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HISTORICAL OVERVIEW The foundations for the health science fields are as old as the human race. Humans have always been in need of solutions to address illness, injury, and various health related issues such as childbirth. With modern technology and the backing of the pure sciences, the scientific accuracy of these fields has greatly improved. Nevertheless, many cultures have used and continue to use various herbs and other culturally specific solutions to help solve health problems that may or may not be backed by any scientific support. ACQUISITION OF HEALTH-RELATED KNOWLEDGE ''See also: Medical Research '' One must be careful when accepting what they read on medical research. It has been found that researcher paid by vested interests tend to scew their results in favor of the one paying for the research. Finding accurate information is becoming harder, while real help is available. Much has been done in the field of Natral Hygiene and other related fields. However the dramatic results are not being reported in the news media. People by the thousands are getting well without drugs or surgery, but by Law your medical doctor is not allowed to tell you about these many times free ways to eliminate disease. For instance I overcame arthritis 23 years ago, by simply changing my diet. Our medical schools teach doctors how to treat symptoms, but they don't teach them how to remove the underlying cause of disease. True and honest research must be done on the subject of health and how we were designed. For instance the AIDS problem is growing. They keep trying to treat AIDS suferers with drugs that will kill or make sick a healthy person. AIDS is a deficiency in the bodies defense (immune) system. Does it not make more sense to build up the defense system so it can heal itself? At my website I tell people how I overcame arthritis. {Link without Title} The Medical approach is to offer pain killers without any instruction as to how to stop causing arthritis to develop. You may wonder why? It is simple. There is no money in healthy people. If you stop developing arthritis you will not need their pain killers and surgeries. APPLICATION OF HEALTH-RELATED KNOWLEDGE Health delivery There are a large number of Health Profession s. The terms Medicine or Biomedicine , and medical doctor or M.D. refer to dominant conventional practices in the West. There are a wide range of traditional areas of health science. The most common areas are: Medicine , Nursing , Midwifery , and various forms of Therapy to supplement the healing process and restore proper activity (e.g. Dietetics , Recreational , Physical , Occupational , Speech , and Respiratory ). Health science includes both the study and application of preventing and curing human diseases and disorders. Medical Doctor s include Physician s and Surgeons . There are many different branches of medicine; the other health care professions also have specialties or focus on specific populations or settings of care. Public Health studies the effect of environmental factors such as available health care resources on the health of the general population, often focusing on particular populations, such as mothers and children. Dietitian s educate people about proper Nutrition , particularly specific dietary needs of populations such as people with Diabetes , Breastfeeding women, and people with Celiac disease. Other less common medical areas include First Aid and Triage . Dental health has grown in importance in recent decades making Dentistry a major field of health sciences. Counselling , Hospice Care , Home Care , Nutrition , Medical Social Work , Alternative Medicine , Pharmacology , and Toxicology are all considered part of health science. Veterinary Medicine is the health science dedicated exclusively to the care of animals. Veterinary medicine is involved in preventing and curing animal diseases and disorders, inspecting animal originated food (like milk and meat) and animal husbandry. CONTEMPORARY THEMES Because health science deals with human life, issues of Medical Ethics , an important area of Ethics , arise frequently. Medical ethics includes questions on topics such as a patient's right to privacy. Euthanasia , Abortion , Human Cloning , Stem Cell Research and Genetic Engineering are especially controversial issues directly related to health science. HEALTH PRACTICES Conventional Western practices
Complementary and alternative medicine
Spiritually-based healing Traditional medicine and folk medicine
Health practices of historical interest
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