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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.

Medicine is both an area of knowledge (a science), and the application of that knowledge (by the medical profession and other health professionals such as nurses). The various specialized branches of the science of medicine correspond to the equally specialized medical professions dealing with particular organs or diseases. The science of medicine is the knowledge of body systems and diseases, while the profession of medicine refers to the social structure of the group of people formally trained to apply that knowledge.

Medicine comprises 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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A sexually transmitted disease (STD), a.k.a. Venereal disease (VD), is an illness that has a significant probability of transmission between humans or animals by means of sexual contact, including vaginal intercourse, oral sex, and anal sex. Increasingly, the term sexually transmitted infection (STI) is used, as it has a broader range of meaning; a person may be infected, and may potentially infect others, without showing signs of disease. Some STIs can also be transmitted via the needles used in IV drug use, as well as through childbirth or breastfeeding. Sexually transmitted infections have been well known for hundreds of years.

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Endoscopic image of deep gastric ulcer in the gastric antrum.

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• • September 8: Father of David Cameron dies in French hospital after suffering stroke
  • September 8: David Cameron misses Prime Minister's Questions after father suffers stroke
  • September 8: UK researchers discover first antibiotics originating from insects
  • September 2: Study suggests 'sleeping sickness' parasite mutated to evade immune system defences

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• ... that enfuvirtide and maraviroc are HIV entry inhibitors that interact with the viral gp41 and CCR5, respectively?
• ... in many developing countries indoor air pollution from cooking fire smoke (often using biomass fuels such as wood and animal dung) is a common cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, especially in women?
• ... that pain in the right iliac fossa during deep palpation in the left iliac fossa is called Rovsing's sign, a test for appendicitis?
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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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