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Medicine

Medical Definition:	The art and science of preventing, diagnosing, and treating disease, as well as the maintenance of health.
Guide Notes:	medicine only as a field, profession or discipline: differentiate from DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE where the patient is emphasized (see MeSH definition there); very general; avoid; it is divided broadly into experimental medicine ( = BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH) & CL

Medicine Categories.

	Adolescent Medicine - A branch of medicine pertaining to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases occurring during the period beginning with puberty until the cessation of somatic growth.
	Andrology - A scientific or medical discipline concerning the study of male reproductive biology, diseases of the male genital organs, and male infertility. Major areas of interest include ENDOCRINOLOGY; SPERMATOGENESIS; semen analysis; FERTILIZATION; CONTRACEPTION; and CRYOPRESERVATION.
	Clinical Medicine - The study and practice of medicine by direct examination of the patient.
	Community Medicine - A branch of medicine concerned with the total health of the individual within the home environment and in the community, and with the application of comprehensive care to the prevention and treatment of illness in the entire community.
	Epidemiology - Field of medicine concerned with the determination of causes, incidence, and characteristic behavior of disease outbreaks affecting human populations. It includes the interrelationships of host, agent, and environment as related to the distribution and control of disease.
	Geriatrics - The branch of medicine concerned with the physiological and pathological aspects of the aged, including the clinical problems of senescence and senility.
	Medicine, Herbal - The study of medicines derived from botanical sources.
	Military Medicine - The practice of medicine as applied to special circumstances associated with military operations.
	Naval Medicine - The practice of medicine concerned with conditions affecting the health of individuals associated with the marine environment.
	Osteopathic Medicine - A system of therapy and medicine based on the theory that the normal body is a vital mechanical organism whose structural and functional states are of equal importance and is capable of making its own remedies against infections and toxic conditions when there are favorable environmental circumstances and adequate nutrition.
	Social Medicine - A branch of medicine concerned with the role of socio-environmental factors in the occurrence, prevention and treatment of disease.
	Specialties, Medical - Various branches of medical practice limited to specialized areas.
	Specialties, Surgical - Various branches of surgical practice limited to specialized areas.
	Sports Medicine - The field of medicine concerned with physical fitness and the diagnosis and treatment of injuries sustained in sports activities.
	Telemedicine - Delivery of health services via remote telecommunications. This includes interactive consultative and diagnostic services.
	Traumatology - The medical specialty which deals with WOUNDS and INJURIES as well as resulting disability, disorders, and STRESS from physical and psychological traumas.
	Tropical Medicine - The branch of medicine concerned with diseases, mainly of parasitic origin, common in tropical and subtropical regions.

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