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Medical specialties

  • Allergy, the medical specialty dealing with the treatment of asthma and allergies
  • Andrology, the medical specialty that deals with male health
  • Anesthesiology, the medical specialty that deals with the administration of anesthesia
  • Angiology, the medical specialty which studies the diseases of circulatory system and of the lymphatic system
  • Aviation medicine, a branch of preventive or occupational medicine in which the patients/subjects are pilots and aircrews
  • Bariatrics, the branch of medicine that deals with the causes, prevention, and treatment of obesity
  • Cardiology, the branch of medicine pertaining to the heart
  • Cosmetic surgery, a subspecialty of medicine and surgery that uniquely restricts itself to the enhancement of appearance through surgical and medical techniques
  • Cytopathology, a branch of pathology that studies and diagnoses diseases on the cellular level
  • Dentistry, the science and art of preventing, diagnosing and treating diseases, injuries and malformations of the teeth, jaws and mouth
  • Dermatology, a branch of medicine dealing with the skin and its appendages (hair, sweat glands, etc)
  • Disaster Medicine, the area of physician medical specialization serving the duel areas of providing medical care to disaster survivors and providing medically related disaster preparation, disaster planning, disaster response and disaster recovery leadership throughout the disaster life cycle
  • Drug addiction, the area of medicine dealing with the treatment of substance addiction
  • Emergency medicine, a branch of medicine that is practiced in a hospital emergency department, in the field by emergency medical service, such as paramedics, and other locations where initial medical treatment of illness takes place
  • Endocrinology, a branch of medicine dealing with disorders of the endocrine system and its specific secretions called hormones
  • Environmental medicine, a medical discipline that studys the interactions between environment and human health, the cause of disease as caused by environmental factors including chemical, physical and biological agents
  • Epidemiology, the study of factors affecting the health and illness of populations, and serves as the foundation and logic of interventions made in the interest of public health and preventive medicine
  • Gastroenterology, the branch of medicine where the digestive system and its disorders are studied
  • General practice, the branch of medicine dealing with primary care and family medicine
  • Geriatrics, the branch of medicine that focuses on health promotion and the prevention and treatment of disease and disability in later life
  • Gerontology, the study of aging covering the social, psychological and biological aspects of aging
  • Gynecology/Obstetrics, the branch of medicine dealing with the surgical management of the entire scope of clinical pathology involving female reproductive organs, and to provide care for both pregnant and non-pregnant patients
  • Health informatics or medical informatics, the intersection of information science, computer science and health care
  • Hematology, the branch of biology (physiology), pathology, clinical laboratory, internal medicine, and pediatrics that is concerned with the study of blood, the blood-forming organs, and blood diseases
  • Hepatology, the branch of medicine that incorporates study of liver, gallbladder, biliary tree and pancreas as well as management of their disorders
  • Hyperbaric Medicine, the medical use of oxygen at a higher than atmospheric pressure
  • Immunology, a broad branch of biomedical science that covers the study of all aspects of the immune system in all organisms
  • Infectious diseases, branch of medicine dealing with disease resulting from the presence of pathogenic microbial agents, including viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa, multicellular parasites, and aberrant proteins known as prions
  • Internal medicine, the branch and specialty of medicine concerning the diagnosis and nonsurgical treatment of diseases in adults, especially of internal organs
  • Intensive care medicine or Critical Care Medicine, a branch of medicine concerned with the provision of life support or organ support systems in patients who are critically ill and who usually require intensive monitoring
  • Medical genetics, the application of genetics to medicine encompassing many different individual fields, including clinical genetics, biochemical genetics, cytogenetics, molecular genetics, the genetics of common diseases (such as neural tube defects), and genetic counseling
  • Medical sonography or Ultrasonography, an ultrasound-based diagnostic medical imaging technique used to visualize muscles, tendons, and many internal organs, their size, structure and any pathological lesions with real time tomographic images
  • Military medicine, specifically a branch of occupational medicine attending to the medical risks and needs (both preventive and interventional) of soldiers, sailors and other service members
  • Nephrology, a branch of internal medicine and pediatrics dealing with the study of the function and diseases of the kidney
  • Neuroimaging, the use of various techniques to either directly or indirectly image the structure, function/pharmacology of the brain
  • Neurology, a branch of medicine dealing with disorders of the nervous system
  • Neuromuscular Medicine, an emerging subspecialty of medicine which focuses on the comprehensive medical management of individuals with neuromuscular disorders
  • Neuroradiology, a subspecialty of radiology focusing on the diagnosis and characterization of abnormalites of the central nervous system, spine, and head and neck
  • Nuclear medicine, a branch of medicine and medical imaging that uses the nuclear properties of matter in diagnosis and therapy
  • Occupational safety and health, a cross-disciplinary area concerned with protecting the safety, health and welfare of people engaged in work or employment
  • Oncology, the branch of medicine that studies tumors (cancer) and seeks to understand their development, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention
  • Ophthalmology, the branch of medicine which deals with the diseases and surgery of the visual pathways, including the eye, brain, and areas surrounding the eye, such as the lacrimal system and eyelids
  • Orthopedic surgery, the branch of surgery concerned with acute, chronic, traumatic, and overuse injuries and other disorders of the musculoskeletal system
  • Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine, an approach to manual therapy used to improve the impaired or altered function of the musculo-skeletal system (somatic dysfunction)
  • Otolaryngology, the branch of medicine that specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of ear, nose, throat, and head & neck disorders
  • Paleopathology, the study of ancient diseases (useful in understanding the past history of diseases, and uses this understanding to predict its course in the future)
  • Palliative medicine, any form of medical care or treatment that concentrates on reducing the severity of disease symptoms, rather than providing a cure
  • Pain management, the discipline of medicine concerned with the relief of pain.
  • Pathology, the study and diagnosis of disease through examination of organs, tissues, cells and bodily fluids
  • Pediatrics, the branch of medicine that deals with the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents
  • Pharmacology, the study of how drugs interact with living organisms to produce a change in function
  • Phlebology, the medical discipline that involves the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of venous origin
  • Physical medicine and rehabilitation or physiatry, a branch of medicine dealing with functional restoration of a person affected by physical disability
  • Podiatry, a field of healthcare devoted to the study and treatment of disorders of the foot, ankle, and the knee, leg and hip (collectively known as the lower extremity).
  • Preventive medicine, the part of medicine engaged with preventing disease rather than curing it
  • Psychiatry, a branch of medicine which exists to study, prevent, and treat mental disorders in humans
  • Pulmonology, the specialty that deals with diseases of the lungs and the respiratory tract
  • Radiation oncology, is the medical use of ionizing radiation as part of cancer treatment to control malignant cells
  • Radiology, the medical specialty directing medical imaging technologies to diagnose and sometimes treat diseases
  • Rehabilitation medicine, a branch of medicine dealing with functional restoration of a person affected by physical disability
  • Reproductive endocrinology, a surgical subspecialty of obstetrics and gynecology that addresses hormonal functioning as it pertains to reproduction
  • Rheumatology, a subspecialty of internal medicine and pediatrics is devoted to the diagnosis and therapy of rheumatic diseases
  • Serology, the scientific study of blood serum
  • Sexual health, the branch of medicine that deals with fertility and birth control
  • Sleep Medicine, the branch of medicine that deals with sleep and seep disorders
  • Sports medicine, an interdisciplinary subspecialty of medicine that deals with the treatment

and preventive care of athletes, both amateur and professional

  • Surgery, a medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury, to help improve bodily function or appearance, or sometimes for some other reason
  • Toxicology, the study of the adverse effects of chemicals on living organisms
  • Transplantation medicine, the branch of medicine that deals with organ transplantation
  • Urology , the branch of medicine that focuses on the urinary tracts of males and females, and on the reproductive system of males

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Medical information

Diseases

Nutrition

5 A Day - 7-Dehydrocholesterol - ATP-binding cassette family - Acceptable daily intake - American Association of Nutritional Consultants - American Dietetic Association - Animal fat - Atwater system - Auxology - Avitaminosis - Biological Value - Blood sugar regulation - Body fat percentage - Body mass index - Body volume index - British Dietetic Association - Bromatology - Calorie - Camino Magico - Carbohydrate - China Project - Chinese food therapy - Cholesterol - Choline - Clostridial necrotizing enteritis - Complete protein - Consumer Education Foundation - Danone International Prize for Nutrition - Defatting - Dehydration - Diabetes mellitus - Diet and cancer - Diet and heart disease - Diet food - Diet for a Small Planet - Dietary Reference Intake - Dietary fiber - Dietary mineral - Dieting - Dietitians of Canada - Dunn Human Nutrition Unit - Eco-nutrition - Edible protein per unit area of land - Empty calorie - Ergosterol - Essential amino acid - Essential nutrient - European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition - Evolution of Vitamin C - Evolution of dietary antioxidants - Fasting - Fasting and abstinence in the Roman Catholic Church - Fat - Fat tax - Fatty acid - Flavonoid - Fluid balance - Food composition databases - Food contaminants - Food craving - Food energy - Food for the Brain Foundation - Food groups - Food supplements - Foodborne illness - Force-feeding - Freshman fifteen - Fructose - Functional food - GalP (protein) - Galactose - Glucose - Gluten - Glycemic index - Glycemic load - Glycogen - Gut loading - Health claims on food labels - Healthy diet - Hyperalimentation - Hyperglycemia - Indigenous Australian food groups - Inositol - Insitute of Medicine Equation - Insulin index - Interesterified fat - International Union of Nutritional Sciences - Intuitive eating - Iodide as an antioxidant - Isotel - Lauric acid - Leaf protein concentrate - Liquid diet - List of diets - List of omega-3 fatty acids - List of standard amino acids - List of vegan foods - Malnutrition - Meatless Monday - Medical food - Medical research related to low-carbohydrate diets - Monounsaturated fat - MyPyramid - National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control - Negative calorie - Net protein utilization - Nut (fruit) - Nutraceutical - Nutrient - Nutrient density - Nutrigenomics - Nutrition and pregnancy - Nutrition facts label - Nutrition physiology - Nutrition scale - NutritionDay - Nutritional Therapist - Nutritional genomics - Nutritional rating systems - Nutritionism - Nutritionist - Obesity - Oligosaccharide - Oncomodulin - Organic feeding disorders - Osteophagy - Overnutrition - Overweight - Oxygen radical absorbance capacity - PDCAAS - Patient refusal of nutrition and hydration - Peonidin - Peptide YY - Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption Act - Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine - Phytic acid - Phytochemical - Phytoestrogens - Polyunsaturated fat - Portion control (dieting) - Potential effects of tea on health - Protein - Protein Dispersibility Index - Protein combining - Protein in nutrition - Pterostilbene - Punicalagins - Quercetin - Rehydration - Salt equivalent - Saprotrophic nutrition - Saturated fat - Schofield equation - Serving size - Slow Food - Soft diet - SparkPeople - Sports nutrition - Sprouting - Starch - Stress hyperglycemia - Sugar - Superfruit - Tannin - Thermogenics - Tiger's Milk - Total parenteral nutrition - Townsend Letter - Trans fat - Underweight - United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry - Unsaturated fat - User talk:Miller17CU94/Archive 3 - User:Zephyris/BVDraft - Veganism - Vitamin - Vitamin C megadosage - Weight cutting - Weight loss

Injuries

Achilles tendon rupture - Anterior cruciate ligament injury - Australian rules football injuries - Back injury - Bankart lesion - Battle's sign - Bite - Black eye - Blast injury - Blood blister - Blunt trauma - Bodily harm - Bone fracture - Bruise - Burn (injury) - Cauda equina syndrome - Celebratory gunfire - Charley horse - Chemical burn - Coccydynia - Crush syndrome - Crushing - Degloving - Deviated septum - Direct inguinal hernia - Disfigurement - Electric shock - Epistaxis - Eye injury - Falling - Falls prevention - Frostbite - Greenstick fracture - Gunshot injury - Hair tourniquet - Head injury - Healing - Hill-Sachs lesion - Hip pointer - Indirect inguinal hernia - Inguinal hernia - Injury - Internal bleeding - Jammed finger - Joint dislocation - Million-Dollar Wound - Paper cut - Paraplegia - Penetrating trauma - Plica Syndrome - Railway spine - Reverse bite injury - Road rash - Separated shoulder - Shoulder problems - Soft tissue injury - Sports injuries - Sprain - Sprained ankle - Stabbing - Stinger (medicine) - Strain (injury) - Stress fracture - Trigger point - Unhappy triad - Walking wounded - Whiplash (medicine) - Wound


Symptoms

Abdominal guarding - Aboulia - Absence seizure - Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans - Alexithymia - Amaurosis fugax - Amenorrhoea - Angor animi - Anhedonia - Anorexia (symptom) - Anosognosia - Anxiety - Apyrexy - Ascites - Asthenia - Ataxia - Athymhormia - Atonic seizure - Aura (symptom) - Automatic behavior - Avolition - Azotemia - B symptoms - Baby acne - Black Pox - Bloating - Brachioradial pruritis - Bradycardia - Brain zaps - Bronchorrhea - Bubo - Burping - Butterflies in the stomach - Cachexia - Canga's bead symptom - Cataplexy - Chancre - Chest pain - Closed-eye hallucination - Collapse (medical) - Complex partial seizure - Compulsive hoarding - Constipation - Coprolalia - Cough - Delusion - Delusional parasitosis - Depression (mood) - Diaphoresis - Diarrhea - Diplopia - Directed attention fatigue - Disordered eating - Dizziness - Drooling - Drop attack - Dysdiadochokinesia - Dysesthesia - Dysmetria - Dyspepsia - Dysphagia - Dyspnea - Dysuria - Epistaxis - Erythema chronicum migrans - Euthymia (medicine) - Exercise induced nausea - Exercise intolerance - Eye circles - Fainting - Fasciculation - Fatigue (medical) - Fever - Fever of unknown origin - Flaccid paralysis - Focal seizures - Form constant - Formication - Galactorrhea - Gelastic seizure - Globus pharyngis - Glossodynia - Haemolacria - Hairy leukoplakia - Hallucination - Headache - Heartburn - Hematemesis - Hemiplegia - Hemoptysis - Herxheimer reaction - Hiccup - Hyperesthesia - Hyperpyrexia - Hyperreflexia - Hyperventilation - Hypoesthesia - Hypotonia - Hypoventilation - Ideas of reference - Indigestion - Inflammation - Intermittent claudication - Intrusive thoughts - Itch - Jacksonian seizure - Koilocyte - Koilocytosis - Lightheadedness - Low back pain - Mass effect (medicine) - Medically unexplained physical symptoms - Melena - Meteoropathy - Milia - Monoarthritis - Mucopurulent discharge - Mucositis - Muscle weakness - Myalgia - Myerson's sign - Myxedematous psychosis - Nasal congestion - Nausea - Nocturia - Obdormition - Oculogyric crisis - Orchialgia - Oscillopsia - Overeating - Palpitation - Parageusia - Paralysis - Paresthesia - Paronychia - Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea - Pathognomonic - Pel-Ebstein fever - Polydipsia - Polyuria - Postoperative fever - Prodrome - Pruritus ani - Pseudodiarrhea - Psychogenic polydipsia - Purpura - Radial neuropathy - Rash - Renal colic - Retching - Rhinorrhea - Rigor (medicine) - SLUD - Seizure - Self-hatred - Smoker's cough - Sputum - Stomatitis - Strangury - Stupor - Symptom - Tardive dyskinesia - Tetanic contraction - Tetany (medical sign) - Tic - Tonic-clonic seizure - Tourettism - Traveler's diarrhea - Tremor - Ulcer - Urinary retention - Urinary urgency - Vaginal bleeding - Vertigo (medical) - Vomiting - Waxy flexibility - Weight loss - Xerostomia


Prevention

Abductor wedge - Air ioniser - Air purifier - Alyx - Ankle-foot orthosis - Artificial limb - Asthma spacer - AutoAnalyzer - Autoclave - Autoclave tape - Autoinjector - Automated external defibrillator - Bag valve mask - Banana bag - Barouh Berkovits - Becton Dickinson - Bedpan - Bili light - Bioartificial liver device - Biotelemetry - Blood-sampling device - Bodok seal - Bone wax - CPR mask - Cannula - Cardiopulmonary bypass - Carotid Doppler machine - Cath lab - Caustic pencil - Cerebral shunt - Cervical collar - Clyster - Contrast-enhanced ultrasound - Cooling vest - Crash cart - Crosby-Kugler capsule - Crutch - Cutting balloon - Davis & Geck - Defibrillation - Diathermy - Duoderm - Durable medical equipment - EasyStand - Electric Heating Pouch - Electromagnetic Diaphragm - Emesis basin - Endobronchial valve - Endoscopy - Endotracheal tube - Esthesiometer - Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation - Face shield - Fetal stethoscope - Fetoscopy - Fiberscope - Forceps in childbirth - French catheter scale chart - Gait belt - Gamgee Tissue - Gauze - Global Harmonization Task Force - Guglielmi Detachable Coil - Halo (medicine) - Heating pad - Heparin-coated blood oxygenator - High Frequency Ventilation - Home medical equipment - Horsley-Clarke apparatus - Hot water bottle - Hoveround - Hydrocollator - Hyfrecator - Hyperbaric medicine - Hypodermic needle - Infusion pump - Jet injector - Jet ventilation - Karman cannula - Kelly (tool) - Kidney dish - Laryngoscope - Laser microtome - Ligature (medicine) - Lithotriptor - Litter (rescue basket) - Liver dialysis - Luminetx Corporation - Lung counter - MENS - MedicAlert - Medical device - Medical equipment - Medical gloves - Medical maggots - Medical monitor - Medical pipeline gas supply - Medical ultrasonography - Medrad Inc. - Military Anti-Shock Trousers - Mobility scooter - Multileaf collimator - Nasal cannula - Nasogastric intubation - Nasopharyngeal airway - Nebulizer - Needle gauge comparison chart - Orchidometer - Orthosis - Osteomed - Ostomy pouching system - Otoscope - Oxygen concentrator - Oxygen mask - PFLEX - Palatal obturator - Peak flow meter - Pedorthist - Peep Valve - Pegleg - Pessary - Pill splitting - Plethysmograph - Positive airway pressure - Prosorba column - Prosthesis - Punctal plugs - Reflex hammer - Respironics, Inc. - Resuscitator - SAM Splint - Scanning laser ophthalmoscopy - Scrubs (clothing) - Sengstaken-Blakemore tube - Sensitive Skin - Sharko Shower - Silvercel - Simple face mask - Smart Shirt - Smart wheelchair - Sonicaid - Sound (medical instrument) - Speculum (medical) - Sphygmomanometer - Spinal cord stimulator - Spinal fixation device - Standing frame - Stethoscope - Stretcher - Support surface - Surgical cast - Surgical mask - Surgical tourniquet - Syrette - Syringe - Sysmex XT-2000i - Tonometry - Tourniquet - Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulator - Transtibial prosthesis - Trocar - Truss (medicine) - Tubex - Unna's boot - Urine collection device - User:Owain.davies/Defibrillation - Vacutainer - Vaginal ring - Varian Medical Systems - Ventouse - Venturi mask - Videoscope - Vista imaging - Wartenberg wheel - Watson capsule - Wheelbench - Wheelchair - Whirlwind wheelchair - Worth 4 dot test

Medical tests

Abdominojugular test - Abreugraphy - Agar diffusion test - Alpha wave - Ankle brachial pressure index - Anoscopy - Apley grind test - Apt test - Arterial blood gas - Assessment of suicide risk - Auscultation - Autoinoculation - BASDAI - Bence Jones protein - Biological Terrain Assessment - Biopsy - Blood culture - Blood glucose monitoring - Bloodletting - Bone marrow examination - Bone mineral density - CHADS Score - Capnography - Captopril challenge test - Cardiac catheterization - Cardiotocograph - Cardiotocography - Central venous pressure - Cervical conization - Colonoscopy - Coombs test - Cystoscopy - Diagnostic test - Diascopy - Differential staining - Dilute Russell's viper venom time - Direct agglutination test - Duplex ultrasound - EEG-fMRI - Electrocardiogram - Electrocorticography - Electroencephalography - Electromyography - Electronystagmography - Electrooculography - Electroretinography - Endoluminal capsule monitoring - Endoscopy - Enzyme Multiplied Immunoassay Technique - Epworth Sleepiness Scale - Erythromycin breath test - Esophageal motility study - European data format - Evoked potential - Eye examination - Flatline - Flow cytometry - Fluid deprivation test - Functional magnetic resonance imaging - Glucose meter - Gonioscopy - Hamster test - Harvard Step Test - Hearing test - Helium dilution technique - Hexaxial reference system - High resolution manometry - Hirschberg test - Hosaka-Cohen Transformation - Hydrogen Breath Test - Immunoassay - Intraoperative monitoring - Intravenous pyelogram - Keidel vacuum - Kirby-Bauer antibiotic testing - Kymograph - Langleys nicotine test - Lepromin - Lower gastrointestinal series - Lumbar puncture - Lydia Fairchild - Lymph node biopsy - Lymphangiogram - Mag 3 scan - Magnetocardiography - Magnetoencephalography - Mechanomyogram - Medical laboratory - Medical test - Mixing test - Mouthwash test - Mu wave - Multifocal technique - Muscle biopsy - Nardi test - Needle aspiration biopsy - Nerve biopsy - Nerve conduction study - Neurofeedback - Neuromonitoring - Neuromuscular diagnostic - Nikolsky's sign - Noninvasive glucose - Oncotype DX - Pack year - Palpation - Patch test (medicine) - Percussion (medicine) - Peripheral vascular examination - Peritoneal equilibration test - Phalen's maneuver - Phi complex - Phonomyography - Photoplethysmograph - Polypectomy - Positron emission tomography - Postcoital test - Precordial examination - Pregnancy test - Procalcitonin - Prostate biopsy - Protein electrophoresis - Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure - Pulse oximetry - Queckenstedt's maneuver - Rabbit test - Radionuclide cisternogram - Rapid urease test - Respiratory examination - STD testing - Scanning laser polarimetry - Schick test - Schumm test - Scintillography - Screening (medicine) - Screening cultures - Sestamibi scan - Siascopy - Sigmoidoscopy - Somatosensory evoked potentials - Sphygmograph - Sputum culture - Stethoscope - StomaphyX - String galvanometer - Sweat test - TLCO - Temperature measurement - Test panel - Test sensitivity - Thoracentesis - Tilt table test - Tine test - Tissue typing - Tomography - Tourniquet test - Transcranial doppler - Trough levels - TruTest - Tzanck test - Unterberger test - Urea breath test - Urodynamics - Uroscopy - User:TCOMW - User:TCOMW/Magnetocardiography - Venography - Ventilation/perfusion scan - Viral culture - Viral load - Virtual colonoscopy - Visual evoked potential - Vital signs - Voiding cystourethrogram


First aid

ABC (medical) - AVPU - Adhesive bandage - Airway management - Artificial respiration - AutoPulse - Band-Aid - Bandage - Bee sting - Boracic lint - Cardiopulmonary resuscitation - Certified first responder - Characteristics of common wasps and bees - Choking - Cold compression therapy - Cotton pad - Dressing (medical) - EMT basic skills - Elastic bandage - Emergency action principles - Emergency bleeding control - Emergency medical technician - EpiPen - Epistaxis - Esmarch bandage - Field dressing (bandage) - First Aid Basics - First aid - First aid kit - Golden hour (medicine) - Good Samaritan law - Henry Heimlich - History of CPR - In case of emergency - Incident Commander - Insect bites and stings - Lifeguard - Long spine board - MedicAlert - Medical gloves - Moulage - NIBHV - Occlusive dressing - Oropharyngeal airway - Peep Valve - Poison control center - QuikClot - Recovery position - Self adhering bandage - Smart Shirt - South African EMS - Space blanket - Star of Life - Starr sting pain scale - Stop, drop and roll - Street medic - Surgical tape - Tracheal fracture - Twinject - Vial of Life - Wayne first aid squad - Wilderness Emergency Medical Technician - Wilderness First Responder - Wilderness first aid - Wound


Medical treatments

Abdominal etching - Abdominoplasty - Acne scar treatment - Addiction medicine - Adverse effect (medicine) - Ambulatory phlebectomy - Apheresis - Arthrocentesis - Artificial extracorporeal liver support - Ashley Treatment - Automated lamellar keratoplasty - Automatic Positive Airway Pressure - Bedrest - Bioartificial liver device - Bioelectrification - Biotherapy - Bloodletting - Catheter ablation - Catholicon (electuary) - Cauterization - Celacade - Chelation therapy - Chronotherapy - Combination therapy - Computer physician order entry - Confection of hyacinth - Cranial Electrobiological Stimulation - Cranial electrotherapy stimulation - Cryosurgery - Cyanoacrylate - David E Smith - Debridement - Dermabrasion - Detoxification - Dietary treatments for multiple sclerosis - Directly observed treatment - Discolysis - Distal splenorenal shunt procedure - Dornase alfa - Dry powder inhaler - EBOO - Electrotherapeutics - Electrotherapy - Empirical treatment - Endometrial ablation - Enteral therapy - Exchange transfusion - Extracorporeal shockwave therapy - Facelift - Folk medicine - Galvanic bath - Gastric lavage - Growth attenuation - Heating pad - Heliox - Hemofiltration - Hemoperfusion - Hijama - Hip fracture treatment - Home remedy - Hormone therapy - Hot water bottle - Hyperbaric medicine - Ice pack - Immunotherapy - Inferior vena cava filter - Inhalation therapy - International Union of Medical and Applied Bioelectrography - Intramuscular injection - Intraosseous infusion - Intraosseous injection - Intrathecal - Intravenous immunoglobulin - Intravenous therapy - Intravitreal administration - Ionotophoresis - Isocentric technique - LASIK - LASIK MD - LDL apheresis - Laparoscopic surgery - Leukapheresis - Lipid rescue - Lipodissolve - Liposuction - Lipotomy - Liver dialysis - Maggot therapy - Medical laserology - Medical maggots - Medical meditation - Medicinal properties - Medroxyprogesterone acetate treatment - Metabolic Activation Therapy - Microcurrent electrobiological - Nasal spray - Nasogastric intubation - Negative Pressure Wound Therapy - Nicoderm - Oncothermia - Oral rehydration therapy - Osmotherapy - Otoplasty - PFLEX - Pastille - Patient safety - Pentastarch - Pentavalent antimonial - Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation (PTNS) - Photobiomodulation - Photopheresis - Photorefractive keratectomy - Photothermal Therapy - Phrenic Nerve Pacing - Pink lady (medicine) - Plasmapheresis - Plombage - Polysomnogram - Positive airway pressure - Post-exposure prophylaxis - Poultice - Pre-exposure prophylaxis - Precordial thump - Pyrazinamide - RICE - RNTCP - Radial keratotomy - Redcord - Reflexlocomotion - Respimat - Respiratory therapy - Retinal implant - Rhizotomy - Route of administration - Salvage therapy - Somnoplasty - Stem cell transplantation - Sublingual immunotherapy - Tamagozake - Telepsychiatry - ThAIRapy Vest - Therapeutic effect - Therapies for multiple sclerosis - Therapies under investigation for multiple sclerosis - Thickened fluids - Thoracentesis - Tibial plateau leveling osteotomy - Time delay toxin activation - Tinnitus retraining therapy - Transillumination - Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt - Trevor Marshall - Tuberculosis treatment - Ultrasound-enhanced systemic thrombolysis - Umbilicoplasty - Unproven cancer therapy - Urinary catheterization - Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty - Whole bowel irrigation


List of World Health Organization Essential Medicines

This list is based on the 15th edition (March 2007). [1]

A † indicates the medicine is a complementary item.

Anesthetics

General anesthetics and oxygen

Halothane, Ketamine, Nitrous Oxide, Oxygen, Thiopental

Local anesthetics

Bupivacaine, Ephedrine, Lidocaine, Lidocaine, Epinephrine

Preoperative medication and sedation for short-term procedures

Atropine, Diazepam, Morphine, Promethazine

Analgesics, antipyretics, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medicines, medicines used to treat gout and disease modifying agents in rheumatoid disorders

Non-opioids and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medicines (NSAIMs)

Acetylsalicylic acid, Ibuprofen, Paracetamol

Opioid analgesics

Codeine, Morphine

Medicines to treat gout

Allopurinol

Disease modifying agents used in rheumatoid disorders (DMARDs)

Chloroquine , Azathioprine, Methotrexate, Penicillamine, Sulfasalazine

Antiallergics and medicines used in anaphylaxis

Chlorphenamine, Dexamethasone, Epinephrine, Hydrocortisone, Prednisolone

Antidotes and other substances used in poisonings

Non-specific

Activated carbon

Specific

Acetylcysteine, Atropine, Calcium gluconate, Deferoxamine, Dimercaprol, DL-Methionine, Methylthioninium chloride, Naloxone, Penicillamine, Potassium ferric hexacyano-ferrate, Sodium calcium edetate, Sodium nitrite, Sodium thiosulfate

Anticonvulsants/antiepileptics

Carbamazepine, Diazepam, Ethosuximide, Magnesium sulfate, Phenobarbital, Phenytoin, Valproic acid

Anti-infective medicines

Anthelminthics

Intestinal anthelminthics

Albendazole, Levamisole, Mebendazole, Niclosamide, Praziquantel, Pyrantel

Antifilarials

Diethylcarbamazine, Ivermectin, Suramin sodium

Antischistosomals and antitrematode medicine

Oxamniquine, Praziquantel, Triclabendazole

Antibacterials

Beta Lactam medicines

Amoxicillin, Ampicillin, Benzathine benzylpenicillin, Benzylpenicillin, Cefazolin, Cefixime, Ceftazidime, Ceftriaxone, Cloxacillin, Co-amoxiclav (Amoxicillin+clavulanic acid), Imipenem/cilastatin (Imipenem+cilastatin), Phenoxymethylpenicillin, Procaine benzylpenicillin

Other antibacterials

Azithromycin, Chloramphenicol, Ciprofloxacin, Clindamycin, Co-trimoxazole (Sulfamethoxazole+trimethoprim), Doxycycline, Erythromycin, Gentamicin, Metronidazole, Nitrofurantoin, Spectinomycin, Sulfadiazine, Trimethoprim, Vancomycin

Antileprosy medicines

Clofazimine, Dapsone, Rifampicin

Antituberculosis medicines

Amikacin, p-aminosalicylic acid, Capreomycin, Cycloserine, Ethambutol, Ethionamide dagger;, Isoniazid, Isoniazid+ethambutol, Kanamycin †, Ofloxacin †, Pyrazinamide, Rifampicin, Rifampicin+isoniazid, Rifampicin+isoniazid+ethambutol, Rifampicin+isoniazid+pyrazinamide, Rifampicin+isoniazid+pyrazinamide+ethambutol, Streptomycin

Antifungal medicines

Amphotericin B †, Clotrimazole, Fluconazole, Flucytosine †, Griseofulvin, Nystatin Potassium iodide †

Antiviral medicines

Antiherpes medicines

Aciclovir

Antiretrovirals
Nucleoside/nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors

Abacavir (ABC), Didanosine (ddI), Emtricitabine (FTC), Lamivudine (3TC), Stavudine (d4T), Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF), Zidovudine (ZDV or AZT)

Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors=

Efavirenz (EGV or EFZ), Nevirapine (NVP)

Protease inhibitors=

Indinavir (IDV), Lopinavir+ritonavir (LPV/r), Nelfinavir (NFV), Ritonavir, Saquinavir (SQV), Efavirenz+emtricitabine+tenofovir, Emtricitabine+tenofovir, Stavudine+lamivudine+nevirapine, Zidovudine+lamivudine, Zidovudine+lamivudine+nevirapine

Other antivirals

Ribavirin

Antiprotozoal medicines

Antiamoebic and antigiardiasis medicines

Diloxanide, Metronidazole

Antileishmaniasis medicines

Amphotericin B †, Meglumine antimoniate, Pentamidine †

Antimalarial medicines
For curative treatment

Amodiaquine, Artemether, Artemether+lumefantrine, Artesunate, Chloroquine, Doxycycline, Mefloquine, Primaquine, Quinine, Sulfadoxine+pyrimethamine

For prophylaxis

Chloroquine, Doxycycline, Mefloquine, Proguanil

Antipneumocytosis and antioxoplasmosis medicines

Pentamindine †, Pyrimethamine, Sulfamethoxazole+trimethoprim

Antitrypanosomal medicines
African trypanosomiasis

Eflornithine, Melarsoprol, Pentamidine, Suramin sodium

American trypanosomiasis=

Benznidazole, Nifurtimox

Antimigraine medicines

For treatment of acute attack

Acetylsalicylic acid, Paracetamol

For prophylaxis

Antineoplastic, immunosuppressives and medicines used in palliative care

Immunosuppressive medicines

Azathioprine †, Ciclosporin †

Cytotoxic medicines

Asparaginase †, Bleomycin †, Calcium folinate †, Chlorambucil †, Cisplatin †, Cyclophosphamide †, Cytarabine †, Dacarbazine †, Dactinomycin †, Daunorubicin †, Doxorubicin †, Etoposide †, Fluorouracil †, Mercaptopurine †, Methotrexate †, Procarbazine †, Vinblastine †, Vincristine †

Hormones and antihormones

Dexamethasone †, Hydrocortisone †, Prednisone †, Tamoxifen †

Medicines used in palliative care

None

Antiparkinsonism medicines

Biperiden, Levodopa+carbidopa

Medicines affecting the blood

Antianaemia medicines

Ferrous salt, Folic acid, Hydroxocobalamin

Medicines affecting coagulation

Heparin sodium, Phytomenadione, Protamine sulfate, Warfarin

Blood products and plasma substitutes

Plasma substitutes

Plasma fractions for specific use

Cardiovascular medicines

Antianginal medicines

Antiarrhythmic medicines

Antihypertensive medicines

Medicines used in heart failure

Antithrombotic medicines

Lipid-lowering agents

Dermatological medicines (topical)

Antifungal medicines

Anti-infective medicines

Anti-inflammatory and antipruritic medicines

Astringent medicines

Medicines affecting skin differentiation and proliferation

Scabicides and pediculicides

Diagnostic agents

Ophthalmic medicines

Radiocontrast media

Disinfectants and antiseptics

Antiseptics

Disinfectants

Diuretics

Gastrointestinal medicines

Antacids and other antiulcer medicines

Antiemetic medicines

Anti-inflammatory medicines

Laxatives

Medicines used in diarrhea

Oral rehydration
  • Oral rehydration salts
Medicines for diarrhea in children
Antidiarrheal (symptomatic) medicines in adults

Hormones, other endocrine medicines and contraceptives

Adrenal hormones and synthetic substitutes

See 3.

Androgens

Contraceptives

Oral hormonal contraceptives
Injectable hormonal contraceptives
Intrauterine devices
Barrier methods
Implantable contraceptives

Estrogens

Insulins and other antidiabetic agents

Ovulation inducers

Progesterones

Thyroid hormones and antithyroid medicines

Immunologicals

Diagnostic agents

Sera and immunoglobulins

  • Anti-D immunoglobulin
  • Antitetanus immunoglobulin
  • Antivenom immunoglobulin
  • Diphtheria antitoxin
  • Rabies immunoglobulin

Vaccines

Muscle relaxants (peripherally-acting) and cholinesterase inhibitors=

Ophthalmological preparations

Anti-infective agents

Anti-inflammatory agents

Local anesthetics

Miotics and antiglaucoma medicines

Mydriatics

Oxytocics and antioxytocics

Oxytocics

Antioxytocics

Peritoneal dialysis solution

Psychotherapeutic medicines

Medicines used in psychotic disorders

Medicines used in mood disorders

Medicines used in depressive disorders
Medicines used in bipolar disorders

Medicines used in generalized anxiety and sleep disorders

Medicines used for obsessive compulsive disorders and panic attacks

Medicines used in substance dependence programs

Medicines acting on the respiratory tract

Antiasthmatic and medicines for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Other medicines acting on the respiratory tract

Solutions correcting water, electrolyte and acid-base disturbances

Oral

Parenteral

Miscellaneous

Vitamins and minerals

Human anatomy

Regional groups

Major organ systems

Superficial anatomy

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External body features

Superficial anatomy or surface anatomy is important in human anatomy being the study of anatomical landmarks that can be readily identified from the contours or other reference points on the surface of the body.[2] With knowledge of superficial anatomy, physicians gauge the position and anatomy of the associated deeper structures.

Common names of well known parts of the human body, from top to bottom:

Internal organs

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Heart and Lungs

Common names of internal organs (in alphabetical order) :

Adrenals — Appendix — Bladder — Brain — Eyes — Gall bladder — Heart — Intestines — Kidney — Liver — Lungs — Esophagus — Ovaries — Pancreas — Parathyroids — Pituitary — Prostate — Spleen — Stomach — Testicles — Thymus — Thyroid — Veins — Uterus

Brain

Main article: Human brain

Amygdala — Brain stem — Cerebellum — Cerebral cortex — Limbic system — medulla — midbrain — pons

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