A start has therefore been made on improving the social and economic conditions influencing Aboriginal health, but of course much more remains to be done.

The science of nutrition attempts to understand how and why specific dietary aspects influence health.

Facilitating research into the study of genes that influence human development and health.

These studies show that there are outside factors that influence health and illness.

With that as an introduction, the entire panel looked at how this might influence global health over the next few decades.

Throughout history, many doctors and patients have posited that emotions influence health.

Your employees influence health and safety through their own actions.

Psychological processes known to influence physical health are now called "psychosomatic".

"We know that praying for oneself can influence health, so that's what led us to this topic," he said.

It is not fully known what changes occur in the body during meditation; whether they influence health; and, if so, how.