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  • Public health emergency of international concernA public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC /feɪk/ FAKE) is a formal declaration by the World Health Organ…
  • Revised Trauma ScoreThe Revised Trauma Score (RTS) is a physiologic scoring system based on the initial vital signs of a patient. A lower sc…
  • Cross educationCross education is a neurophysiological phenomenon where an increase in strength is witnessed within an untrained limb f…
  • World Health AssemblyThe World Health Assembly (WHA) is the forum through which the World Health Organization (WHO) is governed by its 193 me…
  • Parenteral nutritionParenteral nutrition (PN), or intravenous feeding, is the feeding of nutritional products to a person intravenously, byp…
  • Medicine wheelMedicine wheels are petroforms or circular formations of rocks on the land. Historically, most medicine wheels followed …
  • Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndromePostural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is a condition characterized by an abnormally large increase in heart r…
  • Public health emergency of international concernA public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC /feɪk/ FAKE) is a formal declaration by the World Health Organ…
  • Dustin McGowanDustin Michael McGowan (born March 24, 1982) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major Lea…
  • Justicia adhatodaJusticia adhatoda commonly known in English as Malabar nut, adulsa, adhatoda, vasa, vasaka, is native to Asia. Adathoda …
  • UConn HealthUConn Health is a healthcare system and hospital, and branch of the University of Connecticut that oversees clinical car…
  • Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (West Bengal)The Department of Health & Family Welfare of West Bengal is a Government of West Bengal ministry. It is a ministry mainl…
  • Daniel TarantolaDaniel Tarantola was born in Ajaccio (Corsica), France, in 1942. Having obtained his medical degree from Paris Universit…
  • Abortion in New MexicoAbortion in New Mexico is legal at all stages of pregnancy. The number of abortion clinics in New Mexico has declined ov…
  • Papa Bouba DiopPapa Bouba Diop (28 January 1978 – 29 November 2020) was a Senegalese professional footballer. His preferred position wa…
  • Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (West Bengal)The Department of Health & Family Welfare of West Bengal is a Government of West Bengal ministry. It is a ministry mainl…
  • MidazolamMidazolam, sold under the brand name Versed among others, is a benzodiazepine medication used for anesthesia, premedicat…
  • Harry BenjaminHarry Benjamin (January 12, 1885 – August 24, 1986) was a German-American endocrinologist and sexologist, widely known f…
  • Athletic trainingAthletic training is an allied health care profession recognized by the American Medical Association (AMA) that "encompa…
  • StentIn medicine, a stent is a tube usually constructed of a metallic alloy or a polymer. It is inserted into the lumen (holl…
  • John Turner (psychologist)John Charles Turner (7 September 1947 – 24 July 2011) was a British social psychologist who, along with colleagues, dev…
  • National Academy of Medicine (France)The Académie nationale de médecine (English: National Academy of Medicine) is a French learned society situated at 16 Ru…
  • Gabriel Scally (physician)Gabriel John Scally FFPHM (born September 1954) is an Irish public health physician and a former regional director of pu…
  • Gladys Beaumont CarterGladys Beaumont Carter (21 April 1887 – 8 December 1959) was an English midwife, academic nurse, economist and writer. H…
  • Sleep onset latencyIn sleep science, sleep onset latency (SOL) is the length of time that it takes to accomplish the transition from full w…
  • Hans KlugeHans Henri Marcel Paul Kluge (born 29 November 1968, in Roeselare) is a Belgian medical doctor and public health expert.…
  • Achilles tendon ruptureAchilles tendon rupture is the breakage of the Achilles tendon at the back of the ankle. Symptoms include the sudden ons…
  • One HealthOne Health is an approach calling for "the collaborative efforts of multiple disciplines working locally, nationally, an…
  • Frederick F. RussellBrigadier General Frederick Fuller Russell (1870 – December 29, 1960) was a U.S. Army physician who perfected a typhoid …
  • Pete CrossPeter Michael Cross (March 28, 1948 – January 2, 1977) was an American basketball player. Cross was drafted in the secon…
  • UConn HealthUConn Health is a healthcare system and hospital, and branch of the University of Connecticut that oversees clinical car…
  • University Hospital of North NorwayThe University Hospital of North Norway (Norwegian: Universitetssykehuset Nord-Norge) or UNN is a hospital and health tr…
  • World NTD DayWorld NTD Day or World NTD (Neglected Tropical Diseases) Day is an awareness day for addressing neglected tropical dise…
  • Nola HyltonNola M. Hylton (born 1957) is an American oncologist who is Professor of Radiology and Director of the Breast Imaging Re…
  • Kevin McCarraKevin J. McCarra (1 February 1958 – 24 October 2020) was a Scottish sportswriter.
  • AlcoholismAlcoholism is the continued drinking of alcohol despite it causing problems. Some definitions require evidence of depend…
  • Virginia HendersonVirginia Avenel Henderson (November 30, 1897 – March 19, 1996) was an American nurse, researcher, theorist, and writer.
  • College of American PathologistsThe College of American Pathologists (CAP) is a member-based physician organization founded in 1946, comprising …
  • Platelet-rich fibrinPlatelet-rich fibrin (PRF) or leukocyte- and platelet-rich fibrin (L-PRF) is a derivative of PRP where autologous platel…
  • Biological inequityBiological inequity, also known as biological inequality, refers to the "systematic, unfair, and avoidable stress-relate…
  • Ambulance Operators Association of Nova ScotiaThe Ambulance Operators Association of Nova Scotia (AOANS) was the provincial association representing ambulance company…
  • James WirthBrother James Wirth, F.F.S.C., (German: Bruder Jakobus, 15 October 1830 – 28 March 1871) was a German Catholic Religious…
  • Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust runs Bradford Royal Infirmary and St Luke's Hospital in Bradford, West …
  • Veterinary medicineVeterinary medicine is the branch of medicine concerned with the prevention, management, diagnosis, and treatment of dis…
  • Henri SellierHenri Charles Sellier (22 December 1883 – 24 November 1943) was a French administrator, urban planner and Socialist poli…
  • Cleidocranial dysostosisCleidocranial dysostosis (CCD), also called cleidocranial dysplasia, is a birth defect that mostly affects the bones and…
  • Ebola virus disease in SpainIn 2014, Ebola virus disease in Spain occurred due to two patients with cases of the disease contracted during the Ebola…
  • Caroline Breese HallCaroline Breese Hall (April 2, 1939 – December 10, 2012) was an American pediatrician who was a pediatrics professor at …
  • Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance CoverageElderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage (EPIC) ("New York State's Senior Prescription Plan") was designed so that pers…
  • StarlingpoxStarlingpox virus is a virus of the Avipoxvirus genus belonging to the Chordopoxvirinae subfamily and the Poxviridae fam…