Aristotle saw that the striving of humanity was toward being well - a physical, mental and spiritual state where life flourished. A contemporary definition of health recognizes that disease and disability can and often do co-exist with wellness. In this new conception, health is transformed from a state that requires the absence of disease to a state where the central theme is the fullness of life. Health becomes not a static state of being, but a dynamic quality of living where body, mind, and spirit are fully employed to make the most of each day.
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Adv Ther
January 2025
Bristol Myers Squibb, 1-2-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-0004, Japan.
Introduction: This retrospective claims analysis characterized contemporary ulcerative colitis (UC) treatment patterns and investigated the economic burden of UC in Japan.
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Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open
January 2025
Academia de Chirurgia Plastica Mario Mendanha, Rua das Laranjeiras, Porto, Portugal.
Background: Plastic surgery aims to enhance patients' positive features and improve perceived flaws without seeking complete transformation. The body is a living organism, not a sculptural object to be reshaped at will. Aesthetic standards are influenced by subjective factors, including technology and social media's effect on self-perception and beauty ideals.
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View Article and Find Full Text PDFHeart Lung Circ
January 2025
Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia; National Capital Private Hospital, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
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View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe purpose of this paper is to reformulate the concept of interpretation in a way that better reflects the interpsychic and processive dimensions of this concept as increasingly represented in psychoanalytic writings. Implicit in my redefinition is the view that, while the interpretive process is essential to therapeutic action, the notion of is an artificial and problematic way of viewing the work of analysis. In this paper I will review an expanded definition of interpretation as developed through the writings of Hans Loewald and elaborated by more contemporary thinkers such as Sheldon Bach, Ronald Britton, and Antonino Ferro.
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