CureA cure is a substance or procedure that ends a medical condition, such as a medication, a surgical operation, a change in lifestyle or even a philosophical mindset that helps end a person's sufferings; or the state of being healed, or cured. The medical condition could be a disease, mental illness, genetic disorder, or simply a condition a person considers socially undesirable, such as baldness or lack of breast tissue. An incurable disease may or may not be a terminal illness; conversely, a curable illness can still result in the patient's death.
Dose (biochemistry)A dose is a measured quantity of a medicine, nutrient, or pathogen which is delivered as a unit. The greater the quantity delivered, the larger the dose. Doses are most commonly measured for compounds in medicine. The term is usually applied to the quantity of a drug or other agent administered for therapeutic purposes, but may be used to describe any case where a substance is introduced to the body. In nutrition, the term is usually applied to how much of a specific nutrient is in a person's diet or in a particular food, meal, or dietary supplement.
Psychotropethumb|Tabac blond séché et haché, la substance psychotrope la plus consommée dans le monde. vignette|droite|Un assortiment de différents psychotropes vignette|L'alcool est un des psychotropes les plus largement disponibles et consommés. Un psychotrope est un produit ou une substance chimique qui agit principalement sur l'état du système nerveux central en y modifiant certains processus biochimiques et physiologiques cérébraux, sans préjuger de sa capacité à induire des phénomènes de dépendance, ni de son éventuelle toxicité.
Treatment of cancerCancer can be treated by surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormonal therapy, targeted therapy (including immunotherapy such as monoclonal antibody therapy) and synthetic lethality, most commonly as a series of separate treatments (e.g. chemotherapy before surgery). The choice of therapy depends upon the location and grade of the tumor and the stage of the disease, as well as the general state of the patient (performance status). Cancer genome sequencing helps in determining which cancer the patient exactly has for determining the best therapy for the cancer.
Convention unique sur les stupéfiantsLa convention unique sur les stupéfiants de 1961 convoquée par l'ONU fut ratifiée le 30 mars 1961 à New York. Elle comporte 183 signataires au 2005. Elle est entrée en vigueur en 1964 et fut modifiée par le protocole du 25 mars 1972. Elle est dite unique parce qu’elle remplace plusieurs conventions internationales. Son objectif est de limiter la production et le commerce de substances interdites en établissant une liste de ces substances, qualifiées de stupéfiants.
Alcohol (drug)Alcohol, sometimes referred to by the chemical name ethanol, is a depressant drug that is the active ingredient in drinks such as beer, wine, and distilled spirits (hard liquor). It is one of the oldest and most commonly consumed recreational drugs, causing the characteristic effects of alcohol intoxication ("drunkenness"). Among other effects, alcohol produces happiness and euphoria, decreased anxiety, increased sociability, sedation, impairment of cognitive, memory, motor, and sensory function, and generalized depression of central nervous system (CNS) function.
