Remission — may refer to:*Remission (medicine), the state of absence of disease activity in patients with a chronic illness, with the possibility of return of disease activity *Remission (spectroscopy), the reflection or scattering of light by a material… … Wikipedia
remission — 1. Abatement or lessening in severity of the symptoms of a disease. 2. The period during which such abatement occurs. [L. remissio, fr. re mitto, pp. missus, to send back, slacken, relax] spontaneous r. disappearance of symptoms without formal… … Medical dictionary
remission — re mis·sion || rɪ mɪʃn n. abatement, act of slackening; release from an obligation; forgiveness, absolution; (Medicine) abatement of symptoms of a disease in response to treatment; period during which a diminution of a disease occurs;… … English contemporary dictionary
Spontaneous remission — In medicine, spontaneous remission is recovery without known reason or cause.cite book | last = Bakal| first = Donald A. | title = Minding the Body: Clinical Uses of Somatic Awareness| publisher = Guilford Publications| date = 2001| pages = p 163 … Wikipedia
Energy medicine — Spiritual Healing redirects here. For the album by the band Death, see Spiritual Healing (album). Energy medicine edit Acupuncture Energy (esotericism) Energy medicine Polarity therapy Reiki … Wikipedia
Evidence-based medicine — (EBM) aims to apply evidence gained from the scientific method to certain parts of medical practice. It seeks to assess the quality of evidencecite journal |author=Elstein AS |title=On the origins and development of evidence based medicine and… … Wikipedia
The Canon of Medicine — (Arabic: القانون في الطب Al Qanun fi al Tibb The Law of Medicine ; Persian: قانون Qanun Law ; Latin: Canon Medicinae Canon of Medicine ; Chinese: Hui Hui Yao Fang Prescriptions of the Hui Nationality ) is a 14 volume Arabic medical encyclopedia… … Wikipedia
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Anthroposophical medicine — is a complementary medicine founded in the 1920s by Rudolf Steiner in conjunction with Dr Ita Wegman. Its advocates see it as a holistic and salutogenetic approach to medicine which focuses on ensuring that the conditions for health are present… … Wikipedia
Chronic (medicine) — This article is about medical conditions. For other uses, see Chronic (disambiguation). A chronic disease is a disease or other human health condition that is persistent or long lasting in nature.[1] The term chronic is usually applied when the… … Wikipedia