BIO SCI D124 Lecture Notes - Aids, Nbc Nightly News, Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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11 Sep 2013
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Therefore, emphasis of course is on teaching important principles and concepts rather than a large collection of facts and data. Prepare students to follow current events and future developments in a critical and intelligent way. Adapt a healthy life style on a long term basis. Brief introduction to history, principles, and practice of major cam modalities. Introduction of basic principles and practice of cam: complementary and alternative medicine. Use of the latest biomedical technologies and clinical trial approaches to investigate biological. Basics on cardiovascular function, brain and neuronal function, especially autonomic system (sympathetic vs parasympathetic control0, immune system, exercise physiology, molecular/cellular pharm. Integration of the practice of cam with western medicine. Western medicine: medicine taught in medical school, not taught in medical school is called. Healthcare crisis in the us/ why americans are turning to cam. Us #1 nation of healthcare cost per person . Us ranks 28th in the world in health markers, betwee singapore and portugal and bolivia.