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Catégorie
Health sciences
Résumé
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to health sciences:
Health sciences are those sciences which focus on health, or health care, as core parts of their subject matter. Health sciences relate to multiple academic disciplines, including STEM disciplines and emerging patient safety disciplines (such as social care research).
Medicine is an applied science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness. Below are some of the branches of medicine.
Anesthesiology is the brand of medicine that deals with life support and anesthesia during surgery.
Angiology deals with the diseases of the circulatory system.
Audiology focuses on preventing and curing hearing damage.
Bariatrics deals with the causes, prevention, and treatment of obesity.
Cardiology deals with disorders of the heart and the blood vessels.
Critical care medicine focuses on life support and the intensive care of the seriously ill.
Dentistry is the branch of medicine that consists of the study, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases, disorders, and conditions of the oral cavity, commonly in the dentition but also the oral mucosa, and of adjacent and related structures and tissues, particularly in the maxillofacial (jaw and facial) area.
Dermatology deals with the skin, its structure, functions, and diseases.
Emergency medicine focuses on care provided in the emergency department.
Endocrinology deals with disorders of the endocrine system.
Family medicine is a medical specialty devoted to comprehensive health care for people of all ages.
Gastroenterology deals with the study and care of the digestive system.
General Practice (often called Family Medicine) is a branch of medicine that specializes in primary care.
Geriatrics is the branch of medicine that deals with the general health and well-being of the elderly.
Gynecology deals with the health of the female reproductive systems and the breasts.
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