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Inbreeding
Mammals, most other animals, and higher plants as well, have ways to minimize inbreeding. An inbred individual is likely to possess several physical and health defects, in addition to higher ... > more -
Eating Disorders
Eating Disorder Research
Nutrition Research
Diet and Weight Loss
Mental Health Research
Psychiatry
Eating disorder
An eating disorder is a compulsion in which the main problem is a person eats in a way which disturbs their physical health. The eating may be too excessive (compulsive over-eating), too limited ... > more -
Seasonal affective disorder
Seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, also known as winter depression is an affective, or mood disorder. Most SAD sufferers experience normal mental health throughout most of the year, but experience ... > more -
Adipose tissue
Adipose tissue, or fat, is an anatomical term for loose connective tissue composed of adipocytes. Its main role is to store energy in the form of fat, although it also cushions and insulates the ... > more -
Nutrition and pregnancy
Nutrition and pregnancy refers to the nutrient intake, and dietary planning that is undertook before, during and after pregnancy. Not only have physical disorders been linked with ill-nutrition ... > more -
Gas exchange
Gas exchange or respiration takes place at a respiratory surface; a boundary between the external environment and the interior of the body. For unicellular organisms the respiratory surface is simply ... > more -
South Beach diet
The South Beach diet, developed by Miami, Florida-area cardiologist Arthur Agatston, emphasizes the consumption of "good carbs" and "good fats." Dr. Agatston developed this diet for his cardiac ... > more -
Alternative Medicine
Sports Medicine
Attention Deficit Disorder
Healthy Aging
Breast Cancer
Diseases and Conditions
Yoga (alternative medicine)
Yoga is a healing system of theory and practice, its a combination of breathing exercises, physical postures, and meditation, practiced for over 5,000 years. A survey released in May 2004 by the ... > more -
Sports Medicine
Healthy Aging
Attention Deficit Disorder
Pregnancy and Childbirth
Fitness
Alternative Medicine
Martial arts
Martial arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for combat. Today, martial arts are studied for various reasons including combat skills, fitness, self-defense, sport, ... > more -
Growth hormone
Growth hormone is a polypeptide hormone synthesised and secreted by the anterior pituitary gland which stimulates growth and cell reproduction in humans and other vertebrate ... > more
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