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healthExtent of continuing physical, emotional, mental, and social ability to cope with one's environment. Good health is harder to define than bad health (which can be equated with presence of disease) because it must convey a more positive concept than mere absence of disease, and there is a variable area between health and disease. A person may be in good physical condition but have a cold or be mentally ill. Someone may appear healthy but have a serious condition (e.g., cancer) that is detectable only by physical examination or diagnostic tests or not even by these. health 1. the state of being bodily and mentally vigorous and free from disease 2. the general condition of body and mind health [helth] (medicine) A state of dynamic equilibrium between an organism and its environment in which all functions of mind and body are normal. Health agate symbolizes health; supposed to relieve snake and scorpion bites. [Class. and Medieval Legend: Leach, 27] symbolizes well-being. [Gk. Myth.: Jobes, 397] goddess of physical fitness. [Rom. Myth.: Leach, 192] goddess of health. [Gk. Myth.: Jobes, 409] goddess of health; daughter and personification of Asclepius. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 123] symbol of fertility and fitness. [Gk. Myth.: Jobes, 396–397] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Selling health education to teenage girls who are outside of the mainstream education system is no easy task. The conference, titled "Advancing the National Health Promotion and Health Education Agenda Through Effective Policies and Practices," sought to provide tools to strengthen federal, state and local policies affecting public health. In 2002, it created the Women's Learning Centers (WLCs) as a mechanism for reaching isolated women with health education and health care services. |
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