Index of health articles

Health is the state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and a positive concept emphasizing social and personal resources, as well as physical capacities. This article lists major topics related to personal health.

See also: List of health sciences topics

See also: Lists of diseases

A

Abortion – Accident – Activities of daily living – Acupuncture – Adolescent medicine – Adult daycare center – Advance health care directive – Aerobic exercise – Age-adjusted life expectancy – Ageless – Aging and memory – Aging – Alcoholism – Allergy – Alternative medicine – Amputation – Anaerobic exercise – Anaesthesia – Anatomical pathology – Anatomy – Andrology – Animal-assisted therapy – Antibiotic resistance – Appetite – Assisted reproductive technology – Athletic training – Audiology – Autoimmune disease – Auxology

B

Bacterium – Baldness – Basic life support – Binge eating – Biochemical pathology – Biological standard of living – Biomedical research – Biomedical technology – Bipolar disorder – Birth attendant – Birth control – Blood diseases – Blood test – Body composition – Body Mass Index (BMI) – Body shaping – Body treatment – Brain death

C

Cancer – Cell replacement therapy – Chemotherapy – Child birth – Chinese medicine – Chiropractic – Clinical death – Cognitive enhancement – Cognitive therapy – Collaborative therapy – Community-based rehabilitation – Community health – Complementary and alternative medicine – Complementary medicine – Convalescence – Cryosurgery

D

Death – Deficiency disease – Dental hygiene – Dentistry – Dermatology – Determinants of health – Detoxification – Developmental disability – Diabetes – Diagnosis – Diet (nutrition) – Diet and obesity – Dietary fiber – Dietary mineral – Dietary supplement – Dietetics – Dieting – Digestion – Digestive system – Digestive tract – Disability – Disease registry – Disease – Doctor-patient relationship – Dysarthria – Dyslexia

E

Ecological health – Energy medicine – Environmental health – Enzyme – Epidemic – Ethnicity and health – Evidence-based medicine – Evidence-based practice – Evolutionary medicine – Eugenics – Exercise equipment – Exercise physiology – Exercise

F

Fad diet – Faith healing – Family centered care – Family planning – Famine – Fast food – Female infertility – Fertility – Fetal alcohol syndrome – Folk medicine – Food additive – Food allergy – Food and cooking hygiene – Food groups – Food pyramid (nutrition) – Food quality – Food science – Food supplements – Food technology – Food – Forensic pathology – Free clinic – Functional diversity (disability)

G

Gene therapy – General fitness training – General surgery – Genetic counseling – Genetic engineering – Genetically modified organism – Genetics – Genital integrity – Genitourinary medicine – Genome project – Genome – Genomics – Geriatric sexology – Geriatrics – Gerontology – Gynaecology

H

Haematology – Hand surgery – Healer (alternative medicine) – Healing – Health applications and clinical studies of meditation – Health care delivery – Health care industry – Health care system – Health care – Health claims on food labels – Health disparities – Health economics – Health education – Health geography – Health literacy – Health observatory – Health profession – Health promotion – Health science – Health – Healthcare inequality – Healthcare – Healthy diet – Healthy eating – History of medicine – Holistic health – Home birth – Home remedy – Homeopathy – Homeostasis – Hormone – Hospice – Hospital accreditation – Hospital – Human anatomy – Human cloning – Human enhancement – Hygiene

I

Illness – Illnesses related to poor nutrition – Immortality – Immunity (medical) – Immunology – Infectious diseases – Infertility – Inflammation – Injury – Internal medicine

L

Life – Life expectancy – Life extension – Longevity

M

Macronutrient – Male infertility – Malnutrition – Manipulative therapy – Manual therapy – Maternal health – Maximum life span – Medical cannabis – Medical case management – Medical devices – Medical herbalism – Medical history – Medical imaging – Medical model – Medical physics – Medical privacy – Medical school – Medical sociology – Medical technology – Medical tourism – Medication – Medicine – Megadose – Megavitamin therapy – Men's health – Mental disorder – Mental health – Mental hygiene – Mental retardation – Metabolism – Meteoropathy – Microbiology – Micronutrient – Midwifery – Mind-body intervention – Miscarriage – Mortality rate – Multivitamin – Mutation

N

Nanomedicine – Nanotechnology – Natalism – Naturopathic medicine – Neonatal infection – Neuroimmunology – Neurology – Neuroscience – Neurosurgery – Noise health effects – Non-infectious disease – Nuclear medicine – Nurse – Nursing school – Nursing – Nutrient density – Nutrient – Nutrigenomics – Nutrition and pregnancy – Nutrition – Nutritional supplement – Nutritionist

O

Obesity – Obstetrics and gynaecology – Obstetrics – Occupational hygiene – Occupational medicine – Occupational safety and health – Occupational therapy – Old age – Oncology – Online pharmacy – Ophthalmology – Optometry – Oral hygiene – Organ transplant – Organic food – Organism – Orthopaedics – Osteopathy – Over-the-counter drug – Overweight

P

Palliative care – Paramedic – Pathogen – Pathology – Pediatrics – Perioperative medicine – Pharmaceutical care – Pharmaceutical policy – Pharmaceutical sciences – Pharmacology – Pharmacy – Physical education – Physical examination – Physical exercise – Physical fitness – Physical therapy – Physician – Plastic surgery – Population health – Positive mental attitude – Posture and occupational health – Pre-conception counseling – Pregnancy – Pregnant patients' rights – Prenatal care – Prescription drugs – Preventive medicine – Primary care – Primary health care – Psychiatry – Psychoanalysis – Psychoeducation – Psychoneuroimmunology – Psychotherapy – Public health

Q

Quality of Life (Healthcare)

R

Radiology – Rare disease – Rejuvenation (aging) – Reproductive endocrinology and infertility – Reproductive health – Reproductive medicine – Rheumatology – Rural health – Rural health clinic

S

STD testing – Safe sex – Sanitation – Saturated fat – Self care – Self-healing – Self-medication – Senility – Sex and illness – Sex education – Sexual dysfunction – Sexual health clinic – Sexual health – Sexuality and disability – Sexuality education – Sleep deprivation – Sleep hygiene – Sleep – Smoking cessation – Social determinants of health – Social medicine – Special needs – Sports medicine – Sports nutrition – Stem cell treatments – Stress (medicine) – Stress management – Supported living – Surgery – Survivability – Symptom

T

Therapy dog – Toxicity – Toxicology – Toxin – Traditional Chinese medicine – Traditional Korean medicine – Traditional medicine – Trans fat – Trauma surgery

U

Universal design

V

Vaccine – Vegetarianism – Virus – Vitamin – Vulvovaginal health

W

Weight loss – Wellness (alternative medicine) – Wellness – Witch-doctor – Women's health – Workplace health surveillance – Workplace wellness – World Health Organization

X

X-ray

See also

• Lists of health topics
• Topic outline of health
• Topic outline of health science
• Topic outline of dentistry
• Topic outline of exercise
• Topic outline of nutrition