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Integrative Approaches for Health : Biomedical Research, Ayurveda and Yoga /
Despite spectacular advances, modern medicine faces formidable global challenges in several key areas-notably the persistence of major killer diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis, leprosy, and newer threats including HIV/AIDS, resistant infections, and Ebola. As such, modern medicine has not led t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Academic Press,
[2015]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Dedication; Integrative Approaches for Health; Copyright; Contents; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; MODERN MEDICINE; FOREWORD; BACK TO INDIA; AT THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Cover; Chapter 1
- Advocacy for Integration; BACKGROUND; GLOBAL HEALTH SCENARIO; THE EVOLUTION OF HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; DIVERSITY OF CHALLENGES; CASE OF THE UNITED STATES; CASE OF INDIA; ADVANCES IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES; UNRESOLVED CHALLENGES; TRADITIONAL AND COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE; NONPHARMACOLOGICAL APPROACHES; EXPERIENCE AND EVIDENCE: LEARNING TOGETHER; INTEGRATIVE HEALTH AND MEDICINE.
- MODERN MEDICINE, AYURVEDA, AND YOGAREFERENCES; Chapter 2
- Evolution of Medicine; SHAMANIC AND ETHNOMEDICINE; PHILOSOPHY OF MEDICINE; PHILOSOPHY AND SCIENCE; SCIENCE IN THE WEST; SCIENCE IN THE EAST; EASTERN TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; CHINA; JAPAN; KOREA; TIBET; INDIA; EVOLUTION OF AYURVEDA AND YOGA; SCIENCE AND TRADITIONS; MODERN MEDICINE; FUTURE APPROACHES; REFERENCES; Chapter 3
- Concepts of Health and Disease; HEALTH AND DISEASE; CONCEPT OF DISEASES; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DEFINITION OF HEALTH; HEALTH CARE AND MEDICAL CARE; DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; DIMENSIONS OF HEALTH; WHAT IS WELL-BEING?
- HOLISTIC HEALTHQUALITY OF LIFE; ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; FROM PUBLIC TO PLANETARY HEALTH; REFERENCES; Chapter 4
- Evidence-Based Medicine and Ayurveda; WHAT IS EVIDENCE?; CAUSE AND EFFECT RELATIONSHIPS; ACCESSING EVIDENCE; QUALITY AND LEVELS OF EVIDENCE; EBM IN PRACTICE; T & CM AND THE COCHRANE APPROACH; THE CASE OF HOMEOPATHY; PLACEBO AND NOCEBO EFFECTS; EVIDENCE FOR YOGA; EVIDENCE FOR AYURVEDA; CONCEPTS OF EVIDENCE IN AYURVEDA; THE NEW EBM; HIGH EVIDENCE LOW ETHICS; REFERENCES; Chapter 5
- Systems Biology and Holistic Concepts; THE PHILOSOPHICAL BASIS TO SYSTEMS APPROACH.
- BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMSOMICS FOR STUDYING CELLS; OPEN SYSTEMS; THE EMERGENCE OF SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; THE LIVING CELL AS SYSTEM; SYSTEMS MEDICINE AND HOLISTIC HEALTH; THE EXAMPLE OF DIABETES; THE FUTURE OF SYSTEMS MEDICINE; THE SYSTEMS APPROACH OF AYURVEDA; REFERENCES; Chapter 6
- Lifestyle and Behavior; THE EPIDEMIC OF LIFESTYLE DISEASES; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; BODY, MIND, CONSCIOUSNESS; EMERGING EVIDENCE FROM RESEARCH; YOGA AND MEDITATION; MINDFULNESS; YOGA AND EXERCISE; LIFESTYLE AND BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE; SALUTOGENESIS; OIL MASSAGE; SPIRITUALITY-BEYOND BEHAVIOR; REFERENCES; Chapter 7
- Food and Diet.
- HISTORICAL ACCOUNTFOOD AND NUTRITION; SCIENCE OF NUTRITION AND DIET; DIGESTION AND GUT HEALTH; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY ADVICE; NUTRIGENOMICS AND PERSONALIZED DIET; AYURVEDA CONCEPTS OF NUTRITION; DIET, PRAKRITI, AND CHRONOBIOLOGY; CALORIE RESTRICTION; FASTING AND SPIRITUALITY; REFERENCES; Chapter 8
- Health Supplements; NUTRACEUTICALS AND SUPPLEMENTS; NUTRITIONAL AND NONNUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; VITAMINS; MINERALS; LIPIDS, OILS, AND FATS; PHYTOCHEMICALS; ANTIOXIDANTS AND DISEASE PREVENTION; PROBIOTICS; DIETARY FIBER; HIGH PROFITS-LOW EVIDENCE; NUTRITION-NOT IN A CAPSULE; REFERENCES.
- Chapter 9
- Drug Discovery and Ayurveda.