List of health sciences topics
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[edit] General topics
[edit] Diagnostic methods
- physical examination
- medical history
- auscultation
- stethoscope
- percussion
- medical imaging
- X-ray
- medical ultrasonography
- blood work
Medical specialities by organ system:
[edit] Cardiology
- Congenital heart disease
- Myocarditis
- Rheumatic heart disease
- Coronary heart disease
- Cardiac arrhythmias
[edit] Respiratory
[edit] Gastrointestinal
- Oesophagus
- Heartburn
- Reflux esophagitis
- Barretts disease
- Hiatus hernia
- Cancer of oesophagus
- Oesophageal pouch
- Achalasia
[edit] Stomach
- Gastric ulcer
- stomach cancer
- Helicobacter pylori
- GERD
- Mallory-Weiss syndrome
- Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
[edit] Small bowel
Duodenal atresia ~ Giardiasis ~ Coeliac disease ~ Crohn's disease ~ Intestinal volvulus ~ Lymphoma ~ Meckel's diverticulum ~ Malabsorption ~
[edit] Appendix
[edit] Colon
- Infective colitis
- Intestinal volvulus
- Hirschprung disease
- Ulcerative colitis
- Cancer
- Crohn's disease
- Diverticulitis
- Diarrhea
- Irritable bowel syndrome or IBS
[edit] Liver
- Viral hepatitis
- Nonviral hepatitis
- Hepatocarcinoma
- Metastatic tumor
- Jaundice
- Liver transplant
[edit] Gallbladder
[edit] Endocrine disease
[edit] Thyroid
- Thyroiditis
- Hashimoto thyroididtis, autoimmune thyroid disease
- Hypothyroidism
- Graves Disease
- Thyroid cancer
[edit] Parathyroid disease
[edit] Pituitary hormones
[edit] Adrenal cortex
- Cushing's disease
- Conn's syndrome
- Adrenal failure
[edit] Pancreas
- Pancreatitis
- Diabetes
- Carcinoma of pancreas
- Cystic fibrosis and the pancreas
[edit] Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Child birth
- Cesarean section
- Pre-eclampsia
- Amniocentesis
- Chorionic villus biopsy
- Home birth
- Premature labour
- Miscarriage
- Abortion
- Abruption
- Placenta praevia
- Hydatiform mole
[edit] Renal
- Pyelonephritis
- Glomerulonephritis
- Polycystic kidney disease
- Renal carcinoma
- Renal failure
- Renal dialysis
- Test of renal function
- Kidney stones
[edit] Urology and Andrology
[edit] Rheumatology
[edit] Neurology
[edit] Psychiatry
[edit] Dermatology
- Eczema
- Contact dermatitis
- Psoriasis
- Lichen simplex chronicus
- Seborrhoeic dermatitis
- Ring worm
- Tinea
- Vitiligo
- Baldness
- Lichen planus
- Viral warts
- Impetigo
- Seborrheic keratosis
[edit] Oncology
[edit] Ophthalmology
[edit] Palliative care
[edit] Surgical specialties
- Neurosurgery
- Ear nose and throat
- Ophthalmology
- Head and neck.
- Thoracic
- Abdominal and colo-rectal
- Orthopaedics
- Trauma surgery
- Plastic surgery
