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“Me and God, We're Good”: Abortion Morality and Protestant Women Having Abortions in the South
ABSTRACT This study examines how 84 Protestant women in the South understand the morality of their abortion decisions, offering a nuanced perspective on the complex relationship between religion and abortion and revealing that many women navigate abortion decisions with theological depth, moral reasoning, and a profound sense of responsibility.
Rebecca Todd Peters
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Influence of classic massage on cardiac autonomic modulation
Introduction: Massage can be defined as the rhythmic and smooth manipulation of body tissues, with the aim to promote health and well-being. Objective: To assess the influence of classic massage on cardiac autonomic modulation.
Mário Augusto Paschoal
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Abstract Traditional medicine—including complementary, integrative, Indigenous, and ancestral practices—remains a vital source of healthcare for billions worldwide, particularly in the Global South. Despite its widespread use and biomedical relevance, traditional medicinal knowledge has long been excluded from dominant intellectual property systems ...
Tolulope Anthony Adekola
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Introduction: The aim of this study was to compare the effect of acupressure and valerian oil on sleep satisfaction, heart rate and Heart Rate Variability in patients with acute coronary syndrome.
Somayeh Rezaie +5 more
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Background: These days, most of the admitted infants in neonatal intensive care units (NICU) are premature infants. Infant massage and prone position has been recommended for several decades to have a positive effect on preterm and low birth weight ...
Azamolmolouk Elsagh +3 more
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Influence of Moderate Training on Gait and Work Capacity in Fibromyalgia Patients: A Preliminary Field Study [PDF]
This field study examined the influence of moderate intensity training on gait patterns and work capacity of individauls with fibromyalgia syndrome (FS).
Dawson, Kimberley A. +2 more
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Abstract For over four decades we have collaborated as a team of anthropologists and Indigenous Elders of the Yanyuwa language group. The Yanyuwa are the Indigenous owners of lands and waters in Australia's Gulf of Carpentaria. While medicalized healthcare has not been our specific research focus, wellness and ill health have been recurring themes ...
Amanda Kearney +3 more
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Massage of Children with Bronchopulmonary Di- seases [PDF]
У статті подано аналіз застосування масажу як засобу фізичної реабілітації в дітей із бронхо- легеневими захворюваннями. Основна мета масажу при бронхо- легеневих захворюваннях – урівноваження основних нервових процесів у ЦНС, покращення дренажної ...
Ivasik, Natalia +3 more
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Extracting vitalities: Cuts in Indigenous women's bodies‐territories (Brazil)
Abstract In this article, I explore the connections between the medicalization of childbirth and environmental devastation through Guarani‐Mbyá understandings of life and the living. I argue that the cuts made to Guarani‐Mbyá women's vaginas (episiotomies) in Brazilian hospitals are experienced and situated on the same cosmopolitical level as the cuts ...
Maria Paula Prates
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Heidegger and Levinas on the phenomenology of the hand: Between work and gesture
Abstract This article explores how Heidegger and Levinas develop distinct phenomenological accounts of the hand. Both thinkers refuse to treat the hand as merely an anatomical organ, instead viewing it as an essential dimension of human existence. Yet their interpretations diverge sharply. In the first section, I show how Heidegger grounds the function
Cristian Ciocan
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