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Having Good Health

(updated 17 March 2023)

Do you want to have good health? Just about everyone does, especially those who have physical health problems. But good health isn’t always easy to attain. You need knowledge about how to take care of your health and the motivation to apply that knowledge.

Staying physically healthy means that you are protecting yourself from illness and disease. But if you do have some ailment, you want to take actions to enhance your healing process and regain your health. Everyone wants to stay healthy, but achieving that goal can be a challenge due to outside forces and your own destructive actions.

Taking care of your physical health to prevent problems should be a major focus. Curing, healing and pain relief are the necessary efforts in restoring health once there is a problem. Effectively dealing with physicians and healthcare professionals is also important in recovery.

The purpose of these lessons is to encourage you to overcome the challenges and to give you a start at improving your physical health, as well as the health of your loved ones. It is also useful for those studying a career in healthcare or medicine.

Health Contents


Medical

What is Health?

Factors Involved in Physical Health

Preventing Diseases

Curing Diseases

Antibiotics Useless for Viral Infections

Healing Damage from Injury or Disease

X-ray Health Risks

Diagnosis

When Doctors Used to Smell

Determining Disease by Smell

Urine Color as Health Indicator

General diseases

Achilles Tendon Injuries

Floaters in the Field of Vision

Migraine Headaches

Pneumonia Vaccine to Prevent Disease

Shingles

Vertigo

Vertigo Case Studies

Tinnitus

Meniere Disease

Digestive problems

Dealing with Simple Indigestion

Heartburn

Reducing Flatulence (Farting)

Reasons for Vomiting

Cooking

Leaching from Cooking Surfaces

Waterless Cooking

Cookware Companies

Hazards in Microwaving Food

Diet

Nutritional Excellence – Section on nutrition

High Fat Diets often from Local Culture

Trans Fat is Bad for Your Health

Lose Weight to Decrease Your Risk of Diabetes – by Jill Fleming, MS, RD

Certain Foods Good for Eye Health

Certain Foods Can Affect Your Mood

Exercise

Cleanliness

Preventing Dirty Bottled Water

Chlorinating Your Well

Longevity

Principles of Longevity

Degradation of the Brain with Age

Complementary medicine

Reflexology

Basis of Therapeutic Touch and Healing Touch

Dental

Symptoms of Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) Dysfunction

Causes of Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) Dysfunction

Treatment of Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) Dysfunction

Resources

Health Resources

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Survey results

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Lessons

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Achilles Tendon Injuries

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Antibiotics Useless for Viral Infections

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Basis of Therapeutic Touch and Healing Touch

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Causes of Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) Dysfunction

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Certain Foods Can Affect Your Mood

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Certain Foods Good for Eye Health

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Curing Diseases

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Dealing with Simple Indigestion

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Degradation of the Brain with Age

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Determining Disease by Smell

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Eating Habits and Culture

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Eleanor

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Factors Involved in Physical Health

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Floaters in the Field of Vision

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GABA Rice Has Health Benefits

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Harnessing a Child’s Hyperactivity

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Hazards in Microwaving Food

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Healing Damage from Injury or Disease

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Health Discussion Forums – Succeed with Good Health

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Health Resources

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Health Section Disclaimer

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Healthy Recipe Choices for Permanent Weight Loss

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Heartburn Health Issue

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Leaching from Cooking Surfaces

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Lifestyle Factors Affecting Quality of Life in Late Adulthood

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Lose Weight to Decrease Your Risk of Diabetes

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Meniere Disease

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Migraine Headaches

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Mini-Quiz: Achilles Tendon Injuries

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Mini-Quiz: Antibiotics Useless for Viral Infections

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Mini-Quiz: Basis of Therapeutic Touch and Healing Touch

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Mini-Quiz: Causes of Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) Dysfunction

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Mini-Quiz: Certain Foods Can Affect Your Mood

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Mini-Quiz: Certain Foods Good for Eye Health

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Mini-Quiz: Curing Diseases

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Mini-Quiz: Dealing with Simple Indigestion

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Mini-Quiz: Degradation of the Brain with Age

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Mini-Quiz: Determining Disease by Smell

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Mini-Quiz: Eating Habits and Culture

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Mini-Quiz: Factors Involved in Physical Health

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Mini-Quiz: Floaters in the Field of Vision

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Mini-Quiz: Harnessing a Child’s Hyperactivity

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Mini-Quiz: Hazards in Microwaving Food

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Mini-Quiz: Healing Damage from Injury or Disease

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Mini-Quiz: Healthy Recipe Choices for Permanent Weight Loss

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Mini-Quiz: Heartburn Health Issue

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Mini-Quiz: Leaching from Cooking Surfaces

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Mini-Quiz: Lose Weight to Decrease Your Risk of Diabetes

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Mini-Quiz: Meniere Disease

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Mini-Quiz: Migraine Headaches

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Mini-Quiz: Pneumonia Vaccine to Prevent Disease

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Mini-Quiz: Preventing Bottled Water Contamination

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Mini-Quiz: Preventing Physical Diseases

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Mini-Quiz: Principles of Longevity

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Mini-Quiz: Protect Your Health by Chlorinating Your Well

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Mini-Quiz: Reasons for Vomiting

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Mini-Quiz: Reducing Flatulence (Farting)

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Mini-Quiz: Reflexology

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Mini-Quiz: Ringing Noise in Ears: Tinnitus

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Mini-Quiz: Shingles

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Mini-Quiz: Symptoms of Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) Dysfunction

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Mini-Quiz: Trans Fat is Harmful to Your Health

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Mini-Quiz: Treatment of Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) Dysfunction

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Mini-Quiz: Urine Color as Health Indicator

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Mini-Quiz: Using Saw Palmetto for Enlarged Prostate

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Mini-Quiz: Vertigo

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Mini-Quiz: Vertigo Case Studies

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Mini-Quiz: Waterless Cooking

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Mini-Quiz: What is Physical Health?

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Mini-Quiz: When Doctors Used to Smell

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Mini-Quiz: X-ray Health Risks

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Physical Health Credentials

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Pneumonia Vaccine to Prevent Disease

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Preventing Bottled Water Contamination

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Preventing Dirty Bottled Water

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Preventing Physical Diseases

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Principles of Longevity

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Protect Your Health by Chlorinating Your Well

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Reasons for Vomiting

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Reducing Flatulence (Farting)

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Reflexology

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Results of Health Survey Questions

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Ringing Noise in Ears: Tinnitus

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Shingles

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Succeed with Good Physical Health

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Symptoms of Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) Dysfunction

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Trans Fat is Harmful to Your Health

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Treatment of Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) Dysfunction

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Urine Color as Health Indicator

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Using Saw Palmetto for Enlarged Prostate

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Vertigo

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Vertigo Case Studies

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Waterless Cooking

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Waterless Cookware Companies

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What is Physical Health?

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When Doctors Used to Smell

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X-ray Health Risks

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