In a recent article by Channel News Asia dated 13 July 2012‚ it was reported that Singapore ’s GDP contracted by 1.1% on a Quarter-on-Quarter seasonally-adjusted annualized basis‚ compared to the 9.4% expansion in the preceding quarter. The weakened growth momentum in Q2 was mainly due to a sequential contraction in the manufacturing sector. The sector declined by 6.0% reversing the 20.9% expansion in the preceding quarter. Annex A Singapore is an open economy with high trade to GDP ratio of 2
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Traditional Chinese Medicine vs. Western Medicine Although it seems like a new health treatment in America‚ traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been around for centuries. It is based on a classic published in the third century‚ B.C.‚ entitled Nei Jing‚ or The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine. Many diseases and ailments that cannot be cured by Western medicine (WM) can be treated by TCM successfully. This is not to say that TCM can cure all diseases that Western medicine cannot. It is
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Sports Medicine The injury scenario I have chosen to do is: * A female athlete with a fracture to the femur. 1. Classification and management of the injury. There are five ways to classify sports injuries. These include direct and indirect injuries‚ soft and hard tissue injuries and overuse injuries. A direct injury is caused by an external blow or force. In the case of a female athlete fracturing her femur‚ a direct injury could be the cause‚ but isn’t the most likely one. For example
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black women use antenatal care services and deliver in clinics‚ and a considerable number complement this use of formal health services with traditional medicine. This study reported here examined the knowledge‚ beliefs and practical experiences of pregnant women‚ traditional healers and midwives with regard to kgaba (traditional medicine) and explored what constitutes kgaba. Interviews (N=30) and focus group discussions (N=21) were carried out among participants in Mogwase district in the
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Native Americans and Medicine Native Americans believe that in order to stay strong and healthy‚ they have to keep a strong spiritually‚ mentally‚ and physically. If you stay true to the Native traditions‚ beliefs and obey tribal religious tenets you will maintain healthy living. One of the way that this can be achieved is by treating all life with respect. Treating animals‚ plants‚ rocks‚ rivers‚ rainbows‚ ect‚ with the up most respect for this beings. The spirit is a representation of
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academic study of medicine in the medieval world was based largely on the works of the ancient Greeks‚ including Hippocrates‚ Aristotle‚ and Galen. A Byzantine physician was Alexander of Tralles‚ whose medical books were used throughout Europe in the following centuries. Institutional medicine was unknown in Europe during the early Middle Ages. Within the Byzantine state‚ however‚ hospitals-where the sick and injured could receive care-were established as parts of monastic communities. The study of
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Space orbital tourism Space tourism has been an emerging trend in our NASA organization as a means to supplement their budget as well as expand our reach in space. Combining forces with our neighboring countries we have come together to ensure a safe‚ clean‚ and improved future. Searching for sustainable energy sources‚ developing cutting edge technology and manufacturing stronger more durable building materials to protect and carry us into the next generation. NASA’s research and developments
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approach of social‚ physical and spiritual dimensions of health and life. Herbal medicine and knowledge of plants is not the domain of any particular group; Western medicine has been incorporated into this system at the same rate and knowledge as herbal medicine. Medicinal plants are mainly used symptomatically for coughs and colds‚ pains and aches. Some are used as dressings for wounds and sores. Two way medicine is the term that has been coined by Aboriginal health workers to describe a bicultural
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Medicine is a necessity‚ no matter what time period. Medicine in the Middle Ages was especially an important necessity. Advanced technology that we use today did not exist back then‚ and because of that‚ medicine was different. All the doctors could use were their own hands and/or very strange medical techniques. To understand medicine during this time‚ one must understand the medical professions‚ the diseases‚ and how the sick were treated. There were multiple medical professions during the medieval
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use of traditional medicine for healing‚ prevention and even use in traditional rites of passage. World Health Organization WHO (2008) admits that traditional medicine has been used in some communities for thousands of years. It further provides that some Asian and African countries‚ 80% of the population depend on traditional medicine for primary health care and that 70% to 80% of the population in developed countries has used some form of alternative or complimentary medicine with an example of
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