### medical procedure | surgical procedure | treatment:

Therapy
* Most therapies are symptomatic, attempting to cover up or release the dystonic spasms
  - promote a more holistic approach, which means to nurture the body, mind and spirit
  - strive to reduce symptoms
  - work best when started early in the disease process
* SOme therapies involve bathing in mud.
* Some therapies harm the kidneys or heart
  - require major changes in personal and family lifestyles
* Some therapy affects intestinal absorption
  - calcium absorption
  - reduces immune responses
* Some therapy uses estrogens
  - synthetic estrogens
* Therapies based on operant conditioning apply rewards and punishments to modify unwanted behavior
  - can come and go as quickly as the illnesses
  - cross all dimensions of health and wellness - mind, body, spirit and emotions
  - enhance work in the early childhood or school district classrooms
  - exist to prevent or delay the progression of eye disease if detected early
  - involving intraperitoneal chemotherapy are experimental only
* changes life.
* consists of maintaining a balance between diet, daily routine and activities.
* continues for years.
* destroys cancer cells and defective marrow and makes room for new marrow.
* enhances expression.
* extends life.
* focuses on changing behavior and communication among people through active interventions
  - different methods of coping with pain
  - steps
* follows treatments.
* has benefits
  - roles
* helps patients
  - people to create the lives they truly want
  - to reduce the risk of clots reaching the lung, heart, or other organs
* improves functions
  - limb functions
* includes techniques.
* intends to shape behavior through a variety of processes known as conditioning.
* involves aspects
  - changing the person's eating behaviour to control weight by appropriate methods
  - diets
  - giving patients small doses of radioactive materials to treat specific diseases
  - important steps
  - interweave aspects
  - medications that reduce aqueous production or Parasympathomimetics
  - numerous aspects
  - reliving childhood experiences as causes for anxiety
  - social aspects
  - thinking and talking about one's life and problems
* is about self-discovery and learning the skills one needs to thrive
  - working through past issues and healing
  - books
  - liver resection, transplantation, or ethanol injection into the tumour
  - love of soul
* is medical aid
* is treatment applied toward a goal of healing
  - in which the medicine is the therapeutic relationship
  - used by patients
* leads to improvement
* means treatment designed to cure.
* often focuses primarily on traumas, pains, and fears
  - involves changes in the diet to reduce discomfort
  - leads to improved function in other areas of life as well as in sexual function
* produces effects
  - significant effects
* protects against osteoporosis and reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease.
* provides benefits
  - surgical treatments
  - term survival benefits
* provides traditional surgical treatments
* reduces pain
* requires details
  - resolution
* revolves around lactose avoidance by dietary manipulation.
* saves life.
* seeks to 'change' a behavior, belief, or thought.
* shows promise results
* takes first steps
* uses approaches
  - counsel techniques
  - harmful materials
* uses structure approaches
  - teach approaches
* works with people who are seeking self-understanding and asking why questions.
* yields disappoint results
  - mix results
+ Bathing: Hygiene :: Water
  * When people talk about bathing, they most often mean being immersed in water. SOme therapies involve bathing in mud. People have also bathed in other substances, like Champagne, beans, or chocolate. A form of bathing quite common is bathing in sunlight.