In alternative medicine, natural health is an eclectic self-care system of "natural therapies" concerned with building and restoring health and wellness via prevention and healthy lifestyles. Natural health includes herbalism, natural hygiene, naturopathy, and nutripathy and these techniques are sometimes viewed to be useful as complementary therapy to conventional medicine. Natural health - History of Natural Health. Although the term natural health did not become part of common usage until the late ...

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• Natural health - History of Natural Health
• Natural health - New World
• Natural health - The Popular Health Movement 1830 - 1840
• Natural health - Antebellum America
• Natural health - Progressive Era of Health Care Reform 1890-1920
• Natural health - The Modern Period
• Natural health - Basic Core Tenets
• Natural health - Natural philosophy
• Natural health - Vitalism
• Natural health - Holism
• Natural health - Individualism
• Natural health - Victim-blaming
• Natural health - Prevention

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Natural health, Natural health - History of Natural Health, Natural health - New World, Natural health - The Popular Health Movement 1830 - 1840, Natural health - Antebellum America, Natural health - Progressive Era of Health Care Reform 1890-1920, Natural health - The Modern Period, Natural health - Basic Core Tenets, Natural health - Natural philosophy, Natural health - Vitalism, Natural health - Holism, Natural health - Individualism, Natural health - Victim-blaming, Natural health - Prevention

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Although the term natural health did not become part of common usage until the late 20th century, many of its core beliefs developed in Europe and were brought over to the New World. Natural health - New World. Medical self-care was often the only health care available, and until the 1750s, most folk healers in the United States had little medical education beyond apprenticeships. Around the time of the Revolutionary War (1775-1783), the practice of medicine was seen as more of a part-time av ...

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Natural health, Natural health - History of Natural Health, Natural health - New World, Natural health - The Popular Health Movement 1830 - 1840, Natural health - Antebellum America, Natural health - Progressive Era of Health Care Reform 1890-1920, Natural health - The Modern Period, Natural health - Basic Core Tenets, Natural health - Natural philosophy, Natural health - Vitalism, Natural health - Holism, Natural health - Individualism, Natural health - Victim-blaming, Natural health - Prevention

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Arginine (Arg) is an α-amino acid. The L-form is one of the 20 most common natural amino acids. In mammals, arginine is classified as a semiessential or conditionally essential amino acid, depending on the developmental stage and health status of the individual. Arginine - Structure. Arginine can be considered to be an amphipathic amino acid as the part of the side chain nearest to the backbone is long, carbon-containing and hydrophobic, whereas the end of the side chain is a complex Including:

• Arginine - Structure
• Arginine - Synthesis
• Arginine - Function
• Arginine - In proteins
• Arginine - As a precursor
• Arginine - Sources

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The Age-Related Eye Disease Study was a clinical trial sponsored by the National Eye Institute, one of the National Institutes of Health in the United States. The study was designed to investigate the natural history and risk factors of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and cataracts, and evaluate the effects of high doses of antioxidants and zinc on the progression of the two conditions in those with AMD The study of 3600 individuals for an average of 6.3 years concluded that high levels of an ...

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Cloning is the process of creating an identical copy of an original. A clone in the biological sense, therefore, is a single cell (like bacteria, lymphocytes etc.) or multi-cellular organism that is genetically identical to another living organism. Sometimes this can refer to "natural" clones made either when an organism reproduces asexually or when two genetically identical individuals are produced by accident (as with identical twins), but in common parlance the clone is an identical copy by som ...

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• Cloning - Cloning in biology
• Cloning - Molecular
• Cloning - Cellular
• Cloning - Horticultural
• Cloning - Natural clones
• Cloning - Health aspects
• Cloning - Human cloning
• Cloning - Cloning extinct species
• Cloning - Dolly the sheep
• Cloning - Commercial cloning
• Cloning - Ethical issues of cloning
• Cloning - Christian views
• Cloning - Publications
• Cloning - Cloning in fiction
• Cloning - End Notes

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The doctrine of individualization (the rule of the single remedy): According to this principle, the ideal potential homeopathic remedy for a particular ill person is that substance which induces in healthy persons all the health problems, mannerisms, and dispositions the ill person has related if it is applied in quantities that render it bioactive.

(See also: The doctrine of individualization, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

It has been proposed that facial bilateral symmetry is a universal determinant of health and therefore of beauty. Facial asymmetries and minor physical anomalies begin to appear early in embryonic development, mainly the first trimester of pregnancy, and can be a sign of instability during this growth. Fluctuating asymmetry (random differences between two sides, as opposed to the deliberate natural asymmetry in some animals) develop throughout the lifespan of the individual and is a sign of the phenotype being subjected to some levels of stress. The ability to co ...

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Facial symmetry, Facial symmetry - Health and physical attractiveness, Facial symmetry - Interpersonal attraction, Facial symmetry - Historical perspective

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Antibiotics are the treatment of choice for bacterial pneumonia. The antibiotic choice depends on the nature of the pneumonia, the microorganisms most commonly causing pneumonia in the geographical region, and the immune status and underlying health of the individual. In the United Kingdom, amoxicillin is used as first-line therapy in the vast majority of patients who acquire pneumonia in the community, sometimes with added clarithromycin. In North America, where the "atypical" forms of community-acquired pneumonia are becoming more common, ...

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Bacterial pneumonia, Bacterial pneumonia - Causes, Bacterial pneumonia - Pathophysiology, Bacterial pneumonia - Treatment

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Patients may arrive in several ways: they could be taken in by by the police, for instance after an offence has been committed, sent from other emergency rooms, sent from outpatient clinics, referred from physician's offices, brought in by family or friends or voluntary presentation by the individual. PES clinics are often locked due to the possibly violent nature of the patients. Not all patients are involuntary in PES clincs, but may are. Often the person is too ill to know they are ill and must be brought in by othes. Mental health laws v ...

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Psychiatric emergency services, Psychiatric emergency services - Patient Care

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Participation. Burning Man is held to be a "spectator-free" zone—i.e., only participants are allowed. As such, all attendees are ostensibly expected to contribute to the community, but the nature of this participation is left up to each individual, and in reality a large number of spectators are present with cameras in hand. The concept of radical inclusion ("include yourself, include others") is the consensus-reality unwritten la ...

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Burning Man, Burning Man - Primary focus of the festival, Burning Man - Black Rock City, Burning Man - Center Camp, Burning Man - Theme camps and villages, Burning Man - Policing, Burning Man - Transport around festival, Burning Man - Burners, Burning Man - Health and safety, Burning Man - History, Burning Man - Timeline, Burning Man - Regional events, Burning Man - Burning Man on screen

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The legal concept of rights is a complex one, with concepts of divine right, individual rights, natural rights and social rights beyond the scope of this article, which is primarily concerned with the legal standing, legal, civil and human rights of boys and men. The legal term standing refers to someone's existence or relevance before the law. In Roman law a person's standing was largely determined by their relationship to a pater familias (literally "father of the family") as set down in the Law of the Twelve Tables. N ...

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Men's rights, Men's rights - Branches, Men's rights - History, Men's rights - Structure, Men's rights - Issues, Men's rights - Family, Men's rights - Employment, Men's rights - Health, Men's rights - Violence, Men's rights - Abortion, Men's rights - Criticism, Men's rights - Wages, Men's rights - Violence

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The legal concept of rights is a complex one, with concepts of divine right, individual rights, natural rights and social rights beyond the scope of this article, which is primarily concerned with the legal standing, legal, civil and human rights of boys and men. The legal term standing refers to someone's existence or relevance before the law. In Roman law a person's standing was largely determined by their relationship to a pater familias (literally "father of the family") as set down in the Law of the Twelve Tables. N ...

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Men's rights, Men's rights - History, Men's rights - Structure, Men's rights - Issues, Men's rights - Family, Men's rights - Employment, Men's rights - Health, Men's rights - Violence, Men's rights - Abortion, Men's rights - Criticism, Men's rights - Wages, Men's rights - Violence, Men's rights - Significant writers

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Participation. Burning Man is held to be a "spectator-free" zone—i.e., only participants are allowed. As such, all attendees are ostensibly expected to contribute to the community, but the nature of this participation is left up to each individual, and in reality a large number of spectators are present with cameras in hand. Leave No Trace, an ecological concept. Burning Man takes place in the middle of a normally uninhabited desert environment known as a playa, which is deep in the middle of a large, prehistoric dry l ...

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Burning Man, Burning Man - Primary focus of the festival, Burning Man - Black Rock City, Burning Man - Center Camp, Burning Man - Theme camps and villages, Burning Man - Policing, Burning Man - Transport around festival, Burning Man - Burners, Burning Man - Health and safety, Burning Man - History, Burning Man - Timeline, Burning Man - Regional events, Burning Man - Burning Man on screen

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Prakriti-nature:  referring either to one's individual nature (body type) or to Nature as a whole

(See also: Prakriti-nature, Ayurveda, Ayurvedic Dictionary, Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul)

The Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) is the average daily dietary intake level that is sufficient to meet the nutrient requirements of nearly all (97 to 98 percent) healthy individuals in each life-stage and gender group. The 1998 RDAs for folate are expressed in a term called the Dietary Folate Equivalent (DFE). This was developed to help account for the differences in absorption of naturally-occurring dietary folate and the more bioavailable synthetic folic acid.[4] The 19 ...

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Folic acid, Folic acid - History, Folic acid - Biological roles, Folic acid - Biochemistry, Folic acid - Recommended Dietary Allowance for folate, Folic acid - Folate in foods, Folic acid - Folate deficiency, Folic acid - Folic acid and pregnancy, Folic acid - Folic acid supplements and masking of B12 deficiency, Folic acid - What is the health risk of too much folic acid?, Folic acid - What are some current issues and controversies about folate?, Folic acid - Dietary fortification of folic acid, Folic acid - Folic acid and heart disease, Folic acid - Folic acid and cancer, Folic acid - Folic acid and depression, Folic acid - Folic acid and methotrexate for cancer, Folic acid - Folic acid and methotrexate for non-cancerous diseases, Folic acid - Bibliography

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Like many other carnivores, ferrets have scent sacs near their anus. Secretions from these are used in scent marking. It has been shown that ferrets can identify whether such a mark was left by a male or a female ferret, without recognising the individual. Like a skunk, a ferret can release this scent when startled or scared, although the smell dissipates rapidly. Most pet ferrets in the US are sold with these anal sacs removed. Many domestic ferrets in the United States are known to suffer from several distinct health problems. Among the most common are cancers affecting the adrena ...

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Ferret, Ferret - History, Ferret - Ferreting, Ferret - Ferrets as pets, Ferret - Dangers to ferrets, Ferret - Diet, Ferret - Activity, Ferret - Play, Ferret - Ferrets and children, Ferret - Social nature, Ferret - Grooming and care, Ferret - Travel with ferrets, Ferret - Other uses of ferrets, Ferret - Ferret biology, Ferret - Adrenal disease, Ferret - Insulinoma, Ferret - Viral diseases, Ferret - Waardenburg Syndrome, Ferret - Terminology and Coloring, Ferret - Ferrets as pests, Ferret - Ferrets in literature and the media, Ferret - Legality, Ferret - Australia, Ferret - Canada, Ferret - New Zealand, Ferret - Poland, Ferret - United States, Ferret - United Kingdom

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The Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) is the average daily dietary intake level that is sufficient to meet the nutrient requirements of nearly all (97 to 98 percent) healthy individuals in each life-stage and gender group. The 1998 RDAs for folate are expressed in a term called the Dietary Folate Equivalent (DFE). This was developed to help account for the differences in absorption of naturally-occurring dietary folate and the more bioavailable synthetic folic acid.[4] The 19 ...

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Folic acid, Folic acid - History, Folic acid - Biological roles, Folic acid - Biochemistry, Folic acid - Recommended Dietary Allowance for folate, Folic acid - Folate in foods, Folic acid - Folate deficiency, Folic acid - Folic acid and pregnancy, Folic acid - Folic acid supplements and masking of B12 deficiency, Folic acid - Health risk of too much folic acid, Folic acid - Some current issues and controversies about folate, Folic acid - Dietary fortification of folic acid, Folic acid - Folic acid and heart disease, Folic acid - Folic acid and cancer, Folic acid - Folic acid and depression, Folic acid - Folic acid and methotrexate for cancer, Folic acid - Folic acid and methotrexate for non-cancerous diseases, Folic acid - Bibliography

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homeopathy (homeopathic medicine, homeotherapeutics, homoeopathy): Form of energy medicine (vibrational medicine) developed by German physician Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843), who coined its original name.

The major homeopathic theories include:

(a)           The law of similars ("like cures like"): According to this principle, the most effective potential remedy for a particular disease is that substance which in healthy persons has effects similar to the symptoms of the disease if the substance is applied in quantities that render it bioactive.

(b)          The doctrine of individualization (the rule of the single remedy): According to this principle, the ideal potential homeopathic remedy for a particular ill person is that substance which induces in healthy persons all the health problems, mannerisms, and dispositions the ill person has related if it is applied in quantities that render it bioactive.

(c)           The doctrine of the minimum dose ("less is more"): According to this principle, selected substances trigger healing without side effects when they are applied in quantities that render them nonbioactiveor even when they are only seemingly, spiritually applied.

(d)           The doctrine of potentization (dynamization): According to this principle, successively diluting a potentially therapeutic solid spiritualizes the substance, thus increases its curativeness, and detoxifies it.

(e)           The doctrine of the vital force: According to this principle, the vital force is the source of all biological phenomena, it becomes deranged during illness, and homeopathic remedies work by restoring it.

(See also: Homeopathy, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Naturopathy

brings together various natural healing therapies such as homeopathic remedies, acupuncture and Oriental medicine, massage therapy and hydrotherapy for the treatment of all types of illness.

Naturopathic physicians are considered the general practitioners of alternative medicine. They view the individual as an integral whole and the symptoms of disease as indicators of improper functioning and an unhealthy lifestyle. They encourage the individual to take an active part in the healing process through recommended adjustments in lifestyle, diet and exercise and in maintaining the body's natural state of balance.

(See also: Naturopathy, Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul)