf Hitler's medical health has long been a subject of popular controversy. There has also been speculation regarding his mental health...
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Conjunctivitis: Encyclopedia Ii - Conjunctivitis - Diagnosis
Conjunctivitis - Symptoms.
Redness, irritation and watering of the eyes are symptoms common to all forms of conjunctivitis. Itch is var...
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Orlande De Lassus: Encyclopedia Ii - Orlande De Lassus - Music And Influence
One of the most prolific, versatile, and universal composers of the late Renaissance, Lassus wrote over 2000 works in all Latin, French, ...
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Blaise Pascal: Encyclopedia Ii - Blaise Pascal - Mature Life Religion Philosophy And Literature
Blaise Pascal - Religious conversion.
Biographically, we can say that two basic influences led him to his conversion: sickness and Jans...
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Friedrich Hölderlin: Encyclopedia Ii - Friedrich Hölderlin - Life
Hölderlin was born in Lauffen am Neckar in the kingdom of Württemberg. He studied Theology at the Tübinger Stift (seminary of the Prot...
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Liberty Meadows: Encyclopedia Ii - Liberty Meadows - Characters
Liberty Meadows - The humans.
Brandy Carter - A beautiful animal psychiatrist.
Frank Mellish - A nerdy veterinarian. Frank is in love ...
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Orlande De Lassus: Encyclopedia Ii - Orlande De Lassus - Music And Influence
One of the most prolific, versatile, and universal composers of the late Renaissance, Lassus wrote over 2000 works in all Latin, French, ...
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Adolf Hitler's Medical Health: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolf Hitler's Medical Health - Doctors And Drugs
Unbeknownst to most people today, and especially to many Germans at the time, Hitler suffered from several medical ailments. In 1934, the...
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Gilbert's Syndrome: Encyclopedia Ii - Gilbert's Syndrome - Controversial Dietary Recommendations
No treatment is necessary for most individuals and Gilbert's syndrome is clinically defined as being without symptoms except for periodic...
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Blaise Pascal: Encyclopedia Ii - Blaise Pascal - Early Life And Education
Born in Clermont, in the Auvergne region of France, Blaise Pascal lost his mother, Antoinette Begon, at the age of three. His father, Ét...
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Blaise Pascal: Encyclopedia Ii - Blaise Pascal - Mature Life, Religion, Philosophy, And Literature
Blaise Pascal - Religious conversion.
Biographically, we can say that two basic influences led him to his conversion: sickness and Jans...
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Blaise Pascal: Encyclopedia Ii - Blaise Pascal - Contributions To Mathematics
In addition to the childhood marvels recorded above, Pascal continued to influence mathematics throughout his life. In 1653 Pascal wrote ...
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Blaise Pascal: Encyclopedia Ii - Blaise Pascal - Legacy
In honor of his scientific contributions, the name Pascal has been given to the SI unit of pressure, to a programming language, and Pasca...
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Orlande De Lassus: Encyclopedia Ii - Orlande De Lassus - Life
He was born in Mons in the province of Hainaut, in what is today Belgium. Information about his early years is scanty, although some unco...
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Liberty Meadows: Encyclopedia Ii - Liberty Meadows - History
Liberty Meadows is a toned-down remake of University², a strip Cho wrote during his college years for The Diamondback, the student newsp...
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Conjunctivitis: Encyclopedia Ii - Conjunctivitis - Treatment And Management
Conjunctivitis sometimes requires medical attention. The appropriate treatment depends on the cause of the problem. For the allergic type...
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Conjunctivitis: Encyclopedia Ii - Conjunctivitis - Epidemiology
There are three common varieties of conjunctivitis, viral, allergic, and bacterial. Other causes of conjunctivitis include thermal and ul...
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Conjunctivitis: Encyclopedia Ii - Conjunctivitis - Epidemiology
Viral conjunctivitis is spread by aerosol or contact of a variety of contagious viruses, including many that cause the common cold, so th...
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Adolf Hitler's Medical Health: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolf Hitler's Medical Health - Mental Health
If Hitler's medical issues are controversial, his mental health is a minefield of theories and speculation. The topic can become argument...
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Adolf Hitler's Medical Health: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolf Hitler's Medical Health - Other Possible Health Issues
It has also been speculated Hitler had Parkinson's disease. Newsreels of Hitler show he had tremors in his hand and a shuffling walk whic...
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Adolf Hitler's Medical Health: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolf Hitler's Medical Health - Syphilis
Hitler's tremors and irregular heartbeat during the last years of his life could have been symptoms of tertiary syphilis. Along with anot...
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Adolf Hitler's Medical Health: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolf Hitler's Medical Health - Diet
Related article: Vegetarianism of Adolf Hitler.
Although beginning in the early 1930s, Hitler gradually reduced his meat intake and more ...
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Conjunctivitis: Encyclopedia Ii - Conjunctivitis - Treatment And Management
Conjunctivitis sometimes requires medical attention. The appropriate treatment depends on the cause of the problem. For the allergic type...
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Blaise Pascal: Encyclopedia Ii - Blaise Pascal - Early Life And Education
Born in Clermont, in the Auvergne region of France, Blaise Pascal lost his mother, Antoinette Begon, at the age of three. His father, Ét...
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Gilbert's Syndrome: Encyclopedia Ii - Gilbert's Syndrome - Signs And Symptoms
The Gilbert's syndrome produces an elevated level of unconjugated bilirubin in the bloodstream but normally has no other effect. Rarely, ...
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Friedrich Hölderlin: Encyclopedia Ii - Friedrich Hölderlin - Work
The poetry of Hölderlin, widely recognized today as one of the highest points of German and Western literature, was quite forgotten very...
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Blaise Pascal: Encyclopedia Ii - Blaise Pascal - Legacy
In honor of his scientific contributions, the name Pascal has been given to the SI unit of pressure, to a programming language, and Pasca...
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Blaise Pascal: Encyclopedia Ii - Blaise Pascal - Contributions To Mathematics
In addition to the childhood marvels recorded above, Pascal continued to influence mathematics throughout his life. In 1653 Pascal wrote ...
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Gilbert's Syndrome: Encyclopedia Ii - Gilbert's Syndrome - Diagnosis
While this syndrome is considered harmless, it is clinically important because it may be confused with much more dangerous liver conditio...
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