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Aerobic exercise?
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Sustained exercise that increases heart and lung fitness; may also alleviate depression and anxiety.
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Biofeedback?
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A system for electronically recording, amplifying, and feeding back information regarding a subtle physiological state, such as blood pressure or muscle tension.
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Health psychology?
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A subfield of psychology that provides psychology's contribution to behavioral medicine.
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Lymphocytes?
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The two types of white blood cells that are part of the body's immune system: B lymphocytes form in the bone marrow and release antibodies that fight bacterial infections: T lymphocytes form in the thymus and, among other duties, attack cancer cells, viruses, and foreign substances.
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Psychopsysiological illness?
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Literally, "mind-body" illness; any stress-related physical illness, such as hypertension and some headaches. Note: This is distinct from hypochondriasis - misinterpreting normal physical sensations as symptoms of a disease.
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Complementary and alternative medicine?
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Unproven health care treatments not taught widely in medical schools, not used in hospitals, and not usually reimbursed by insurance companies.
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Behavioral medicine?
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An interdisciplinary field that integrates behavioral and medical knowledge and applies that knowledge to health and disease.
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Stress?
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The process by which we perceive and respond to certain events, called stressors, that we appraise as threatening or challenging.
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General adaption syndrome (GAS)?
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Selye's concept of the body's adaptive response to stress in three stages - alarm, resistance, exhaustion.
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Coronary heart disease?
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The clogging of the vessels that nourish the heart muscle; the leading cause of death in many developed countries.
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Type A?
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Friedman and Rosenman's term for competitive, hard-driving, impatient, verbally aggressive, and anger-prone people.
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Type B?
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Friedman and Rosenman's term for easygoing, relaxed people.
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