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Health is a state of physical, mental and social well-being in which disease and infirmity are absent. A variety of definitions have been used for different purposes over time. Health can be promoted by encouraging healthful activities, such as regular physical exercise, and by reducing or avoiding unhealthful activities or situations, such as smoking or excessive stress. Some factors affecting health are due to individual choices, such as whether to engage in a high-risk behavior, and others are due to structural causes, such as whether the society is arranged in a way that makes it easier or harder for people to get necessary healthcare services. Still other factors are beyond both individual and group choices, such as genetic disorders.

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  1. Spathi

    Poultry vs fish

    There is some evidence that the vegetarians live longer that people who eat meat: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002916522033524 In one book I have also read that people who eat fish (pescatarians) live as long as the vegetarians. Also, there was the information that...
  2. N

    Could Radio Waves Cause Havana Syndrome?

    Hi guys, I found this group while researching something, I was hoping you could help me with some queries. Is it possible to affect people’s health/ nervous system using radio waves or electromagnetic field in some way? I have heard of the "Havana Syndrome" and I was wondering if this could be...
  3. S

    How does vitamin C help a person's immune system?

    I think I have known that vitamin C boosts a human being's immune system since my ages was in the single digits. But what is the mechanism by which vitamin C boosts a human being's immune system?
  4. E

    Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic

  5. kyphysics

    Biden Admininstration to Declare Monkeypox a Public Health Emergency

    https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/04/politics/monkeypox-public-health-emergency/index.html It's funny in that I've literally seen zero health facilities in my area mention monkeypox or have signs posted for safety. On the other hand, those same facilities still have COVID masking requirements at...
  6. L

    Medical Health side effects caused by serotonin–dopamine-antagonist-antipsychotics

    It is known that serotonin–dopamine-antagonist-antipsychotics, among many other sideeffects, also commonly cause decrease of libido (for example https://www.drugs.com/sfx/quetiapine-side-effects.html, https://www.drugs.com/sfx/olanzapine-side-effects.html). I know many cases where libido of...
  7. FENIX1

    Engineering Exploring the Benefits of Yoga for Mental Health

  8. kyphysics

    How Did My Health Insurer Save Me THIS Much?

    I went to my endocrinologist. Saw her for about 30 minutes + blood draw. My bill: $5.00! Insurance wouldn't allow them to charge me for the visit. Bought a drug (don't want to name it) that was supposed to cost $178. My insurer saved me all the way down to $15. In my insurance portal...
  9. K

    Health Risk of Abrasive Scrubbing in the Kitchen

    when two things rub against each other, it is likely that atoms may lose or exchange from the surface, right? In kitchen, abrasive sponge and scrubber is very commonly used, if you normally clean by scrubbing a cookware or dishware with a sponge or scrubber, could it lose some atoms or chemicals...
  10. theycallmevirgo

    In recovery from some health issues

    Just wanted to drop this here because you guys were helping me with a few projects and I bugged out for a while without leaving much notice. Nothing life threatening, but it was pretty time consuming. Now on the mend, but slowly.
  11. jack action

    Insights When Science is Not Enough: Legal and Health Implications of Questions

    Continue reading...
  12. J

    Health risks of ABS FDM (3d printing)

    This is not the first study I've seen discussing potential risks of FDM airborne byproducts. It's the reason I bought a fully enclosed unit. However, it's in my home which at the moment is extremely small. It's less than a meter away from both my workbench and my sleeping area. While the unit is...
  13. Amathproblem22

    MHB Electromagnetic Radiation and Health

    Well, the title pretty much sums up my question. I want to know about electromagnetic radiation and the effects on human health in your opinions and knowledge! I have done research into the topic and also gone down the road of things like wifi(modern technology) effects on health and most...
  14. .Scott

    COVID A Health check App sensitive to asymptomatic COVID may be in the works

    https://www.embs.org/ojemb/articles/covid-19-artificial-intelligence-diagnosis-using-only-cough-recordings/ A study has been posted in Engineering in Medicine and Biology (article) that describes the methods and results from an MIT algorithm as applied to asymptomatic COVID-19. Per the...
  15. J

    The Impact of EMR on Human Health: Exploring the Effects

    I've been thinking and researching recently about the effect on human health by electromagnetic radiation created by communication devices such as wifi, cell phones, cell phone transmission towers and high voltage power lines What do you guys think about the energy of electromagnetic radiation...
  16. J

    Electromagnetic radiation effect on health.

    Some site I've looked at are https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/10/001016073704.htm and [Link to garbage site removed]
  17. C

    Mental Health During Quarantine: Tips for Coping with Stress

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  18. K

    Health Effects of Working Overnight: Fact or Fiction?

    Often heard that it's not good for health to work through the night and sleep in the day, is there any medical support on this issue?? Or only a belief??
  19. T

    The fresher the food and drinks you consume, the better your health?

    Hi again all, question is in the title of this thread. I also want to note that I am talking about healthy food and drinks only. Does eating fresher food increase ones life span OR have you live longer? I thought of this question recently and didn't google it at all as I thought that would be a...
  20. Grinkle

    Interest rate cut vs health policy - how are they consistent?

    Cutting interest rates is intended to change people's behavior in favor of economic growth driving activity. In the main this necessarily involves an increased amount of leaving ones home and going to work. The novel CV itself is not impacting the economy - it is the various policies to combat...
  21. kyphysics

    Is it Rational to Skip Health Insurance if You're Young and Healthy?

    Just wondering about this (as I have a ridiculous $7,000 health insurance deductible - I basically have a non-employer catastrophic plan): Say you are a young, healthy person, who makes $50,000/year (assume an average American city COL) and you have to buy your health insurance on your own...
  22. psean1991

    Is the Link Between Genetics and Addiction a Flawed Belief?

    My brother has been in and out of rehabs for years, and lately I've been researching addiction and trying to understand the science behind it. A lot of sites that I've found say that addiction is genetic, but the info is extremely generalized and surface level. I haven't found any specific...
  23. Grinkle

    What might global health care be?

    Are there any studies that explore what an affordable level of global health care potentially looks like? EG - Can the human race afford potable water and sewage for all humans? If so, can we then afford making aspirin available to all humans (if that were next)? If so ... Etc. At a macro...
  24. J

    MHB Probability of 4 Adults Having Health Insurance

    66% of adults have health insurance, what is the probability that 4 adults selected at random have health insurance?
  25. dRic2

    Smartphones and radiation health effects

    Is it just me or lately there is a big fuss about this? I keep running into news of a recent study that has found smartphones may induce cancer on rats and so on... Did they really find something relevant or is it just the same old story?
  26. ngrunenberg

    Unraveling the Mystery: The Science Behind Caloric Restriction and Aging

    Good Evening, I have a question regarding, what seems to be the only proven way to extend life-span, caloric restriction. There seem to be new studies coming out every other month showing that caloric restriction is very positively correlated with an increase in lifespan, as well as a decrease...
  27. FallenApple

    Why is money related to positive health

    Beyond the obvious i.e resources to buy basic health care etc. The wealth health correlation was observed across the entire income spectrum, even after basic necessities are met. What is the cause of this?
  28. N

    Is Melted Bismuth safe to wear as a necklace?

    Is melted bismuth safe to wear pretty much 24/7 around your neck ? I don't want to get a super low radiation hyper bug cancer fungus to appear after 30 yrs... (It touches your skin permanently unless you're running ofc) On top of that, can I smelt bare bismuth (99%) in my kitchen or should I...
  29. mktsgm

    Medical Sleeping immune system and effects

    What will happen if a pathogen invades us and our immune system is completely ignorant about it or sleeping? Let us suppose it fails to identify the intruders. Can the consequences be explained pathophysiologically by taking any germ as an example? I want to know how a pathogen causes...
  30. Cantor080

    Practices, Laws, or Principles of living longer

    I am starting to search data on what actions are to be made for living longer. I might have to know the working of human body, but it might take lot of time. Within the time I know the working of human body, and have custom actions for me to live longer, to eliminate me not do any of the random...
  31. K

    How big are the health effects of fluorocarbons?

    Hello! I love camping, all year around. However lately I've been hearing much about the hazardous effects of flourocarbons and this got me wondering... Since I didn't know if my tent contained any so called PFC's I mailed the producer and got this answer: "Our tents are not yet PFC-free...
  32. M

    Health Risks Living Near Power Lines

    Hello Please give me some advice on a lot my wife and 2 kids are thinking on building our home on in SC. It will be located next to a large power line right of way. Its near a lake so we have those big metal towers. I'd say the nearest tower from my house will be like 50 to 75 yards. I took a...
  33. Muckraker

    Other Contemplating Dropping Out of School Due to Mental Health

    Hello and thank you for taking the time to read this. This involves a somewhat long and uninteresting backstory, so I won’t trouble you with the finer details, and will begin by saying I am a going on nineteen year old who has been struggling with mental health issues most of my teenage life...
  34. T

    Medical What are some reliable open resources to learn about health?

    Finding authentic resources online is pretty difficult for a starter. There are some websites that come up frequently on search engines; 1. healthline.com 2. livestrong.com 3. medicinenet.com 4. emedicinehealth.com 5. webmd.com 6. nhs.uk My questions are mostly cause-and-effect ones. I...
  35. John Morrell

    I Zero G Health Risk: Effects & Readjusting to Earth's Gravity

    Okay, this is a question that's always kind of bothered me. According to dozens of articles and interviews with NASA employees or professional astronomers, one of the biggest dangers of long term space travel is the bone and muscle loss. That totally makes sense; being in zero G is even worse...
  36. UsableThought

    Sleep deprivation & poor brain function

    Just curious if anyone else has sleep problems or other issues that particularly interfere with learning; and if so, what are your ways of coping with or minimizing these issues? Or if you like, on the positive side, of really helping your brain out w/ healthy habits? Some background on me: I...
  37. DatsRadBro

    Physics Health Physicist - Need just a B.Sc in Health Phys?

    Hi everyone, I am looking to work in a powerplant as a health physicist. I have been looking at requirements and they seem to be typically just a B.Sc in Health Phys + experience. Does anyone know if this is often what is needed? I am doing a dual hons in biology and physics and I want to...
  38. T

    Checking Spending Habits: How Much for Health Care?

    Hi, guys. Would you please check if my homework is correct. The graph below shows how the average consumer spends money: Education-------- 1/50 Insurance-------- 1/10 Entertainment---1/25 Health care----- -3/50 Transportation---1/5 Clothing-----------1/25 Housing----------- 8/25...
  39. wolram

    Medical New Research: Benefits of Omega-3 for General Health

    I found this item in Science daily, how will it help in general health https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160623150109.htm
  40. D

    Why Am I Constantly Angry and Unhappy Despite Efforts to Improve?

    I am literally at this point in my life where I am beyond frustrated. I am enrolled in Physics again after withdrawing from the previous semester, will be getting laid off soon from my current pt job and am just so aggravated. Just the slightest hint of conflict will cause me to explode on...
  41. J

    Can someone with chronic health issues work as an engineer?

    Hi, I'm new to these forums so please forgive me if I am posting in the wrong section. Do you think it's possible for someone with chronic health problems to work as an engineer? More specifically, someone who is a recent cancer survivor who deals with chronic fatigue, gets sick easily, etc...
  42. Utilite

    Health Physics Course: Freshmen Welcome!

    Should i take a health physics course as a freshmen? There are no prerequisites. Course Content Atomic and nuclear structure, radioactivity, interaction of radiation with matter, radiation detection and measurement, radiation dosimetry, biological effects of ionizing radiation, radiation...
  43. P

    I need some kind of propellant gas for an experiment

    For the past year or so, I've been experimenting with Isobutane. I used to get it in relatively cheap canisters of r600a from amazon.com and AliExpress, and that worked fine. Now, however, AliExpress has NO purchase options for r600a, and amazon.com will not ship it to the US, even though they...
  44. T

    Health concern about lead on components

    I know that for products produced in the EU and United States, I needn't worry about lead on components. That being said, I many times purchase products from Chinese sellers due to the low bulk price. I recently read that an electrical engineer with the tendency to chew wires while stripping...
  45. K

    Comparing Death Risks: Smoking vs. Driving in Terms of Distance

    Homework Statement Hello All, This question is from my chemistry and health section so it's not really too "chemistry-ish" but rather more mathematical I think. Thanks in advance! Q:// Smoking 1.4 cigarettes per day carries a one in a million chance of death compared with driving 50 km by...
  46. A

    Is the Online Masters in Radiation Health Physics at Oregon State University Worth It?

    I am thinking about enrolling in the online Radiation Health Physics Masters program at Oregon State University. Does anyone know of this program and whether it's credible or not?
  47. S

    Radar systems in cars - health hazard?

    Many modern cars now employ radar systems for intelligent cruise control as well as blind spot monitoring. Can the radar waves that are reflected back to the vehicle for these applications pose a health hazard to the vehicle occupants?
  48. J

    Engineering Radiological Health Engineering Student

    Hey everyone, I am a 2nd year student at Texas A&M University studying Radiological Health Engineering which is a good mix between Health Physics and Engineering. This fall I will be entering my second year and have some decisions to make. I gained a good amount of hours in high school that...
  49. Y

    Does toothpaste chemicals may be damage to our health?

    Note: My english isn't well. Everyone knows toothpaste's has chemicals in variety. Floride is the main chemical. But how do you know if its not harm your health in the future? May be it cause cancer in the future. So what precautions do you take when you brush your teeths? How long have you...
  50. S

    Physics Can Medical Physicists work as Health Physicists?

    Just wondering, can a graduate with a MS in Medical Physics work as a health physicist. Essentially they both have the same knowledge about radiation, and even my curriculum we take a course about health physics.
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