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Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Eat smart, exercise regularly, and get routine health screenings," the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services advises the public in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. And that is absolutely true - except for the checkup part. The American public has been sold the idea that seeking medical care is one of the most important steps to maintain wellness. However, surprisingly, medical care is not in fact well correlated with good health. The major...
Author
Publisher
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Biotechnologist Leroy Hood and longevity researcher Nathan Price journey to the future of health. Medicine today is a hit-or-miss affair that tackles symptoms long after disease sets in. Hood and Price explore the emerging technologies that will focus health care on extending wellness, making it personal, precise, and truly preventative"--
Author
Publisher
APHA Press, an imprint of American Public Health Association
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"This book draws a picture of health, one that both scientific and non-scientific readers can grasp. In The Picture of Health, the authors offer 100 such pictures, representations of data, facts, truths about the public's health that have been published in the scientific literature in recent years and present them in a way such that public health novices can gain an understanding of the issues, the conditions and pressures, that shape the health of...
Publisher
Distributed by the Committee for Citizen Awareness
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Compares Americans to the world population primarily in terms of one major indicator - our health and well-being (hospitals, doctors, health risks, etc.) Also compares Americans in terms of education and modern conveniences. The end of the videodisc features the person who is constitutionally elected to represent the people in your congressional district to deal with such issues at the federal level.
Series
DHHS publication volume 2018-1232
Publisher
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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