CHAPTER 6 Smallpox: A Primer Brenda J. McEleney Smallpox‚ is a virus that plagued humanity for millennia. It was the first and only disease ever intentionally eradicated from the face of this planet‚ a scourge defeated in a remarkable‚ never-before-attempted campaign of generosity and cooperation by the nations of the world. Its eradication was a triumphant symbol of science and dogged persistence winning over nature. Moreover‚ its eradication was a gift of man to all mankind. Yet‚ is it possible
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Something many people don’t pay attention to is the food they eat. They might not eat great amounts of food but they don’t seem to care about what’s in the food they eat. Eating healthy can really benefit you. It’s one of the easiest and most important ways to shield you from diseases such as diabetes‚ osteoporosis which is the thinning of your bones‚ heart trouble and many other things. Another benefit of eating healthy is that you will enjoy life more and have more energy. Healthy eating can reduce
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SAGE Open http://sgo.sagepub.com/ The Idea of Healthy Lifestyle and Its Transformation Into Health-Oriented Lifestyle in Contemporary Society Olga Pakholok SAGE Open 2013 3: DOI: 10.1177/2158244013500281 The online version of this article can be found at: http://sgo.sagepub.com/content/3/3/2158244013500281 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com Additional services and information for SAGE Open can be found at: Email Alerts: http://sgo.sagepub.com/cgi/alerts Subscriptions: http://sgo
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A healthy diet is one that helps maintain or improve health. It is important for the prevention of many chronic illnesses and other health risks such as: • obesity • heart disease • diabetes • cancer etc A healthy diet involves consuming appropriate amounts of all nutrients‚ and an adequate amount of water. Nutrients can be obtained from many different foods‚ so there are a wide variety of diets that may be considered healthy diets. There are a number of diets and recommendations
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Ways to Live a Healthy Lifestyle By Paige WaehnerApril 03‚ 2014 Brazilian Foresty feeds Investors Returns of 12-22% p.a. Invest now. You hear a lot about living a healthy lifestyle‚ enough that the phrase ’healthy lifestyle’ may be one we’d like to permanently retire. The problem is‚ that phrase describes the life we need to live if we want to feel good and look good. So‚ what does it actually mean? Well‚ there are the obvious things that describe a healthy person: He or she
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Research Paper Samantha Sayabavong 3/10/2013 COM/156 Gina Audio Having a good healthy well balanced diet plan and exercising daily is the main importance of helping you stay fit and live a healthier and better life. Eating healthy and exercising should be a part of every person’s day to day routine. Adapting to both can things can make a dramatic difference in how you look and feel. It can also prevent many things such as obesity‚ which is the most common thing that happens when
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Why is a healthy lifestyle so important for us? It is important because it can help us to avoid the disease and illnesses such as hypertension and cancer. Having a healthy lifestyle also makes the life become more enjoyable and the most important thing is a way to keep our body in good condition in order to accomplish day-to-day tasks. When you’re living a healthy lifestyle in your future‚ it will make all of us have a healthy body and mind. It is also very important to have a healthy lifestyle because
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A Healthy Conversation Conversation brings meaning to life. But‚ what will happen when that conversation has to be focused on ones last living days? Everybody knows that dying is an event in life that no one escapes. We all will be faced with the many challenging questions and decisions that come with death. It may be for ourselves or for someone we love. Some object here‚ that talking about death can be depressing and possibly shorten terminally ill patient’s lives. However‚ studies today are showing
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Among the current fields of research in Biotechnology‚ research on drugs and vaccines targeting viral diseases such as HIV/AIDs has been of major importance given the high prevalence of these diseases across the world. HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is a type of virus that causes AIDS (Acquired Immune-deficiency Syndrome) (HIV and AIDS‚ n.d). The virus devastates the body’s defense mechanism‚ leaving a victim highly susceptible to opportunistic infections such as those caused by bacteria‚ fungi
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on healthy habits. Put on your thinking cap; try asking yourself‚ have you been on healthy diets? Have you gotten sufficient rest each day? Or even‚ have you been performing healthy lifestyle by doing sports regularly? Your answer lies with yourself. If you do not‚ start off with some basic healthy habits. Here are some advices. Why healthy lifestyle are so important for us? This is because it can help us to avoid the disease and illness such as hypertension and cancer. Having a healthy lifestyle
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