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| Medicine in general |
| Allergies An allergy is a immune malfunction whereby a person's body is hypersensitised to react immunologically to typically nonimmunogenic substances. |
| Biological psychology Biological psychology may be looked at as a hybrid of neuroscience and psychology. Practitioners of biological psychology may use their knowledge of the brain, from neurotransmitters to the cerebral cortex to treat their patients. Others may use this knowledge to search for biological causes for common mental illnesses, such as depression and schizophrenia. |
| Cardiology Cardiology is the branch of medicine dealing with disorders of the heart and blood vessels. |
| Dental information Dentistry is the practical application of knowledge of dental science (the science of placement, arrangement, function of teeth) to human beings. |
| Immunology Immunology is a broad branch of biomedical science that covers the study of all aspects of the immune system in all organisms. |
| Informatics Discussion about informatics in the medicine branch. |
| Nursing Nursing is a discipline focused on assisting individuals, families and communities in attaining, re-attaining and maintaining optimal health and functioning. |
| Nutrition Nutrition is interpreted as the study of the organic process by which an organism assimilates and uses food and liquids for normal functioning, growth and maintenance and to maintain the balance between health and disease. |
| Pathology Pathology is the study of diseases. |
| Pharmacy Pharmacy is the profession of compounding and dispensing medication. |
| Radiology Radiology is the branch of medical science dealing with the medical use of x-ray machines or other such radiation devices. |
| Transcription In genetics, transcription is the process through which DNA is enzymatically converted into its complementary RNA. |
| Veterinary medicine Veterinary medicine is the application of medical diagnostic and therapeutic principles to companion, domestic, exotic, wildlife, and production animals. |
| Vision Visual perception is one of the senses, consisting of the ability to detect light and interpret (see) it as the perception known as sight or naked eye vision. |
| Diseases |
| Cancer Cancer is a group of diseases characterized by uncontrolled cell division and the ability of these cells to invade other tissues and spread to other areas of the body where the cells are not normally located (metastasis). |
| Chronic Fatigue Syndrome CFS is a condition of excessive fatigue, cognitive impairment and other varied symptoms. |
| Fibromyalgia Fibromyalgia is a debilitating chronic syndrome (constellation of signs and symptoms) characterized by diffuse pain, fatigue, and a wide range of other symptoms. |
| Hepatitis In medicine, hepatitis is any disease featuring inflammation of the liver. |
| Lyme disease Lyme disease is an infectious disease, caused by the Borrelia spirochete, a gram-negative microorganism. |
| Osteoporosis Osteoporosis is a disease of bone in which bone mineral density (BMD) is reduced and bone microarchitecture is disrupted. |
| Prostate |
| BPH - Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is the increase in size of the prostate in middle-aged and elderly men. |
| Prostate cancer Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer in men in the United States. |