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Indigenous medicine among the Bedouin in the Middle East
Modern medicine has penetrated Bedouin tribes in the course of rapid urbanization and education, but when serious illnesses strike, particularly in the case of incurable diseases, even educated people turn to traditional medicine for a remedy. Over the course of 30 years, the author gathered data on traditional Bedouin medicine among pastoral-nomadic, semi-nomadic, and settled tribes. Based on interviews with healers, clients, and other active participants in treatments, this book will contribute to renewed thinking about a synthesis between traditional and modern medicine — to their reciprocal enrichment.
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Cross-National Comparison of Middle Eastern University Students: Help-Seeking Behaviors, Attitudes Toward Helping Professionals, and Cultural Beliefs About Mental Health Problems
This study is the first to use identical data collection processes and instruments in Egypt, Kuwait, Palestine, and Israeli Arab communities regarding help-seeking behaviors and attitudes towards perceived cultural beliefs about mental health problems. Data is based on a survey sample of 716, undergraduate students in the 4 countries, 61% female and 39% male. Results indicate that respondents within the various countries, based on nationality, gender and level of education, vary in terms of recognition of personal need, beliefs about mental health problems (i.e. stigmatization), and the use of traditional healing methods versus modern approaches to psychiatric therapy. The conclusion discusses differences between our respondents’ expectations and prevailing mental health service provision and delivery.
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Functional foods of the East / edited by John Shi, Chi-Tang Ho, Fereidoon Shahidi
In the broad history of the East, plants have been used for thousands of years to maintain health and to treat diseases. Increased consumer focus on these ancient remedies has enhanced their importance for possible use in development of high quality natural health products and dietary supplements. Highlighting their diverse roles as food and medicine, this book covers history and trends in this area, exploring the development of new foods and the enrichment and foritification of existing foods with bioactive ingredients.
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Functional Foods of the East
Though it was Hippocrates who coined the phrase in the West, physicians in the East have long known that food is medicine and medicine is food. Highlighting traditional functional foods from all over the upper and lower Asian continent as well as the Middle East, this volume looks at their history, functionality, and health benefits; their physiological properties; and the mechanisms of their anti-cancer and anti-aging action. It covers processing technology, storage, and material sources as well as commercial, social, and economic aspects.
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RICHMOND HILL, Ont. (CP) - It's \"outrageous\" that some merchants are absorbing the federal government's GST cut instead of passing the savings on to consumers, but Ottawa can't do much about it, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty conceded Wednesday. \"They're reducing the GST from seven to six, which is their legal obligation, and then they're imposing new charges on the people that they're serving,\" he said. \"I bought a house when they were $29,900 and now they're $200,000 so I'm happy it's still here,\" he said.
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