Noun

Singular health

Plural usually uncountable; plural healths

health (usually uncountable; plural healths)

  1. A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity; wellness.
  2. The state of being free of physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction.
  3. Physical condition.
  4. Emotional condition.
  5. The overall level of function of an organism from the cellular (micro) level to the social (macro) level.
  6. (countable) A toast to prosperity.
    • 2002, Joshua Scodel, Excess and the Mean in Early Modern English Literature‎, page 213:
      Strikingly, however, Waller does not deny but rather revels in the claim that healths lead to excessive drinking

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Mon Jul 6 01:16:48 2009

Health is generally defined as being "a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity" according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

In 1986, the WHO, in the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, said that health is "a resource for everyday life, not the objective of living. Health is a positive concept emphasizing social and personal resources, as well as physical capacities." Classification systems such as the WHO Family of International Classifications (WHO-FIC), which is composed of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) and the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) also define health.

Overall health is achieved through a combination of physical, mental, emotional, and social well-being, which, together is commonly referred to as the Health Triangle.

Aspects of health

Physical health

Main article: Physical fitness

Physical fitness refers to body health, and is the result of regular exercise, proper diet and nutrition, and proper rest for physical recovery.

A strong indicator of the health of localized population is its average height or weight, which generally increases with improved nutrition and health care. This is also influenced by the standard of living and quality of life. Genetics also plays a major role in people's height. The study of human growth, its regulators, and implications is known as Auxology.

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Sun Jul 5 23:34:32 2009

How does health insurance work in the US?
Q. I am a non-US citizen and need this information to do a case. Specifically: 1) Is health insurance compulsory for everyone? 2) What happens if someone cannot afford it? 3) In the event that a medical procedure needs to be done, does health insurance cover all the bills? Does the patient need to pay anything extra? 4) Does the patient have any say over what kind of procedure he can take? Say if 2 treatments are available for his condition, can the patient choose the more expensive treatment? And if so, is it covered by the insurance? Thanks for reading this. Your help in answering any part of the questions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks to those who have responded so far. I would like to further ask: Does a health insurance… [cont.]
Asked by synchronised - Sun Mar 4 02:13:00 2007 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. You've asked a very broad question. There is no simple answer. In truth, health insurance works a little differently in each state. To answer your specific questions: 1) No, health insurance is not compulsory for everyone. If you're lucky, you are able to join a group policy at work. (If you're really lucky, it's a good policy and the employer pays at least half of it.) Some states have recently made it compulsory, but that's such a recent change that there's no clear cut answer yet for how that's going to work. 2) What happens if someone can't afford it is... they don't get it, usually. Except if your income puts you below the "poverty level", in which case you qualify for Medicaid. (In some states there are programs that… [cont.]
Answered by ISOintelligentlife - Sun Mar 4 02:38:02 2007

What are some health websites doctor's use to research information?
Q. I'm trying to find some additional health information on some conditions, but would like to know some websites that doctors use themselves. Sites that are different from the typical WebMD and Yahoo! Health.
Asked by acron_23 - Wed Nov 7 12:36:29 2007 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Here is a main one: Free golden links for Doctors: Here are other ones that may already be posted on the above link, but might not be: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Textbooks to read online: And another Merck website and on the right hand side, you can click to go to more doctor information sites:
Answered by abijann - Wed Nov 7 13:19:40 2007

What health risks could arise from the previous tenant of my apartment dying in the apartment?
Q. I moved into an apartment three months ago and have since found out that the young man who was the last tenant of the apartment died IN the apartment. I do not know how or where he died in the apartment, only that he was in his early twenties. Could there be any health risks for me living here?
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  • The best six doctors anywhere And no one can deny it Are sunshine, water, rest, and air Exercise and diet. These six will gladly you attend If only you are willing Your mind they'll ease Your will they'll mend And charge you not a shilling.
    • Anonymous nursery rhyme set to the tune of "Yankee Doodle", quoted in "The Health Club" in School Life, Vol. IV (January - June 1920), p. 17
  • I am pretty sure that, if you will be quite honest, you will admit that a good rousing sneeze, one that tears open your collar and throws your hair into your eyes, is really one of life's sensational pleasures.
    • Robert Benchley, in "Hiccoughing Makes Us Fat" in No Poems: or Around the World Backwards and Sideways (1932)
  • I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill and is not obliged to work till one is better.
  • Thank Him for health. Consecrate it as His trust to innocent enjoyment, manly effort, social usefulness, and preparation for an honorable and holy career.
    • William Ellery Channing, reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 299.
  • Tous les jours, à tous points de vue, je vais de mieux en mieux.
    • Day by day, in every way, I'm getting better and better.
      • Émile Coué, in his auto-suggestive formula for health, as quoted in The Practice of Autosuggestion by the Method of Emile Coué (1922) by Cyrus Harry Brooks
    • Variant translation: Every day, in every way, I'm getting better and better.
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