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Medical emergency

WebList of terms related to Medical emergency. A medical emergency is an injury or illness that poses an immediate threat to a person's life or long term health. These emergencies …

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List of basic health science topics

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Health economics

WebHealth economics is a branch of economics concerned with issues related to scarcity in the allocation of health and health care. The scope of health economics is neatly …

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Medical prescription

WebEditor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. Overview. A medical prescription (Template:Unicode) is an order (often in written form) by a qualified health care …

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Preventive medicine

WebEditor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. Overview. Generally speaking, preventive medicine is the part of medicine engaged with preventing disease rather than curing it. It …

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List of medical emergencies

WebList of terms related to List of medical emergencies. Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] The following is a list of symptoms and conditions that signal or constitute …

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Institute of Medicine

WebThe Institute of Medicine (IOM) is one of the United States National Academies, and is a not-for-profit, non-governmental American organization chartered in 1970 as a part of the …

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Complication (medicine)

WebOverview. Complication, in medicine, is an unfavorable evolution of a disease, a health condition or a medical treatment. The disease can become worse in its severity or show …

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Natural history of disease

WebNatural history of disease refers to a description of the uninterrupted progression of the disease in an individual from the moment of exposure to the causal agents until recovery …

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Occupational safety and health

WebEditor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. Overview. Occupational safety and health (OSH) is a cross-disciplinary area concerned with protecting the safety, health and …

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List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes

WebThis is a list of roots, suffixes, and prefixes used in medical terminology, their meanings, and their etymology.A few rules should be noted when using medical roots. Firstly, prefixes …

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Healthcare in Cuba

WebHealth indicators and issues. Like the rest of the Cuban economy, Cuban medical care has suffered from severe material shortages following the end of Soviet subsidies and the …

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COVID-19 primary prevention

WebThere is currently no vaccine to prevent COVID-19. The best way to prevent infection is to avoid being exposed to this virus. The fact that it is currently flu and respiratory disease …

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1993 Clinton health care plan

WebThe Clinton health care plan, sometimes called "Hillarycare" by opponents, was a 1993 healthcare reform package proposed by the administration of Bill Clinton, then sitting …

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Bleeding classification

WebThe World Health Organization (WHO) standardized grading scale to measure the severity of bleeding is as follows: Grade 0: no bleeding. Grade 1: petechial bleeding; Grade 2: …

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