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Introduction[edit | edit source]
Health refers to the state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. This encyclopedia provides an extensive guide on various health topics, including common conditions, health care practices, and preventive measures.
Health Topics[edit | edit source]
This article provides an overview of some major health topics, complete with internal links to facilitate navigation and deeper learning within the encyclopedia.
Understanding Health and Disease[edit | edit source]
- Health is more than the absence of disease; it is a resource that allows people to manage their life well. The World Health Organization defines it as "a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity."
- Disease is a particular abnormal condition that negatively affects the structure or function of all or part of an organism. Diseases can be caused by external factors such as pathogens or by internal dysfunctions, such as autoimmune diseases.
Major Health Topics[edit | edit source]
Nutrition[edit | edit source]
- Nutrition is crucial for health and well-being. Nutrient deficiencies and malnutrition can lead to serious health issues. Learning about the macronutrients and micronutrients necessary for optimal health is key.
- The Healthy Eating Pyramid is a visual representation of what constitutes a healthy diet. It emphasizes fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and lean proteins while minimizing processed foods, sugars, and red meat.
Mental health[edit | edit source]
- Mental health is as important as physical health. It includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. Issues like depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder can significantly affect one's quality of life.
- Mental Health First Aid is a training program that teaches members of the public how to respond to a mental health emergency and offer support to someone who appears to be in emotional distress.
Physical activity[edit | edit source]
- Regular physical activity is one of the most important things you can do for your health. It can help control your weight, reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease, and strengthen your bones and muscles.
- Exercise is any bodily activity that enhances or maintains physical fitness and overall health. It is performed for various reasons, including strengthening muscles and the cardiovascular system, honing athletic skills, weight loss or maintenance, and simply enjoyment.
Preventive nedicine[edit | edit source]
- Preventive medicine focuses on the health of individuals, communities, and defined populations. Its goal is to protect, promote, and maintain health and well-being and to prevent disease, disability, and death.
- Vaccines are a critical component of preventive medicine and public health. They protect against diseases like measles, influenza, and COVID-19.
Chronic diseases[edit | edit source]
- Chronic diseases are long-term medical conditions that are generally progressive. Conditions such as diabetes, COPD, and arthritis are examples.
- Management of chronic diseases includes a variety of approaches, including lifestyle modifications, medications, and in some cases, surgery.
Environmental health[edit | edit source]
- Environmental health is the branch of public health concerned with all aspects of the natural and built environment affecting human health. Issues like air pollution and water quality fall under this category.
- Occupational health is also a major focus within environmental health, aiming to prevent work-related injuries and illnesses.
Most Common Health Topics[edit | edit source]
- Aging and elderly health - Health concerns specific to older adults, including age-related diseases and chronic conditions management.
- Allergies - How the body reacts to allergens and the management of allergic reactions.
- Alternative and Complementary Medicine - Non-traditional health care approaches like herbal medicine and Acupuncture.
- Cancer - Approaches to the diagnosis, treatment, and study of cancer.
- Cardiovascular health - Maintenance of healthy heart and blood vessels.
- Children's health - Health issues pertinent to children, such as development and vaccination.
- Chronic diseases - Long-term health conditions and their ongoing management.
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- Dental health - Health of teeth and gums.
- Dermatology - Skin health and the study of skin diseases.
- Disabilities and special needs health - Meeting the health requirements of individuals with disabilities or special needs.
- Emergency and trauma care - Urgent medical treatment for acute injuries or illnesses.
- Endocrine health - Maintenance of a healthy endocrine system.
- Environmental health - Impact of the environment on human health.
- Exercise and fitness - Physical activities that bolster health and well-being.
- Gastrointestinal health - Maintenance of a healthy digestive system.
- Gene therapy - Genetic engineering to treat or prevent diseases.
- Genetics and personalized medicine - Utilization of genetic information for tailored treatment plans.
- Geriatrics - Management of older adults' health needs.
- Hearing and ear health - Preservation of ear health and prevention of hearing loss.
- Hematology - Study of the blood and related organs.
- Immunology - Functions of the immune system and how to support its health.
- Infectious diseases - Strategies to prevent and treat diseases caused by pathogens.
- Medical devices - Development and application of devices for medical purposes.
- Medical ethics - Ethical considerations and values in medical practice.
- Men's health - Health issues specific to men, including prostate health and testosterone management.
- Mental health and wellness - Emotional and mental well-being.
- Metabolic and nutritional disorders - Maintenance of metabolic health and proper nutrition.
- Neurological health - Health of the brain and nervous system.
- Nutrition and diet - Effects of diet on health.
- Obstetrics and gynecology - Women's reproductive health care.
- Oral health - Health of the mouth and dental structures.
- Pediatrics - Study of child health and developmental issues.
- Pharmaceuticals - Drug development and usage for health management.
- Pregnancy and childbirth - Ensuring health during pregnancy and delivery.
- Psychiatry - Treatment of mental disorders.
- Public Health and Preventive Medicine - Improving population health through prevention.
- Radiology - Use of medical imaging in diagnosis and treatment.
- Renal health - Keeping kidneys healthy.
- Respiratory health - Care for lungs and respiratory system.
- Rheumatology - Diseases affecting joints, muscles, and bones.
- Sexual health and STIs - Sexual behaviors and sexually transmitted infections.
- Skin health - Skin care and disease prevention.
- Sleep Health - Promoting healthy sleep patterns.
- Substance Abuse and Addiction - Addressing the harmful use of various substances.
- Urology - Study of the urinary system and male reproductive organs.
- Vaccines - Disease prevention through immunization.
- Vision and Eye health - Maintaining vision and eye health.
- Women's health - Health issues unique to women, including breast cancer and menopause.
A-Z Health Topics[edit | edit source]
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- 10/90 gap
- 1920 Aliens Order
- 56 Dean Street
- 5S (methodology)
- AIDS fatigue
- Ablution in Christianity
- Abortion in Latvia
- Abrasion collar
- Absolute risk
- Accident triangle
- Acholia
- Acronyms in healthcare
- Active design
- Active living
- Active mobility
- Active placebo
- Acute (medicine)
- Acute abdomen
- Acute pericarditis
- Adherence (medicine)
- Adhesion (medicine)
- Administrative controls
- Admission note
- Adrenergic storm
- Advance healthcare directive
- Adventist Health Studies
- Adverse effect
- Adverse outcome pathway
- Against medical advice
- Age of onset
- Agenesis
- Agility
- Agnosia
- Agonist
- Air pollution measurement
- Aircraft noise pollution
- Alcohol (drug)
- Alcohol and health
- Alcohol dehydrogenase
- Alcohol detoxification
- Alcohol education
- Alcohol enema
- Alcohol myopia
- Alcohol tolerance
- Alcohol-related crime
- Algas calcareas
- Alison Tedstone
- All-payer rate setting
- Allopathic medicine
- Allow natural death
- Alma Ata Declaration
- Ambulatory
- Anatomical terms of location
- Anginal equivalent
- Angiostrongylus cantonensis
- Animal lead poisoning
- Anisomastia
- Anophthalmia
- Anthrax
- Anthropomaximology
- Antibiotic misuse
- Antibiotic use in livestock
- Anticipatory grief
- Antimicrobial resistance
- Aplasia
- Apparent death
- Arrested development
- Asbestos and the law
- Ash pit
- Asia Catalyst
- Assessment and plan
- Asthma Life Impact Scale
- Asymptomatic
- Asymptomatic carrier
- Atony
- Atresia
- Attachment and health
- Atypia
- Auditory agnosia
- Aura (symptom)
- Australian paradox
- Autoamputation
- Autobesity
- Autoerotic fatality
- Automated ECG interpretation
- Autonomic dysreflexia
- Average daily quantity
- Ayliffe Technique
- Azygos
- B reader
- B type inclusion
- Balance (ability)
- Bangkok Charter
- Bariatric ambulance
- Baseline (science)
- Bathroom privileges
- Baumol effect
- BeHealth
- Beer goggles
- Behavioral medicine
- Benign tumor
- Bethesda system
- Biblioteca Virtual en Salud
- Biliary microlithiasis
- Biliary pseudolithiasis
- Biliary sludge
- Billy's Bootcamp
- Binge drinking
- Bioenvironmental Engineering
- Bioinitiative Report
- Biological inequity
- Biomedical Research Center
- Biomedical sciences
- Biorisk
- Biosafety Clearing-House
- Biotrauma
- Biphasic disease
- Bipolar I disorder
- Birth spacing
- Birthday effect
- Black Women's Health Study
- Bleb (medicine)
- Bleed air
- Blood rule
- Blue Button
- Blue space
- Blue zone
- Body fluid
- Body image (neuroscience)
- Body image law
- BodyLove
- Bogart–Bacall syndrome
- Bone segment navigation
- Bradykinin hypothesis
- Breast atrophy
- Brigitta Danuser
- Bugchasing
- Built environment
- Burjeel Holdings
- Burn pit
- Bytox (medication)
- CAVEman
- CLP Regulation
- COCIR
- COVID-19
- COVID-19 and cancer
- COVID-19 in pregnancy
- COVID-19 lab leak theory
- COVID-19 lockdowns
- COVID-19 pandemic
- CRAFFT Screening Test
- CalOptima
- Calcinosis
- Calcium carbimide
- Calculus (medicine)
- Campbell Collaboration
- Cancer registry
- Capitation (healthcare)
- Cardiac shunt
- Cardiorespiratory fitness
- Cardiovascular fitness
- Carnoy's solution
- Carte Vitale
- Case fatality rate
- Case mix
- Case mix index
- Case presentation
- Case report
- Cause of death
- Causes of cancer
- Causes of hearing loss
- Cell Computing
- Central venous pressure
- Cerebellar degeneration
- Cerebral perfusion pressure
- Certified Organic Sunscreen
- Certified safety professional
- Cervical conization
- Cervical dislocation
- Chain of survival
- Cheesewiring
- Chemical protective clothing
- Chemoprophylaxis
- Chemotherapy
- Chemtrail conspiracy theory
- Chief complaint
- Child mortality
- Child survival revolution
- Chilean Safety Association
- Chronic care
- Chronic condition
- Ciox Health
- Circumcision and law
- City quality of life indices
- Clean Cooking Alliance
- Clinical coder
- Clinical collaboration
- Clinical data repository
- Clinical data standards
- Clinical engineering
- Clinical formulation
- Clinical pathway
- Clinical peer review
- Clinical prediction rule
- Clinical research
- Clinical research center
- Clinical supervision
- Clinical terminology server
- Clinomorphism
- Clinophilia
- Cluttering
- Cochrane (organisation)
- Cochrane Library
- Code of practice
- Coital incontinence
- Collaborative Care
- College health
- Combination therapy
- Common disease-common variant
- Communicans
- Community diagnosis
- Community health
- Community health agent
- Community resilience
- Comorbidity
- Compensatory growth (organ)
- Competent person
- Complication (medicine)
- Comprehensive sex education
- Compression of morbidity
- Computer-aided diagnosis
- Computer-aided simple triage
- Concept processing
- Condemned property
- Condom
- Condom fatigue
- Connected health
- Consciousness after death
- Conservative management
- Consumer health informatics
- Contact tracing
- Contraindication
- Control banding
- Convalescence
- Convulsion
- Coordinated Specialty Care
- Cordon sanitaire (medicine)
- Corpulence index
- Cosmesis
- Cost of HIV treatment
- Cost per procedure
- Cost sharing
- Cost-effectiveness analysis
- Cost-minimization analysis
- Cost-shifting
- Cost–utility analysis
- Counterstimulation
- Course (medicine)
- Craniocervical instability
- Craniofacial regeneration
- Creativity and mental health
- Critical illness insurance
- Crunch (exercise)
- Crunch (video games)
- Culture conversion
- Cure
- Cycling mobility
- Cystic fibrosis and race
- Cytotoxic hazard symbol
- Cäcilia Rentmeister
- DICOMweb
- DISCERN
- DailyMed
- Dance and health
- Dao Yin Yang Sheng Gong
- Datavant
- De facto denial
- De mortuis nil nisi bonum
- Dead man's switch
- Dead on arrival
- Dead pool
- Dead space (physiology)
- Deaf mental health care
- Death
- Death Coach
- Death anxiety
- Death by misadventure
- Death drive
- Death education
- Death midwife
- Death of Joyce Echaquan
- Death panel
- Death rattle
- Death smell
- Death threat
- Death trajectory
- Death-positive movement
- Deathbed phenomena
- Deathcare
- Debunkify
- Decision aids
- Decompensation
- Deconditioning
- Decontamination
- Dedovshchina
- Deductible
- Defensive medicine
- Deficiency (medicine)
- Degeneration (medicine)
- Degenerative disease
- Deinstitutionalisation
- Delayed ejaculation
- Delayed puberty
- Dense breast tissue
- Dental abrasion
- Dental public health
- Depression (physiology)
- Dhat syndrome
- Diadochokinesia
- Diagnosis
- Diagnosis of exclusion
- Diagnosis of hearing loss
- Diagnosis-related group
- Diagnostic greed
- Dialog+
- Diastasis (physiology)
- Diathesis (medicine)
- Diet and longevity
- Dietary diversity
- Differential diagnosis
- Digital health
- Digital medicine
- Digital therapeutics
- Dignified death
- Dipsomania
- Direct support professional
- Dirty Money Project
- Dirty dog exercise
- Disability
- Disability abuse
- Disability and poverty
- Disability and religion
- Disability benefits
- Disability etiquette
- Disability insurance
- Disability management program
- Disability pretender
- Disability-adjusted life year
- Discretionary food
- Disease
- Disease burden
- Disease informatics
- Disease management (health)
- Disease of despair
- Disease registry
- Disease resistance
- Disease theory of alcoholism
- Disease-modifying treatment
- Diseases of poverty
- Disseminated disease
- Distress (medicine)
- Disulfiram
- Disulfiram-alcohol reaction
- Disulfiram-like drug
- Divaricate
- Diverticulum
- Doctor of Public Health
- Domestic medicine
- Donald Hunter (physician)
- Dose area product
- Drop attack
- Drug policy
- Drug rehabilitation
- Drunk walking
- Dry January
- Dry cleaning
- Dry enema
- Dry sex
- Dual diagnosis
- Dust explosion
- Dying
- Dyscopia
- Dyscrasia
- Dysdiadochokinesia
- Dystrophy
- E-Waste in Africa
- E-patient
- EHS Today
- EHealth
- EHealth Exchange
- Ear protection
- Early pregnancy loss
- Earplug
- Earthquake preparedness
- Ebullism
- Economic credentialing
- Economic evaluation
- Economic impact of HIV/AIDS
- Economics of vaccines
- Ecosystem health
- Effective safety training
- Effects of climate change
- Effects of flooding on skin
- Effects of overtime
- Efficacy
- Elective surgery
- Electrical injury
- Electrically conducting yarn
- Electronic prescribing
- Electronic referrals
- Electronic waste
- Electuary
- Emergency management
- Emotional security
- Emotional symbiosis
- Emotional well-being
- Employee assistance program
- Empyema
- End organ damage
- Endaural phenomena
- Endogenous agonist
- Endotype
- Endurance
- Enema
- Engel classification
- Enterprise imaging
- Environmental disease
- Environmental factor
- Environmental hazard
- Enzyte
- Epiphenomenon
- Equalization pool
- Equianalgesic
- Eric French (professor)
- Eric Rimm
- Escape respirator
- Eternal oblivion
- Eternal youth
- Ethnopsychopharmacology
- EuResist
- EudraVigilance
- EuroHealthNet
- European Sleep Apnea Database
- Euthenics
- Evans County Heart Study
- Evidence Aid
- Evidence-based design
- Evidence-based medicine
- Exacerbation
- Examinetics
- Excavation (medicine)
- Excess mortality
- Exposome
- Exposome-NL
- Exposure action value
- Exposure assessment
- Exposure science
- Exposure suit
- ExtenZe
- External reference pricing
- Extracorporeal
- Extravasation
- Extravasation (intravenous)
- FAT!SO?
- FLOW (Belgium)
- Fairs and Markets Act 1850
- Faith community nursing
- Faked death
- Fall protection
- Family history (medicine)
- Family support
- Fat tax
- Fatty acid ratio in food
- Fee splitting
- Fee-for-service
- Feed ban
- Fetal rights
- Fibrosis
- Financial toxicity
- Fire retardant
- Firefighter
- Firefighting
- First Aid Only
- First Derm
- First aid room
- Five-year survival rate
- Flame arrester
- Floor marking tape
- Focus of infection
- Food Safety Act 1990
- Food frequency questionnaire
- Foodborne illness
- Foot-and-mouth disease
- Formulary (pharmacy)
- Forward head posture
- Four-step impact assessment
- Framingham Heart Study
- Free-market healthcare
- Freedom Fund
- Fremitus
- French paradox
- Fulminant
- Functional disorder
- Functional symptom
- GESTIS Substance Database
- GIS and public health
- Galderma
- Gargling
- Gas leak
- Gateway drug effect
- Gender disparities in health
- Genuine progress indicator
- Giant pelvis
- Gig worker
- Gin Craze
- Glasgow Lock Hospital
- Gliosis
- Global Health Initiatives
- Global Health Observatory
- Global Health Security Index
- Global health
- Global mental health
- Global microbial identifier
- Global neurosurgery
- Global spread of H5N1
- Globalization and disease
- Glucose paradox
- GoPubMed
- Goal-oriented health care
- Granny dumping
- Great Mill Disaster
- Great Smoky Mountains Study
- Group purchasing organization
- GuLF Study
- Guideline execution engine
- Gynopedia
- HEENT examination
- HIV/AIDS
- Habit-tic deformity
- Hair of the dog
- Happy life expectancy
- Harm reduction
- Harold G. Koenig
- Harvard Six Cities study
- Hazard analysis
- Hazard symbol
- Hazardous energy
- Hazardous waste
- Hazards (magazine)
- Hazmat diving
- Head-twitch response
- Healer (video games)
- Healing
- Healing environments
- Healing of periapical lesions
- Healslut
- Health
- Health 2.0
- Health 3.0
- Health Advocate
- Health Disparities Center
- Health For All
- Health Insurance Innovations
- Health Level 7
- Health Sciences Descriptors
- Health Score
- Health Utilities Index
- Health administration
- Health advocacy
- Health and wealth
- Health assessment
- Health care
- Health care efficiency
- Health care provider
- Health care ratings
- Health care rationing
- Health care reform
- Health crisis
- Health data
- Health disaster
- Health economics
- Health economics (Germany)
- Health education
- Health effect
- Health effects from noise
- Health effects of 3D
- Health effects of coal ash
- Health effects of pesticides
- Health effects of wood smoke
- Health equity
- Health fair
- Health geography
- Health human resources
- Health humanities
- Health impact assessment
- Health impact of asbestos
- Health impacts of sawdust
- Health in Azerbaijan
- Health in Belarus
- Health in Belgium
- Health in Greece
- Health in North Macedonia
- Health in Oman
- Health in Taiwan
- Health in the Czech Republic
- Health in the Isle of Man
- Health informatics
- Health informatics in China
- Health informatics tools
- Health information exchange
- Health information management
- Health insurance
- Health insurance cooperative
- Health insurance mandate
- Health insurance marketplace
- Health law
- Health literacy
- Health minister
- Health network surveillance
- Health of Abraham Lincoln
- Health of Adolf Hitler
- Health of Basshunter
- Health of Charles Darwin
- Health of Donald Trump
- Health of Frédéric Chopin
- Health of Hillary Clinton
- Health of Pope John Paul II
- Health of Ronald Reagan
- Health of Samuel Johnson
- Health of Vincent van Gogh
- Health policy
- Health politics
- Health problems of musicians
- Health professional
- Health psychology
- Health risk assessment
- Health risks from dead bodies
- Health risks of anal sex
- Health risks of cunnilingus
- Health risks of oral sex
- Health risks of space travel
- Health security
- Health services research
- Health surveillance
- Health survival paradox
- Health system
- Health systems strengthening
- Health, Risk & Society
- Health-related embarrassment
- HealthBridge
- Healthcare CRM
- Healthcare engineering
- Healthcare in Algeria
- Healthcare in Kuwait
- Healthcare in Madagascar
- Healthcare in Ukraine
- Healthcare payment
- Healthcare proxy
- Healthcare reform in China
- Healthy Enterprise
- Healthy Life Years
- Healthy building
- Healthy city
- Hearing conservation program
- Hearing loss
- Hearing protection device
- Hemostasis
- Hepatitis Testing Day
- Herbert William Heinrich
- Hermaphrodites with Attitude
- Heterogeneous condition
- Hickam's dictum
- Hierarchy of hazard controls
- High-functioning alcoholic
- Hispanic paradox
- Home care
- Home health care software
- Home safety
- Homicidal ideation
- Hormesis
- Hospital emergency codes
- Hospital information system
- Hospital socks
- Hospital-acquired condition
- Host factor
- Human body temperature
- Human equivalent
- Human factors and ergonomics
- Human-to-human transmission
- Hydrocele testis
- Hygiene in Christianity
- Hyperkatifeia
- Hypersexuality
- Hypertension and the brain
- Hypoplasia
- IPP-SHR
- IPS Supported Employment
- ISO 20471
- ISO 45001
- Iain Buchan
- Idiopathic disease
- Idiosyncrasy
- Idiosyncratic drug reaction
- Imaging biomarker
- Immune dysregulation
- Impact of nanotechnology
- Impairment rating
- Implementability (medicine)
- In absentia health care
- Incarceration and health
- Incidental medical findings
- Incidents at LEGOLAND parks
- Incidents at Six Flags parks
- Incineration
- Incompatible with life
- Incorruptibility
- Indication (medicine)
- Indicative limit value
- Indirect agonist
- Individualized medicine
- Indoor air quality
- Indoor mold
- Industrial robot
- Ineffective erythropoiesis
- Inequality in disease
- Infant mental health
- Infant mortality
- Infiltration (medical)
- Infodemiology
- Informal coercion
- Information Services Division
- Information continuity
- Inhalation exposure
- Injury prevention
- Insufflation (medicine)
- Insult (medical)
- Integrated care
- Interactive patient care
- Intermediate care
- Intermittent water supply
- Internal environment
- International health
- Intertriginous
- Intimacy coordinator
- Intracorporeal
- Intratracheal instillation
- Inverse benefit law
- Inverse care law
- Invoke Image Display
- Involution (medicine)
- Iomazenil
- Ira V. Hiscock
- Irish Army deafness claims
- Iron Triangle of Health Care
- Iron preparation
- Isabelle Huot
- Israeli paradox
- Italy towel
- James Lind Alliance
- Jeanne H. Freeland-Graves
- Jet fuel
- Job safety analysis
- Job-exposure matrix
- Joseph LaDou
- Journal of Religion & Health
- Karen Messing
- Kazutaka Kogi
- Kegel exercise
- Kelly D. Brownell
- Kenko Kempo Karate
- Ketolysis
- Kissing contusion
- Kissing the shuttle
- Kraus–Weber test
- Kvikk case
- LOLI Database
- Laboratory informatics
- Laboratory safety
- Lambert v. Yellowley
- Langya henipavirus
- Lark Health
- Lateral flow test
- Lead safe work practices
- Leaf Bank
- Learning health systems
- Left without being seen
- Legality of euthanasia
- Leisure
- Length of stay
- Lethality
- Life satisfaction
- Life-years lost
- Lifestyle disease
- Lift table bellows
- Light curtain
- Lightwood's law
- Lincoln Detox
- Lincoln Hospital (Bronx)
- List of Hatzalah chapters
- List of R-phrases
- List of S-phrases
- List of health deities
- List of health scares
- List of hospice programs
- List of longest walks
- List of notifiable diseases
- List of smoking bans
- Lists of medical eponyms
- Livability
- Localized disease
- Lock hospital
- Lockout–tagout
- Lone worker monitoring
- Long COVID
- Long Healing Prayer
- Long-term care
- Lorena Alarcon-Casas Wright
- Low birth-weight paradox
- Lumbini Provincial Hospital
- MHealth
- MUMPS
- Maculopapular rash
- Madhukar Pai
- Malacia
- Malignancy
- Mallory body
- Mammoplasia
- Mandated choice
- Mandated reporter
- Manner of death
- Manual handling of loads
- Maquila Decree
- Maria Dudycz
- Marriage and health
- María Nieves García-Casal
- Mass and Cass
- Mass effect (medicine)
- Massage table
- Mate crime
- Maternal death
- Maternal health
- Mayer waves
- Me-too drug
- Meat-packing industry
- MedInfo
- Medical advice
- Medical algorithm
- Medical animation
- Medical billing
- Medical case management
- Medical consensus
- Medical desert
- Medical device
- Medical device connectivity
- Medical diagnosis
- Medical escort
- Medical genetics of Jews
- Medical geography
- Medical gown
- Medical guideline
- Medical history
- Medical identification tag
- Medical image sharing
- Medical license
- Medical logic module
- Medical logistics
- Medical model of disability
- Medical officer of health
- Medical prescription
- Medical procedure
- Medical record
- Medical savings account
- Medical state
- Medical terminology
- Medical textiles
- Medical tourism
- Medical transcription
- Medical writing
- Medical–industrial complex
- Medication package insert
- Medicinicum Lech
- Men who have sex with men
- Menopause in incarceration
- Menopause in the workplace
- Mens sana in corpore sano
- Mental environment
- Mental health
- Mental health day
- Mental health first aid
- Mental health in aviation
- Mental health in education
- Mental health inequality
- Mental health informatics
- Mental health of Jesus
- Metabolic flexibility
- Mexican paradox
- Micro-g environment
- Microbial pathogenesis
- Microinsurance
- Microlife
- Micromort
- Mine safety
- Minimally invasive procedure
- Minimum Data Set
- Mining
- Minister of Mental Health
- Minority stress
- Mitigation
- Mold health issues
- Molecular Koch's postulates
- Molecular epidemiology
- Monotherapy
- Moral injury
- Mortality forecasting
- Mortality salience
- Mosquito Awareness Week
- Mossman–Pacey paradox
- Motor coordination
- Mozart and smallpox
- Mr. Ouch
- Muesli belt malnutrition
- Multidrug-resistant bacteria
- Multifactorial disease
- Multimorbidity
- Multiple of the median
- Multiple sex partners
- Mutual monogamy
- My Body Back
- Mycoplasma hominis infection
- NIOSH air filtration rating
- NPU terminology
- Naltrexone
- Narrative medicine
- National Obesity Observatory
- National Office of WHMIS
- National health insurance
- National minimum dataset
- Near-death experience
- Near-sightedness
- Necropolitics
- Neil George Safety System
- Neo-Hippocratism
- Neointima
- Neovascularization
- Neuroangiogenesis
- Neurocristopathy
- Neurodiversity
- Neuron
- Never event
- New World Syndrome
- Nikolai Izmerov
- Nine stages of decay
- Nocebo
- Noise measurement
- Noise-induced hearing loss
- Non-communicable disease
- Norma Yeeting
- Norman Garmezy
- Norman Kerr
- Northeast Health System
- Nosokinetics
- Nosology
- Not Otherwise Specified
- Nothing by mouth
- Notifiable disease
- Nuclear anxiety
- Nuisance
- Nuisance ordinance
- Nursing research
- Nutec
- Nutrition transition
- OHSAS 18001
- Obesity and walking
- Obesity paradox
- Observations of daily living
- Obstetric transition
- Occupational cancer
- Occupational epidemiology
- Occupational exposure limit
- Occupational fatality
- Occupational health nursing
- Occupational hearing loss
- Occupational heat stress
- Occupational hygiene
- Occupational medicine
- Occupational rehabilitation
- Occupational risk assessment
- Occupational toxicology
- Ochs v. Commissioner
- Ocular prosthesis
- Oil refinery
- Old age
- OnPage Corporation
- Onesimus (Bostonian)
- Online doctor
- Onsite health
- Open flow microperfusion
- Open-air treatment
- OpenEHR
- OpenGALEN
- OpenNotes
- OpenSAFELY
- Operative report
- Opioid rotation
- Opisthotonic death pose
- Option grid
- Options counseling
- Oral administration
- Oral myology
- Orgasm gap
- Origin tracing
- Orphan drug
- Orphan patient
- Our Malady
- Outline of death
- Outline of health
- Outline of health sciences
- Outline of public health
- Outline of smoking
- Overcrowding
- Overdiagnosis
- Oxygen saturation (medicine)
- PIMEX
- PRECEDE–PROCEED model
- Pain out of proportion
- Palsy
- Pandemic
- Pandemic fatigue
- Pannus
- Paradoxical reaction
- Paraveterinary worker
- Parents with disabilities
- Paresis
- PariSanté Campus
- Parity of esteem
- Participatient
- Participatory ergonomics
- Particle counter
- Party and play
- Passing away
- Passive drinking
- Past medical history
- Pastoral care
- Pathognomonic
- Patient
- Patient Activation Measure
- Patient administration system
- Patient diary
- Patient engagement in Canada
- Patient management software
- Patient participation
- Patient portal
- Patient registration
- Patient transport
- Patient-initiated violence
- Patient-reported outcome
- Patients' rights
- Patriotic Health Campaign
- Pattern glare
- Paula method
- Pavor nocturnus
- Pelvic congestion syndrome
- Penetration diving
- Penile fracture
- Penile implant
- Performance status
- Perinatal mortality
- Periodic breathing
- Permissive hypotension
- Permit-to-work
- Perpetrator trauma
- Person-centered care
- Personal Science
- Personal health application
- Personal health record
- Personal protective equipment
- Person–environment fit
- Pest house
- Peto's paradox
- Peyronie's disease
- Phaeton complex
- Pharmacoeconomics
- Pharmacy management system
- Pharyngeal aspiration
- PhenX Toolkit
- Philosophy of healthcare
- Phonagnosia
- Phoniatrics
- Physical activity
- Physical disability
- Physical disorder
- Physical fitness
- Physical inactivity
- Physical strength
- Physician engagement
- Physician supply
- Physician–patient privilege
- Pilon fracture
- Plastination
- Play Fair!
- Plethysmograph
- Point of care
- Point-of-care testing
- Pointing and calling
- Polizeiwissenschaft
- Poly Implant Prothèse
- Polyuria
- Pope Leo XIII
- Population health
- Population informatics
- Population study
- Porphyria cutanea tarda
- Porphyromonas gingivalis
- Portable appliance testing
- PositiveSingles
- Post-coital tristesse
- Post-maturity syndrome
- Post-mortem privacy
- Post-nut clarity
- Posterior cortex
- Posthumous publication
- Postictal state
- Postorgasmic illness syndrome
- Potomania
- Practice-based commissioning
- Prandial
- Precancerous condition
- Precautionary principle
- Precocious puberty
- Pregnant patients' rights
- Prescription analytics
- Prescriptive analytics
- Presentation (medical)
- Prevention paradox
- Prevention through design
- Preventive healthcare
- Preventive nutrition
- Preventx
- Prevotella intermedia
- Priapism
- Primary goods
- Principles of motion economy
- Proarrhythmia
- Procidentia
- Prodromus
- Prognosis
- Progress note
- Progression-free survival
- Progressive disease
- Project HOPE
- Protective sequestration
- Protocol system
- Proximodistal trend
- Pseudonymization
- Psychologs
- Public health
- Public health informatics
- Public health intervention
- Public health law
- Public health nursing
- Public health observatory
- Public health surveillance
- Publicly funded health care
- Pulmonary consolidation
- Pulmonary drug delivery
- Pulmonary wedge pressure
- Pulse vaccination strategy
- Pulsus paradoxus
- Pus
- Pyonephrosis
- Qualitative risk analysis
- Quality of life
- Quality of life (healthcare)
- Quality of well-being scale
- Quality of working life
- Quality-adjusted life year
- Quantified self
- Quaternary prevention
- R v ACR Roofing Pty Ltd
- R/WatchPeopleDie
- Race and health
- Radiofrequency ablation
- Ramboll Environ
- Rapid antigen test
- Rapid diagnostic test
- Rapid strep test
- Real world data
- Real world evidence
- Reasonable person model
- Refractory period (sex)
- Refresher training
- Refugee health
- Regeneration (biology)
- Regression (medicine)
- Relapsing–remitting
- Relationships and health
- Religion and HIV/AIDS
- Religion and abortion
- Religion and divorce
- Religion and health
- Remission (medicine)
- Remote therapy
- Reproductive rights
- Reproductive system disease
- Respectful workplace
- Responsibility Deal
- Responsible drug use
- Retiree Drug Subsidy
- Retirement migration
- Reverse smoking
- Review of systems
- Richard Scheffler
- Right atrial pressure
- Right to health
- Right-to-left shunt
- Risk Information Exchange
- Risk and Safety Statements
- Risk assessment
- Risk control
- Risk equalization
- Risk of infection
- Risk of mortality
- Risky sexual behavior
- Road master
- Robens Report
- Robot-assisted surgery
- Roemer's law
- Romantic Depot
- Rope access
- Rosamund Kissi-Debrah
- Rural health
- Rurality
- Rust shooting incident
- SAID principle
- SARI Screening Tool
- SENSOR-Pesticides
- SF-36
- SOAP note
- SaTScan
- Sad clown paradox
- Safe Routes to School
- Safe sex
- Safe work procedure
- Safe-In-Sound award
- Safeguard (magazine)
- Safety Jackpot
- Safety and Health
- Safety data sheet
- Safety statement
- Salutogenesis
- Samuel Stockhausen
- SawStop
- Scar
- Scar free healing
- School belonging
- Sclerosis (medicine)
- Screen time
- Screening (medicine)
- Secondary malignant neoplasm
- Secretomotor
- Sedentary lifestyle
- Self-administration
- Self-diagnosis
- Self-healing
- Self-medication
- Self-rated health
- Senait Fisseha
- Sentinel Initiative
- Sentinel outlet
- Sequela
- Sequence (medicine)
- Serious game
- Sever's disease
- Severity of illness
- Sex after pregnancy
- Sex and drugs
- Sexual addiction
- Sexual anomalies
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexual function
- Sexual headache
- Sexual health clinic
- Sexual intercourse
- Sexual medicine
- Sexual network
- Sexually induced sneezing
- Sham surgery
- Shenkui
- Sheri Sangji case
- Shift work
- Shift-and-persist model
- Shit life syndrome
- Short-arm inspection
- Short-term exposure limit
- Silent hypoxia
- Simultanagnosia
- Single-payer healthcare
- Sisterhood method
- Skull bossing
- Sky burial (disambiguation)
- Sleep efficiency
- Sleep in the NBA
- Sleep tracking
- Sleeping Sickness Commission
- Sling (medicine)
- Slips and capture
- Smell as evidence of disease
- Smoking ban
- Sober companion
- Sobering center
- Sobrietol
- Social Emergency Medicine
- Social Histories of Medicine
- Social Support Questionnaire
- Social determinants of health
- Social effects of H5N1
- Social epidemiology
- Social franchising
- Social history (medicine)
- Social medicine
- Social model of disability
- Social prescribing
- Social quality
- Social role valorization
- Social support
- Social-emotional agnosia
- Socialized medicine
- Sociology of death
- Sonoma diet
- Sopor (sleep)
- Soul, Mind, Body Medicine
- Special needs dentistry
- Special needs plan
- Specific inhalation challenge
- Speech–language pathology
- Spermarche
- Spinnbarkeit
- Spiritual crisis
- Spontaneous breathing trial
- Spontaneous remission
- Spoon theory
- Starfish regeneration
- Stenosis
- Stephen D. John
- Stereolithography
- Sterilant gas monitoring
- Stimming
- Subclinical infection
- Subjective well-being
- Subluxation
- Suboptimal health
- Sudomotor
- Sugary drink tax
- Suicide note
- Suicide terminology
- Sullivan's Index
- Superspreading event
- Supplier-induced demand
- Supported living
- Surgical mask
- Surgical planning
- Surgical scheduling software
- Surgical sieve
- Surgical smoke
- Surrogate alcohol
- Surrogate decision-maker
- Surrogate endpoint
- Swine influenza
- Symptomatic treatment
- Syndrome
- Systemic disease
- Systems medicine
- T1International
- TMEM39B
- Tagging system
- Tall Man lettering
- Tampon tax
- Tannerella forsythia
- Taphophobia
- TeenScreen
- Tele-epidemiology
- TeleMAT
- Telecare
- Telehealth
- Telemedicine
- Teratology
- Terminal cleaning
- Terminal illness
- Terri Schiavo timeline
- Terror management theory
- Testicular microlithiasis
- Text nailing
- Thanatosensitivity
- Thanatotranscriptome
- The Great Bovine Pestilence
- The Incidental Economist
- The MICCAI Society
- The PIETY Study
- The Truth About Alcohol
- The Weight of the Nation
- The World Starts with Me
- Therac-25
- Therapeutic inertia
- Thermal work limit
- Third place
- Third-party administrator
- Thomas Sinkjær
- Thorotrast
- Threshold limit value
- Time affluence
- Time trade-off
- Timeblock
- Timeline of deworming
- Timeline of global health
- To Save Humanity
- Tolerated illness
- Tongue posture
- Topical medication
- Topical tobacco paste
- Total Worker Health
- Toxidrome
- Transcontinental walk
- Transinstitutionalisation
- Translational bioinformatics
- Transport tetany
- Transportation and health
- Transtheoretical model
- Trapped-key interlocking
- Tread plate
- Treatment decision support
- Tropical disease
- Trotula
- Truncal ataxia
- Tubo-ovarian abscess
- Twinless twin
- Two-tier healthcare
- Uni Health
- Universal health care
- Unnecessary health care
- Unrest (2017 film)
- Ureterovaginal fistula
- Utilization management
- VA conduction
- VIP medicine
- Vaccine equity
- Vaccine line jumping
- Vaccine storage
- Vaginal steaming
- Vaginismus
- Value-based health care
- Vascular
- Vascular occlusion
- Vasomotor
- Vegetation (pathology)
- Veillonella parvula
- Verbal autopsy
- Vermont Department of Health
- Veterinarian
- Veterinary pharmacy
- Veterinary public health
- Video game addiction
- Videotelephony
- Viral load
- Virkon
- Virtual Medical Record
- Virtual Physiological Human
- Virus
- Vitality
- Vocational rehabilitation
- Voluntary Protection Program
- Voodoo death
- Waiting in healthcare
- Warsaw Ghetto Hunger Study
- Wastewater surveillance
- Watchful waiting
- Water safety
- Weekend effect
- Well-being
- Wellbeing Literacy
- Wellbeing at Work conference
- Wellness check
- Wellness in school
- Wernicke encephalopathy
- Wet-bulb globe temperature
- Wildfire suppression
- Willimina R. Walsh
- Wireless ambulatory ECG
- Women who have sex with women
- Work in compressed air
- Work method statement
- Worker Protection Standard
- Worker road safety
- Workers' Memorial Day
- Workplace health promotion
- Workplace revenge
- Workplace robotics safety
- Workplace safety standards
- Workplace wellness
- World Health Assembly
- World Health Organization
- World Mental Health Day
- World Physical Therapy Day
- Worried well
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- Wound healing
- Wound healing assay
- Wreath Laying Ceremony
- Wrongful birth
- Wrongful life
- Xiaomi Smart Band 7
- Years of potential life lost
- Yentl Syndrome
- Young invincibles
- Youth and disability
- Zika virus
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