Illness can be a synonym for disease or it can be a person's perception of having poor health. Disease is an actual physical, pathophysiological process which can cause an abnormal condition of the body or mind. Illness and disease are not necessarily the same. Most people who have a disease will feel they have an illness, while others will feel perfectly healthy. A third group (although small) may claim illness although they do not actually have a disease. People could have dangerously high blood pressure (hypertension) and be in danger of having a fatal heart attack or stroke, yet they feel perfectly ...

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• Psychosomatic illness - Solutions
• Psychosomatic illness - Other therapies
• Psychosomatic illness - History

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terminal illness: Incurable disease, ending in death.

See: death, suicide.

(See also: Terminal illness, Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)

On August 9, 2005, at the age of 44, Dana announced that she had been diagnosed with lung cancer. Her own mother, Helen Morosini, had just recently died of complications from ovarian cancer. "Now, more than ever, I feel Chris with me as I face this challenge," she said. "As always, I look to him as the ultimate example of defying the odds with strength, courage, and hope in the face of life's adversities." She chose to disclose her illness after the National Enquirer announced that it was going to make the information public. Her announcment ...

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Joplin wanted to experiment further with compositions like Treemonisha, but by 1916 he was suffering from the effects of terminal syphilis. He suffered later from dementia, paranoia, paralysis and other symptoms. Despite this, he recorded six piano rolls that year — Maple Leaf Rag (for Connorized and Uni-Record labels), Something Doing, Magnetic Rag, Ole Miss Rag, and Pleasant Moments (all for Connorized). These are the only records of his playing we have, and are interesting for the embellishments added by Joplin to his performance ...

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Scott Joplin, Scott Joplin - Early Years, Scott Joplin - Success, Scott Joplin - Illness, Scott Joplin - Legacy, Scott Joplin - Joplin's music, Scott Joplin - Samples

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Several types of cancer are higher than the national average on the Four Corners Navajo Reservation. (Raloff, 2004) Especially high are the reproductive-organ cancers in teenage Navajo girls, averaging seventeen times higher than the average of girls in the United States. It has been suspected that uranium mine sites, both active and abandoned, have released dust into the air and the water supply. Studies done on mice exposing them to a soluble form of uranium similar to what enters groundwater from the mines showed heavy increases in ...

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Navajo Nation, Navajo Nation - Geography, Navajo Nation - History, Navajo Nation - Government, Navajo Nation - Economy, Navajo Nation - Culture and education, Navajo Nation - Housing and transportation, Navajo Nation - Illness

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Despite being severely disabled by motor neuron disease,or ALS, Hawking is highly active in physics, writing, and public life. The disease makes it necessary for Dr. Hawking to carry out the long and complex calculations that his work requires in his head. Symptoms of the disorder first appeared while he was enrolled at Cambridge. Diagnosis came when Hawking was 21, shortly before his first marriage, and doctors said he would not survive more than two or three years. He battled the odds and has survived much longer, although he has become in ...

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Stephen Hawking, Stephen Hawking - Biography, Stephen Hawking - Research fields, Stephen Hawking - Illness, Stephen Hawking - Distinction, Stephen Hawking - Losing an old bet, Stephen Hawking - Awards, Stephen Hawking - Publications, Stephen Hawking - Technical, Stephen Hawking - Popular, Stephen Hawking - Popular culture

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Despite being severely disabled by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a motor neuron disease, Hawking is highly active in physics, writing, and public life. The disease makes it necessary for Hawking to carry out in his head the long and complex calculations that his work requires. When he was young, he was athletic and enjoyed riding horses and playing with the other children. At Oxford, he joined the rowing team, which he stated helped relieve his immense boredom at the school. This athleticism, however, was soon to change. Symptoms of ...

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After the war, Ruth continued to look for a chance to manage in the big leagues. While times before he had essentially been blackballed by owners, who for various reasons did not trust him, this time it was his health that would prevent the opportunity. In 1946, he began experiencing severe pain over his left eye. He was not concerned, thinking it was sinus problems, but this situation would be much more grave than his health problems of the past. In November 1946, a visit to French Hospital in New York revealed Ruth had a malignant tumor in ...

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Babe Ruth, Babe Ruth - Early days, Babe Ruth - The Red Sox years, Babe Ruth - Ruth the pitcher, Babe Ruth - Emergence as a hitter, Babe Ruth - Growing problems, Babe Ruth - Sold to New York, Babe Ruth - Ruth the Yankee, Babe Ruth - Impact on Baseball, Babe Ruth - Increased Attendance, Babe Ruth - Beginning of the live ball era, Babe Ruth - The Greatest Season Ever, Babe Ruth - Troubled season, Babe Ruth - The House That Ruth Built, Babe Ruth - The Bellyache Heard Around the World, Babe Ruth - Return to the top, Babe Ruth - 1927: A Team for the Ages, Babe Ruth - 1928: Repeat, Babe Ruth - Personal life, Babe Ruth - Personality, Babe Ruth - Marital separation and the death of first wife, Babe Ruth - New marriage, Babe Ruth - 1929–31, Babe Ruth - Last Glory: The Called Shot, Babe Ruth - Decline and end with Yankees, Babe Ruth - Return to Boston, Babe Ruth - Retirement and later years, Babe Ruth - Illness, Babe Ruth - Death, Babe Ruth - Statistics, Babe Ruth - Trivia, Babe Ruth - The Home Run Asterisk

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Starting about 1990, Gibson started to experience the symptoms of an illness that would not be diagnosed until three years later. Loss of balance and falling was one of Gibson's first symptoms. Later, his vision and then his voice were affected. Living near Mendocino, doctors were unsuccessful in diagnosing or treating him. In 1994 he entered the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida where he was diagnosed with Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). With only 20,000 people in the United States with PSP, there was very little research money ava ...

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Bob Gibson musician, Bob Gibson musician - The road to Chicago, Bob Gibson musician - The glory years, Bob Gibson musician - The demons, Bob Gibson musician - Sobriety and comeback, Bob Gibson musician - Illness, Bob Gibson musician - Discography

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It is common to bring a gift to someone staying in hospital such as flowers, but it can be considered bad luck to bring a potted plant. The word 根付く (nezuku) meaning "to take root" is similar to the word 寝付く (netsuku) meaning "to be bedridden". When saying goodbye to someone who is ill, it is common to say お大事に (odaiji-ni) meaning "take care" or "get well soon". Although, in some cases, this may be considered slightly condecending, as usually お大事に (odaiji-ni) is reserved for someon ...

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The war had taken its toll on the King's health. This was exacerbated by his heavy smoking and subsequent development of lung cancer. Increasingly his daughter Princess Elizabeth, the heiress presumptive to the throne, would take on more of the royal duties as her father's health deteriorated. On 6 February 1952, George VI died aged 56 at Sandringham House in Norfolk. He went to bed the previous night and was found dead in the morning. He was the only British monarch of modern times whose death was not observed and whose precise momen ...

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George VI of the United Kingdom, George VI of the United Kingdom - Birth and Family, George VI of the United Kingdom - Early life, George VI of the United Kingdom - Military career and education, George VI of the United Kingdom - Marriage, George VI of the United Kingdom - Reluctant king, George VI of the United Kingdom - Reign, George VI of the United Kingdom - Illness, George VI of the United Kingdom - Empire to Commonwealth, George VI of the United Kingdom - Legacy, George VI of the United Kingdom - Titles from birth to death

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The Uí Néill (Irish for "descendants of Niall") were an Irish dynasty who claimed descent from Niall Noigiallach (Niall of the Nine Hostages), a semi-historical High King of Ireland who died about 405. The first generation of the Uí Néill were his sons, eight in all: Conall Gulban Endae Eogan Coirpre Lóegaire Maine of TethbaIncluding:

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Artistry of the Mentally Ill was a 1922 book by psychiatrist Hans Prinzhorn, and is known as the work that launched the field of psychiatric art. It was the first attempt to analyze the drawings of the mentally ill not merely psychologically, but also aesthetically. In the book, Prinzhorn presents the works of ten "schizophrenic masters" from the Heidelberg collection, with in-depth aesthetic analysis of each and also full-color reproductions of their work. These ten masters were: Karl Brendel Augus ...

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Terminal illness is a medical term popularized in the 20th century for an active and progressive disease which cannot be cured and is expected to lead to death. Palliative care is often prescribed to manage symptoms and improve quality of life. See also. Alternative medicine AIDS Cancer Death Voluntary euthanasia Do Not Resuscitate ...

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NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, formerly known as the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill is an American non-profit national advocacy organization founded in 1979 for people affected by serious mental illnesses and their families. NAMI claims to have over 200,0001 members, offices in all 50 states, and 1200 affiliates across the United States. ...

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Arterial Gas Embolism, usually the result of some injury to the lungs or air filled cavity causing air bubbles to leak into the bloodstream. Decompression illness - Mechanism of Injury. If a diver surfaces while holding his breath from the bottom, air trapped in the lungs expands with ascent due to the reduced pressure surrounding the lungs and may rupture lung tissue. This is pulmonary barotrauma which releases gas bubbles into the arterial circulation. This will cause the bubbles to be circulated ...

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Decompression illness, Decompression illness - Decompression Sickness, Decompression illness - Mechanism of Injury, Decompression illness - Symptoms, Decompression illness - Signs, Decompression illness - AGE, Decompression illness - Mechanism of Injury, Decompression illness - Symptoms, Decompression illness - Signs, Decompression illness - First Aid, Decompression illness - Treatment, Decompression illness - Reference

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The vast majority of reported cases of foodborne illness occur as individual or sporadic cases. In most cases these originate, and occur, in the home. An outbreak occurs when two or more people suffer foodborne illness after consuming food from a contaminated batch. Often, a combination of events contributes to an outbreak, for example, food might be left at room temperature for many hours, allowing bacteria to multiply which is compounded by inadequate cooking which results in a failure to ...

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Foodborne illness, Foodborne illness - Symptoms and mortality, Foodborne illness - Incubation period, Foodborne illness - Infectious dose, Foodborne illness - Pathogenic agents, Foodborne illness - Bacteria, Foodborne illness - Viruses, Foodborne illness - Parasites, Foodborne illness - Natural toxins, Foodborne illness - Other pathogenic agents, Foodborne illness - Statistics, Foodborne illness - In the United States, Foodborne illness - In France, Foodborne illness - Outbreaks, Foodborne illness - Political issues, Foodborne illness - United Kingdom, Foodborne illness - United States

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There are every year about 76 million foodborne illnesses in the United States (26,000 cases for 100,000 inhabitants), 2 million in the United Kingdom (3,400 cases for 100,000 inhabitants) and 750,000 in France (1,210 cases for 100,000 inhabitants). Foodborne illness - In the United States. In the United States, for 76 million foodborne illnesses (26,000 cases for 100,000 inhab.): 325,000 were hospitalized (111 per 100,000 inhab.); 5,000 people died (1.7 per 100,000 inhab.). Source: Food safety and foodborne illness, WHO ...

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Foodborne illness, Foodborne illness - Symptoms and mortality, Foodborne illness - Incubation period, Foodborne illness - Infectious dose, Foodborne illness - Pathogenic agents, Foodborne illness - Bacteria, Foodborne illness - Viruses, Foodborne illness - Parasites, Foodborne illness - Natural toxins, Foodborne illness - Other pathogenic agents, Foodborne illness - Statistics, Foodborne illness - In the United States, Foodborne illness - In France, Foodborne illness - Outbreaks, Foodborne illness - Political issues, Foodborne illness - United Kingdom, Foodborne illness - United States

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Although psychosomatic disease might improve or disappear following suggestion by a recognized authority, both the psycho and somatic aspects of psychosomatic symptoms may vanish if people improve their relationships. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, for example, are usually considered to be psychosomatic illnesses. Like many eating disorders, they respond well to relationship coaching and various forms of counseling, usually under a physician's supervision. Psychosomatic illness - Other therapies. Chinese Medicine is known for c ...

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Psychosomatic illness, Psychosomatic illness - Solutions, Psychosomatic illness - Other therapies, Psychosomatic illness - History

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