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Medicine is the branch of health science and the sector of public life concerned with maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis and treatment of disease and injury. It is both an area of knowledge — a science of body systems, their diseases and treatment — and the applied practice — an art or craft — of that knowledge. However, medicine often refers more specifically to matters dealt with by physicians and surgeons.
The term "medicine" is sometimes used amongst medical professionals as shorthand for internal medicine. Veterinary medicine is the practice of health care in animal species other than human beings.
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An abortion is the removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus from the uterus, resulting in or caused by its death. This can occur spontaneously as a miscarriage, or be artificially induced by chemical, surgical or other means. Commonly, "abortion" refers to an induced procedure at any point during pregnancy; medically, it is defined as miscarriage or induced termination before twenty weeks' gestation, which is considered nonviable.
Throughout history abortion has been induced by various methods. The moral and legal aspects of abortion are subject to intense debate in many parts of the world. (More...)
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This follicular adenoma of the thyroid is shown in a right lobectomy specimen, sectioned vertically and viewed from the posterior aspect to show a 2.7 cm tumor distending the lower pole. Photo credit: [1]
Medicine Wikinews
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- November 10: Right-to-die activists reveal euthanasia for Dutch patient with severe dementia
- October 1: 'Fascinating' and 'provocative' research examines genetic elements of bipolar, schizophrenia
- September 23: Southampton City Council votes against water fluoridation
- September 3: Study concludes 9/11 firefighters are 19% more likely to develop cancer
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- ... vinca alkaloids are chemotherapy drugs that inhibit the polymerization of tubulin, whereas taxanes are produced by plants of the genus Taxus that inhibit tubulin depolymerization?
- ... that Sydenham's chorea (or St. Vitus' dance) is a one of the major criteria in the Jones diagnostic criteria for rheumatic fever?
- ... that rare mistargetting of somatic hypermutation is being investigated as a mechanism in the development of B-cell lymphomas?
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- "… the best thing for being sad… is to learn something.” - Merlin to Arthur; The Sword in the Stone by T. H. White
- "Health is like money, we never have a true idea of its value until we lose it.” - Josh Billings
- "Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.” - Mark Twain
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