Balance in Healthcare.

• Author: Adams, James David.
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : Bentham Science Publishers,, 2021.; Ã2021.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (133 pages)

Table of Contents

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- End User License Agreement -- Contents -- Preface -- CONFLICT OF INTEREST -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION -- Balance and Lifestyle -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. LIFESTYLE AND LONGEVITY -- 3. HEALTHY DIET -- 4. SMOKING -- 5. EXERCISE -- 6. OBESITY -- 7. ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION -- 8. STRESS -- 9. BLUE ZONES -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Spirituality and Balance -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. CHRISTIANITY -- 3. ISLAMIC FAITH -- 4. HINDUISM -- 5. BUDDHISM -- 6. TAOISM -- 7. CONFUCIANISM -- 8. TRADITIONAL AFRICAN RELIGIONS -- 9. CHUMASH INDIAN RELIGION -- 9.1. Principles -- 9.2. Spanish Influence -- 9.3. Gold Mining Era -- 9.4. United States Influence -- 10. THE CHUMASH INDIAN RELIGION IS ILLEGAL IN THE US -- 10.1. First Sacred Dream -- 10.2. Second Sacred Dream -- 10.3. Third Sacred Dream -- 10.4. Fourth Sacred Dream -- 10.5. Momoy Dose -- 10.6. Vision Quests -- 10.7. Fire Tending -- 11. CARLOS CASTANEDA -- 12. PSYCHEDELIC AS A REPLACEMENT FOR SACRED MEDICINES -- 13. PICTOGRAPHS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- The Family and Balance -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. CONSEQUENCES OF FAMILY LIFE -- 3. CARING FOR FAMILY MEMBERS AT THE END OF LIFE -- 4. CARING FOR DEPRESSED FAMILY MEMBERS -- 5. CARING FOR MENTALLY ILL FAMILY MEMBERS -- 6. CHILD ABUSE -- 7. CARING FOR A CHILD WITH CEREBRAL PALSY -- 8. CARING FOR AN OBESE CHILD -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Immunity and Balance -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. GUT HEALTH AND THE IMMUNE SYSTEM -- 3. DIET AND THE IMMUNE SYSTEM -- 4. EXERCISE AND IMMUNITY -- 5. ALCOHOL -- 6. OBESITY -- 7. SENESCENCE AND THE IMMUNE SYSTEM -- 8. AUTOIMMUNE AND INFLAMMATORY DISEASES -- 9. SMOKING -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- The Endocannabinoid System and Balance -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. OBESITY -- 3. PROSTAGLANDINS AND OTHER EICOSANOIDS -- 4. PAIN AND CHRONIC PAIN -- 5. CANNABINOIDS AND ENDOCANNABINOIDS.

6. ANXIETY AND ENDOCANNABINOIDS -- 7. AUTISM -- 8. CANCER -- 9. CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME -- 10. TYPE 2 DIABETES -- 11. EPILEPSY -- 12. HIV/AIDS -- 13. IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME -- 14. MIGRAINES -- 15. MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS -- 16. OSTEOARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS -- 17. POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER -- 18. PSORIASIS -- 19. TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- The Antioxidant System and Balance -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. HYDROGEN PEROXIDE SIGNALING -- 3. CATALASE -- 4. GLUTATHIONE -- 5. GLUTATHIONYLATION -- 6. GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE -- 7. GLUTAREDOXIN/THIOREDOXIN -- 8. PEROXIREDOXIN -- 9. GAMMA-GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE -- 10. PYROGLUTAMATE -- 11. ISOPROSTANES -- 12. VITAMIN E -- 13. ANTIOXIDANTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- The Energy Balance of the Body -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. SIRTUINS -- 3. OBESITY -- 4. OXIDATIVE STRESS -- 5. EXERCISE -- 6. DIABETES -- 7. STEM CELLS -- 8. SIRTUIN INHIBITORS AND ACTIVATORS -- 9. POLY(ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASE -- 10. LONGEVITY -- 11. NIACIN -- 12. NICOTINAMIDE -- 13. OTHER NAD PRECURSORS -- 14. POLY(ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASE INHIBITORS -- 15. NADPH OXIDASE -- 16. NADH OXIDASE -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Subject Index -- Back Cover.