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- Acute radiation syndrome [r]: Disease or death caused by whole-body irradiation, over a short period of time, with a significant quantity of penetrating radiation [e]
- American Cryonics Society [r]: California-based non-profit corporation that supports and promotes research and education into cryonics and cryobiology. [e]
- Antonie van Leeuwenhoek [r]: (1632 - 1723) Dutch scientist who discovered single-celled organisms. [e]
- Bacteriophage [r]: A virus that infects bacteria; often called a phage. [e]
- Chloroform [r]: an organic chemical compound having the chemical formula CHCl3, also known as trichloromethane (IUPAC name). [e]
- Doctor (disambiguation) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Edinburgh [r]: The capital of Scotland. [e]
- Electronic medical record [r]: A digital form of medical (hospital or clinic) record. [e]
- Functional magnetic resonance imaging [r]: A neuroimaging technique used to monitor task-specific blood oxygenation, primarily in the brain. [e]
- Genetic counseling [r]: Testing of couples who are planning to be parents in which their genomes are evaluated regarding the likelihood of them having children with genetic diseases or defects. [e]
- Genetics [r]: The study of the inheritance of characteristics, genes and DNA. [e]
- Hemochromatosis [r]: Hereditary disorder affecting iron metabolism in which excessive amounts of iron accumulate in the body tissues, characterized by diabetes mellitus, liver dysfunction, and a bronze pigmentation of the skin. [e]
- Hippocrates [r]: (c. 460 – 370 BCE) A physician, who revolutionized the practice of medicine by transforming it from its mythical, superstitious, magical and supernatural roots to a science based on observation and reason. [e]
- Hippocratic Oath [r]: An oath traditionally taken by physicians before practising medicine. [e]
- Homeopathy [r]: System of medicine or alternative medicine that asserts that substances known to cause specific syndromes of symptoms can also, in very low and specially prepared doses, help to cure people who are ill with a similar syndrome of symptoms. [e]
- Infant mortality [r]: A concept in demography that estimates the "rate of deaths occurring in the first year of life". [e]
- John McKinly [r]: This article is a summary description of John McKinly, emphazing the career, political, location and family factors involved in the his career. [e]
- Joshua Clayton [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Lightning [r]: An atmospheric discharge of electricity accompanied by thunder, which typically occurs during thunderstorms, and sometimes during volcanic eruptions or dust storms. [e]
- Luc Montagnier [r]: (b. 18 August 1932) French virologist and joint recipient with Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Harald zur Hausen of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for his co-discovery of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). [e]
- Marcia Angell [r]: An American physician at Harvard, author, and first female editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine. [e]
- Medical ethics [r]: The study of moral values as they apply to medicine. [e]
- Medication [r]: A licensed drug taken to cure or reduce symptoms of an illness or medical condition. [e]
- Multiple sclerosis [r]: A chronic, inflammatory, demyelinating disease that affects the central nervous system (CNS). [e]
- Neuroimaging [r]: A group of techniques used to visualize structure and function of nervous systems, especially the vertebrate brain. [e]
- Nuclear medicine [r]: That medical specialty, or subspecialty, concerned with diagnosis and treatment using radioisotopes administered to the patient [e]
- Paracelsus [r]: (1493-1541) An early Renaissance alchemist, philosopher and physician credited with founding the modern fields of pharmacology and toxicology. [e]
- Patient satisfaction [r]: An outcome measure of quality, refering to the perception of the patients(s) of one or more aspects of a health care system. [e]
- Pharmacy [r]: A area of heath science that uses principles of chemistry and biology to study the interaction of drugs with biological systems and optimize drug therapy. [e]
- Primary care physician [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Radioactivity [r]: The property of the unstable nuclei of chemical elements to decay into another isotope, emitting energy or particles [e]
- Radiology [r]: A physician specialty with a core competence in obtaining and diagnosing by means of instruments that receive energy transmitted through the body; there are a number of subspecialties. [e]
- Ron Paul [r]: (1935–) libertarian U.S. Representative (R-Texas) and physician; sought Republican Presidential candidacy in 2008 [e]
- Scoliosis [r]: Abnormal lateral curvature of the spine that occurs most often in the thoracic region. [e]
- Snakebite [r]: Wound resulting from penetration of the flesh by the fangs or teeth of a snake. [e]
- Thesaurus [r]: A reference work similar to a dictionary, but, unlike a dictionary, which groups words alphabetically, it groups them according to their meanings. [e]
- Venereal disease [r]: Infections spread through sexual contact. [e]
