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Lessons
1. Wellness Go
2. Healthy Living Go

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Wellness is total good health.

Wellness not only involves treating health problems,
but also maintaining ones health.

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Holistic health is the

health of the whole
person.
Holistic health includes
fives areas of wellness:

Physical
Emotional
Social
Mental and Intellectual
Spiritual

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Western medicine, also

known as biomedical health
care, bases the cause of
health problems on
microorganisms, diseased
cells, and aging.
Holistic health care
promotes the health of the
whole person. It asserts
that the health of each part
of a person has an effect on
the persons total health.
In addition to biomedical
therapies, holistic health
care uses many other
treatment and preventative
therapies aimed at treating
all the areas of wellness.
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Alternative therapies
are methods of
treatment and
prevention that are
used in place of
biomedical therapies.
Complementary
therapies are methods
of treatment and
prevention that
combine both
alternative and
biomedical therapies.
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Alternative therapies
include:

Herbal medicine
Chinese medicine
Ayurvedic medicine
Homeopathic medicine
Chiropractic medicine
Naturopathic medicine

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The National Center for

Complementary and
Alternative Medicine:

Researches alternative and

complementary therapies
Offers professional
training and educates the
public
Promotes the combination
of scientifically-proven
alternative therapies and
biomedical therapies

It is very important that

people talk with their
physicians before using
any alternative therapies.
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Good nutrition
Regular physical activity
Adequate sleep
Effective stress
management
Access to health care
Safety
Avoiding harmful
substances
Protection from
bloodborne pathogens

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Healthy living depends on

the basic physical needs
of good nutrition, regular
physical activity, and
adequate sleep.
Eating a nutritious diet
promotes health and
reduces the risk of heart
disease, high blood
pressure, diabetes,
osteoporosis, and cancer.
People should have at
least 20 to 30 total
minutes of physical
activity each day.
The amount of sleep
required varies from
person to person.
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Stress is a part of
everyones life.
Therefore, people
should learn to manage
stress effectively.

Managing stress
reduces the risk of
digestive problems,
headaches, insomnia,
anxiety, depression,
high blood pressure,
heart disease, and
substance abuse.
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Health care helps

people prevent and
treat health problems.
To maintain health,
people should have
routine physical
examinations and
immunizations.

Many people have

health insurance plans
to pay for the costs of
health care.
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People should prevent

injuries, by using
smoke detectors,
wearing seatbelts, and
practicing other safety
precautions.
People should also be
prepared for
emergencies, including
learning first aid and
CPR and knowing their
local emergency
telephone numbers
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Harmful substances
include tobacco,
alcohol, illegal drugs,
and misused
substances, such as
medications and
inhalants.

Most harmful
substances are
physically addictive.
Using illegal drugs and
misusing other
substances may
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Bloodborne pathogens
include HBV, HCV, and
HIV.
Hepatitis B and C and
HIV/AIDS may lead to
death.

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HBV, HCV, and HIV are

transmitted through
blood, sexual
secretions, and other
body fluids.

Specifically, these
viruses may be
transmitted through the
sharing of needles or
through unprotected
sexual contact.

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If people are at risk of

being infected with
hepatitis B or C or HIV,
they should be tested
regularly.
Physicians, hospitals,
and local health
departments offer
testing.

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Anonymous and
confidential HIV testing
must be available to all
people.
People who have
HIV/AIDS have the
same rights as all other
U.S. citizens, including
rights to privacy, health
care, public benefits,
and nondiscrimination.
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