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    that’s why we’ve all heard the saying‚ "Laughter is the best medicine." There is strong evidence that laughter can actually improve health and help fight disease. Our brains can make us healthier and happier through laughter. So‚ let us begin‚ Assalamualaikum and a very pleasant morning to honourable judges‚ accurate time keeper‚ and of course‚ my unforgotten wonderful audiences. Well‚ as I said earlier‚ “Laughter is the best medicine.”. We all love to laugh. And that is the reason that we feel

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    “A team of University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers‚ led by Dr. Michael Miller‚ has recently shown for the first time that laughter is linked to healthy function of blood vessels.” Another study by the University of Maryland School of Medical Center found that people with heart disease were forty percent less likely to laugh in situations compared to people the same age and without the disease. Miller found that people with heart disease laughed less in positive situations. People with

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    Traditional Medicine

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    In this modern era‚ the traditional medicine is still important to society. Nowadays‚ most people in Zambia are resorting to traditional healers and herbalists who claim that are able to solve problems ranging from bringing good luck‚ penis enlargement‚ beauty enhancement‚ passing examinations among others. Traditional healers are people who make others believe in their customs and practices in order to make them get well or to heal them while herbalists give medicinal herbs which are mainly extracted

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    Radioisotopes in Medicine

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    RADIOISOTOPES IN MEDICINE   ABSTRACT: Nuclear medicine has become fundamentally life-saving as a diagnostic tool in today’s medicine‚ however exposure to radioisotopes has risks. Understanding these risks and making an educated decision is crucial in personal choices regarding medical treatment. This overview of recent and relevant research provides an insight and support to the benefits of radioisotope usage‚ whilst presenting the associated risks.   INTRODUCTION: With the discovery

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    Medicine River

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    “Where We Belong” Thomas King’s book “Medicine River”‚ is about a man named Will‚ who no matter what he does‚ he feels his connections are not he wants when he lived in Toronto‚ that is‚ until he goes back home to Medicine River for his mother’s funeral. This is where he meets Harlen Bigbear‚ a blunt and straight-forward kind of guy who becomes one of Will’s best friends. I feel Harlen is a big reason why Will comes back to Medicine River. As much as Will and James‚ who is

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    Essay Final Draft Russian Traditional Medicine: Its roots‚ history and popularity in the modern world Russian culture is usually considered as the experience accumulated by Russian people from the times of ancient Rus’ through the Russian Empire and up until now. Russian culture is very rich‚ mostly by its diversity‚ as there were a lot of different nations living in one country and affecting each other. Also‚ Russian culture has always been quite open for other cultures and throughout history

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    Psychosomatic Medicine

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    Psychosomatic Medicine This field of study closely examines the relationship between the body and the mind. It studies the impacts of internal factors on bodily processes. It combines knowledge from psychology‚ psychiatry‚ neurology‚ biology and psychoneuroimmunology 1. It investigates to what degree the psyche influences the body. It is not solemnly human affair‚ for example experiments showed that rats react to certain mental stimulus similarly like men. Although psychosomatic medicine is quite

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    Medicine and City Life

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    cannot find more health facilities.’ the town areas provide people with better facilities as far as health services are concerned. Cities also provide ample medical facilities. In every city‚ there are good hospitals in which the poor get free medicines and treatment. Many well-qualified private doctors are also there to serve the sick and the suffering. Lack of such medical arrangement is a drawback of villages. the city to be better in the long run as there is better access to health care facilities

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    K272 TMA01 Consider the usefulness of a holistic model in explaining the experience of mental health. A holistic approach to mental illness means that the user’s physical‚ mental and spiritual health along with the user s state of mind‚ lifestyle and social factors will all be taken into consideration when analysing them. Holism refers to treating the whole person. This means that holism feels disease doesn’t just affect the body‚ but also the mind and spirit as well. It’s said that the

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    execute their functions to any population suffering from various forms of diseases like cancers‚ Communicable diseases or even HIV/AIDS. The doctors on the other hand are always trained in specific lines like pediatric‚ Gaenacology‚ Orthopedic‚ Optical medicine or general Surgery among others. In terms of training‚ it is always expected that nurses undergo a four year training during which the nurse is expected to have gone to the hospital set up and train on how to execute their expected roles. After the

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