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Medical pluralism and kincentric care in Indigenous Australia: Yanyuwa experiences of illness and the importance of keeping company

Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
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, John Bradley, Dinah Norman a‐Marrngawi, Mavis Timothy a‐Muluwamara   +3 more
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Influence of classic massage on cardiac autonomic modulation

Fisioterapia em Movimento
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
doaj   +1 more source

Extracting vitalities: Cuts in Indigenous women's bodies‐territories (Brazil)

Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

The Comparison of Acupressure and Valerian Oil Effect on Sleep Satisfaction, Heart Rate in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Randomized Clinical Trial

مراقبت پرستاری و مامایی ابن سینا, 2018
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, Masoumeh Bagheri-Nesami, Shahrbanoo Goli, Mohamad Ali Hydari Gorji, zahra pouresmail, Jamshid Yazdani   +5 more
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Looking for trouble: A common threat‐detection mechanism underlying pain, fear, and anxiety

Mind &Language, EarlyView.
I put forward a novel cognitive architecture for pain, fear, and anxiety, according to which these three capacities are underpinned by a common threat‐detection mechanism. This mechanism takes information about potential threats as input, assesses whether the threat is actual and, if it deems it is, outputs a threat representation.
Luca Barlassina
wiley   +1 more source

Visual Icons

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Philosophers often characterize perception as image‐like. There is little agreement, however, about what constitutes an imagistic or iconic representation. This article identifies five signature properties of iconic representations endorsed in the philosophical and scientific literature: item‐richness, feature‐richness, spatiotemporal ...
Jake Quilty‐Dunn
wiley   +1 more source

Heidegger and Levinas on the phenomenology of the hand: Between work and gesture

The Southern Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Selected occupational burdens of masseur’s job – research report

Journal of Education, Health and Sport
Introduction: Aim of the work is to analyze the burdensomeness of masseurs professional activities. Material and methods: Five massage standards were selected. The subjectively perceived level of physical and mental effort during massage was determined.
Andrzej Lewandowski, Marcin Siedlaczek, Zuzanna Piekorz, Walery Zukow   +3 more
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Efficacy of 0.5% Tretinoin in the Treatment of Equine Aural Plaques

Veterinary Dermatology, EarlyView.
Background: Equine aural plaques are a benign form of auricular papillomatosis caused by equine papillomavirus. Despite the efficacy of 5% imiquimod cream, a marked local reaction is frequently observed during therapy, often requiring sedation before application.
Felipe Sperandio de Mattos, Lissandro Gonçalves Conceição, Ytalo Galinari Henrique Schuartz, Vitória Régia Melo Silva, Cintia Fernandes Fidélis, Fernanda Campos Mansur, Cristian Silva Teixeira, Yame Fabres Robaina Sancler‐Silva, Jose Paes Oliveira‐Filho, Alexandre Secorun Borges, Cristiana Raach Bromberger, José Dantas Ribeiro Filho, Marcel Ferreira Bastos Avanza, José Ricardo Barboza Silva, Raffaella Bertoni Cavalcanti Teixeira   +14 more
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Exercise during 14 days of head down tilt bedrest attenuates motor unit impairments in older humans

Experimental Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract Head‐down tilt bedrest (HDBR) models the effects of mechanical unloading on neuromuscular function. The efficacy of exercise in preserving motor unit (MU) function in older adults during HDBR remains unclear. This study investigated the effects of 14‐day HDBR on MU properties in older adults and the protective role of exercise.
Philippe St‐Martin, Jean‐Christophe Lagacé, Mathil Ruel, Ahmed Ghachem, Guillaume Léonard, Eleonor Riesco, Mathew Piasecki, Jamie S. McPhee, Isabelle J. Dionne   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source