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( Physician)
A physician, medical practitioner or medical doctor who practices medicine, and is concerned with maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease and injury. This is accomplished through a detailed knowledge of anatomy, physiology, diseases and treatment — the science of medicine — and its applied practice — the art or craft of medicine. The word physician f?s?? (physis) and its derived adjective physikos, meaning "nature" and "natural". From this, amongst other derivatives came the Vulgar Latin physicus, which meant a medical practitioner. After the Norman Conquest, the word entered Middle English via Old French fisicien, as early as 1100. Originally, physician meant a practitioner of physic (pronounced with a hard C). This archaic noun had entered Middle English by 1300 (via Old French fisique). Physic meant the art or science of treatment with drugs or medications (as opposed to surgery), and was later used both as a verb and also to describe the medications themselves.[1][2][3] In English, there have been many synonyms for physician, both old and new, with some semantic variation. The noun phrase medical practitioner is perhaps the most widely understood and neutral synonym. Medical practitioner is lengthy but inclusive it covers both medical specialists and general practitioners (family physician, family practitioner), and historically would include physicians (in the narrow sense), surgeons or apothecaries. In England, apothecaries historically included those who now would be called general practitioners and pharmacists. The term doctor (medical doctor) is older and shorter (see doctor of medicine), but can be confused with holders of other academic doctorates. Doctor (gen. doctoris) means teacher in Latin and is an agentive noun derived from the verb docere ('teach').[4] In French, médecin (doctor, physician) is a contraction of docteur médecin, a direct equivalent of doctor of medicine. In current French idiom, the term toubib, is now a synonym, derived from Arabic ???? (tabib, physician).
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Naturopathy and 3 tips for coping with anxiety by Dennis Manz
Naturopathy or naturopathic medicine consists of a system or method that employs no surgery or synthetic drugs. Naturopathic medicine includes such therapies as special diets, herbs, vitamins, massage, etc., to assist the natural healing process. Nat...
Boston Marathon: Get Inspired to Improve Your Fitness by Dr. Doug Fullington
Can You Run the Boston Marathon?
I was watching an episode of Nova with my daughter recently. The episode was about a group of novices training for the Boston Marathon. There were 13 people ranging in age from their 20s to...
Turn Holiday Stress Into Good Cheer by Dr. Doug Fullington
Holidays are a wonderful time of year. Good cheer fills the air, and we get to enjoy the decorations and the aroma of the baking. However, the holidays do not just bring happiness. This time of year can be very stressful - shopping for gifts on a lim...
Eat Healthy by Eating Rainbows by Dr. Doug Fullington
One of my patients recently made dramatic progress in losing weight by following some very simple steps. Since I last saw him six months ago, he significantly improved his diet and started exercising to lose 30 pounds. His cholesterol dropped 45 poin...
How to Exercise With Type 1 and 2 Diabetes by Donald Mckenzie JR
Although many people believe diabetics render you helpless, exercise is a big help in controlling the negative side affects. Here is a great example of how a diabetic person should exercise without endangering themselves.
A very easy tip for ...
Tackling the new epidemic - Obesity by Alfred Anderson
What is obesity? Obesity is characterized by an increase in the size and number of fat cells in the body, which leads to an excessive accumulation of body fat. On average, overweight and obese individuals have higher blood glucose and cholesterol va...
Can Obese Physicians Help People Live a Healthier Life? by Andrea Pelin
Patients treated by obese physicians don’t always properly follow their doctor’s advice concerning losing weight. Obesity advice given by overweight physicians does not carry the same effect with patients as similar advice given by fit physicians, ac...
Child Care by Jyoti Mali
For every parent health of their children is the most important concern. Children are very choosy when it comes to eating nutritious food. They get attracted more towards junk foods like burgers, chocolates, ice creams, and chips etc. that never cont...
Cortisol, Testosterone, Insulin, and Growth Hormone Imbalances due to Stress by Deborah Matthew
We know that stress is not healthy. The extent of the physiologic changes that occur are significant. By getting a better understanding of the changes that can occur, we hope that our readers will make an active effort to address the underlying cause...
Anti-Aging Physicians: What to know before choosing one . . . And why it?s important to have one by Barbara Morris, R.Ph.
Copyright 2006 Barbara Morris, R.Ph.
Before looking for an alternative or anti-aging doctor, you must do several things.
First: Educate yourself. If you have a specific medical condition, learn as much as you can about available treatment...
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