Medicine
Medicine has to do with diseases and conditions that affect the entire body. In this section, learn about testing and treatment plans including the medicines used to prevent and treat a range of diseases and conditions.
Is Your Hospital Diverting Ambulances Because of COVID-19?
How Ambulances Work
Can You Go to the ER Without Health Insurance?
Womanikin: Overcoming the Stigma of Breasts and CPR
Women Less Likely to Receive CPR in Public, Study Finds
Should you use ice or heat to treat an injury?
Mark Cuban Wants to Solve the U.S. Prescription Drug Price Crisis
Epidemiologists Are the 'Disease Detectives' Protecting Public Health
Should Doctors Have to Pay Patients for Running Late?
FDA Approves OTC Narcan Nasal Spray for Opioid Overdose
Why Are Potassium Iodide Pills Selling Like Crazy?
Why Are Some Shots Given in the Arm and Some in the Bum?
Medical Schools Have Come a Long Way From Grave Robbing to Get Cadavers
Compression Wear Is Key to Sports and Surgical Recovery
How Doctor On Demand Works
Anesthesia Awareness: When You're 'Awake and Aware' During Surgery
Prehab Could Make Your Recovery From Surgery a Bit Easier
You Need It Like a Hole in the Head: The Ancient Medical Art of Trepanation
Honey Can Help If Your Child Swallows a Button Battery
What Is the Rarest Personality Type?
Veins, Needles, Yikes: What to Know Before Having Blood Drawn
Are Army medics and doctors on the front lines?
Can civilians become doctors in the U.S. Army?
Do Army doctors and medics carry weapons?
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The comforting effects of animals have been noticed through the years, and volunteer animal-assisted therapy programs are becoming increasingly common in hospitals, rehabilitation centers, and nursing homes.
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If you imbibed a little too much and still have to go to work the next morning, what solutions does your local drugstore offer?
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When you're dissatisfied with a physician's performance, working through communication problems may be preferable to finding another health care professional. Learn what to do to repair a communication breakdown with your health care provider.
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There are many types of medications used to treat high blood pressure. Learn more about what drugs are available.
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The World Health Organization's goals are not to be taken lightly: eradicating disease, promoting healthy living conditions and overseeing the general welfare of people all over the world. Learn about the WHO.
By Nancy Lewis
Today, organ transplants are relatively simple procedures, yet thousands of people die every year waiting for their turn. Find out about transplants and what’s being done to remedy the organ-shortage problem.
By Tom Harris
The threat of anthrax as a biological weapon has become a real concern for everyone. Ciprofloxacin is a drug used to treat people exposed to anthrax. Learn how this medicine works against the anthrax bacteria.
Lots of people are trading in glasses and contacts for more permanent vision correction. Curious about vision correction surgery? Find out if you're a candidate for LASIK and see how the process works.
By Jeff Tyson
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According to a National Survey on Drug Use and Health, roughly 2.8 million people aged 12 or older had illegally used the prescription drug OxyContin at least once. Find out about this controversial drug.
Oxycontin is a drug frequently referenced in the news. Just how dangerous is it?
Medications are put into the body in various ways. Why are some injected and others taken in pill form?
CPR guidelines have probably changed since you tried to perform it on Resusci Anne. See what's different in this critical first aid technique.
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Robots are already assisting doctors in the operating room. Tele-surgery may not be that far off. Learn about robotic surgery and what it could mean to the future of health care.
By Kevin Bonsor & Jonathan Strickland
Heart bypass operations were once very dangerous, but now they're almost commonplace. How are these procedures done, and how do they fix a person's heart?
An antibiotic selectively kills bacteria, but not the cells in your body. How do these mighty meds work their magic?
Feel a bit of a headache coming on? Muscle aches from yesterday's workout too distracting? Arthritis making that knitting project a pain? Discover how aspirin and other analgesics dull the pain and find out what else they're good for.